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Anyone familiar with .218 Bee?

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mott555:
I just read about the Fremont show, it's practically in my backyard but I'm going out of town this weekend  :(. I'll look up the Lincoln one though.

SemperFiGuy:
You've got a rifle developed for one of the early Wildcat cartridges.

The parent cartridge is the .32-20Win, from which the .25-20Win is derived.
And then the .25-20Win was squeezed down to the .218Bee.

Which was trying to catch on, but was put down by the .222Rem.

As you state, the bullet is .224 diameter.   If you can find cases, maybe you could fire-form cases with the rifle and then use neck-sizing and bullet-seating dies for a .223Rem (.224 bullet, of course) to load .218Bee cartridges.

Best thing, of course, is to find a 218Bee dieset.

You'll have fun and some interesting experiences just chasing down reloading tools and components.

sfg

gsd:
If you do get into reloading, give these guys a call. They have a ridiculous amount of dies on hand.

Hungtingtons Die Specialties
601 Oro Dam Blvd E, Oroville, CA 95965
(530) 534-1210
www.huntingtons.com/

Platte River Jack:
As you have probably figured out you have a Model 43 Winchester. Dies and components are available and the rifle (providing no additional holes have been drilled for scopes etc.) will usually retail for $900.00 to $1,200.00 depending on condition.
If it is an unaltered Model 43, these are nice little rifles and the 218 Bee is an accurate little cartridge. Cooper Firearms still chambers for the round and reloading dies are available from RCBS, Redding and most other die manufactures.

Platte River Jack

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