Sure. Got a Winchester 43 hanging on the wall and an original Winchester 1885 Low Wall in the rack, both in 218 Bee. Great little cartridge, but the 223 killed it and a whole slew of other varmint cartridges. I still shoot them just to show new guys that there is something out there besides 5.56 and 7.62.Anyone of my age remember the 218 bee
I may be wrong, but given that .218 Bee is just necked down .32-20, couldn't cases be formed from .32-20?Kind of depends on what your age is, but Hornady loads The Bee. 45 grain HP only though. Both Winchester(supposedly in limited production) and PCI(also not currently available) load it too.
Pretty much the same for brass. Hornady's box of 50 cases runs $37.99 at Graf's.
Don't believe there are any factory rifles currently chambered in The Bee. $1575 for a Win M43 on http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/winchester-43-218-bee-w7156/
TruthTellers said:2500 fps with a 40 grain projectile and uses half the powder a .223 does?
What are you shooting that requires a 55 grain bullet going 3200 fps over a 40 grain bullet going 2500 fps? My point was you can shoot twice as many .218 Bee's as you can .223 because it uses half as much powder and about 25% less lead.In order to accelerate a 40 grain bullet to 2500 fps, the powder only needs to supply 555 ft lb of energy to the bullet. That's less than half of the energy needed to accelerate a 55 grain bullet to 3240 fps. Therefore, the gun is actually less efficient than the .223.
40 grain bullet @ 2500 fps = 554.57 ft-lb of kinetic energy
55 grain bullet @ 3240 fps = 1280.76 ft-lb of kinetic energy