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What's so good about the .218 Bee?

BullzeyeBullzeye Member Posts: 3,560
edited February 2002 in General Discussion
What's it good for? I cant imagine hunting, it's smaller than a .22!What about the .177?Keeper, I'm sure you'll give me a treatise I wont soon forget.
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    Now you've done it. I can see him rippin' off the smoking jacket, kickin' over beehives, letting the saltwater cats burn on the grill...[This message has been edited by simonbs (edited 12-10-2001).]
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've heard it's used for those little itty bitty southern deer. History suggests the 218 may have been a "Lady's caliber"....come to think of it, I don't even have a cleaning rod that small.Sorry Lord BeeKeeper...it slipped out, I'll try not to let it happen again. One should not make fun of anothers firearms....unless it's Supermonkey's Jenning complete with bayonet.
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Did someone jokingly say somthin` about bees?How very sweet and friendly of you to cozy up to ol .218 that way.(spoken in a gentlemanly southern accent,surprisingly like Val Kilmer in his role as Doc Holliday).218
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  • BullzeyeBullzeye Member Posts: 3,560
    edited November -1
    No, seriously!What's so special about .218?
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Bullzeye,to tell the truth..I have not heard many positive things,...or negitive things about the bee,so all I can say is that it is just a cool little round.It`s not really smaller than a .22,I mean I have loaded it with bullits made for Hornet.It`s superior to the Hornet in accuracy and speed.Now don`t ask me "what`s so good about the" Hornet!.218
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  • DENWADENWA Member Posts: 390 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Its about evolution218 bee = monkey219 zipper = APE219 Donaldson WASP = MAN
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Wonder where ol` 219Zipper is about now!!.218
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  • varmit huntervarmit hunter Member Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Bee,I got a funny fealing sumbody is about to wake up with a eight ft gator in there bed!!.
    A unarmed man is a subject.A armed man is a citizen.
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  • YankeeClipperYankeeClipper Member Posts: 669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    for the old wildcats made into a production caliber, don't forget the .22 Hi- Power. I had to hang an antolope it 2 pieces after it was hit in the back with a .22 Hi-Power. Haven't gotten anything w/the .218 Bee, no story to tell.
    [This message has been edited by YankeeClipper (edited 12-10-2001).]
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Hey Clipper,thank you very much for your vote a while ago Speaking of the 22Savage Hi-Power..I`d love ta have a little boltgun built for that round..I think it would be far out,man!!.218
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Hey Clipper,..did I ever tell ya that I have about 27 Savage long guns,two of which are Model 20 bolt guns?.218
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  • YankeeClipperYankeeClipper Member Posts: 669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What are the Md 20's? Not real familer with them. About the .22 Hi-Power, I'm a caliber type, I'm not real big on the 99 Savages, but thats the only way to get a.22HP, also the 250-3000 is in a 99. There is a collecter I town here that thinks the 99 is all you will ever need, can't argue, he's gotten most everything on the lower 48 with one.
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    I just lookes at the manual and it uses a .224 bullet, or is my fever making me see stuff?
    Eat healthy, exercise, avoid smoking........Die anyway. will270win@aol.com ~Secret Select Society Of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Clipper,the Savage M-20 is a very slender,sleek little boltgun that weighs only about 5lbs-14ozs ..used a m-99 light barrel in 250-3000 Savage , and also 300-Savage.The 22-HP would have been a great cal. for the little M-20 bolt gun.Yeah will,thats the Bee,224.218
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  • YankeeClipperYankeeClipper Member Posts: 669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    .218: Would that be the cilp fed bolt action and they chambered 25-20 and 32-20 and some .22lr? I have the 25-20 in that one. Also do you know about the Md 219 break top .22 Hornet and the 30-30 that Savage made and marketed through Sears and Roebuck back in the 50's ?
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  • concealedG36concealedG36 Member Posts: 3,566 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    218, I can see you saying it just like Val playing Doc:"I'll be your huckleberry"...
    Gun Control Disarms Victims, NOT Criminals
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The Bee or K-Bee sound like good cartridges for a single shot but only using a pointed boattail bullet. The flat pointed Bee bullet turns me off. It seems inappropriate for lever guns.
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  • pops401pops401 Member Posts: 616 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What's so good about the .218 Bee?He's just a hell of a nice guy, thats all.
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  • Judge DreadJudge Dread Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    An osmium copper jacketed ball can go like a knife cutting butter in 2 inches of steel... Whant to know more uses ? look for depleted uranium saboted loads in special munitions manual...
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    45 grain solid base hornet .22411.5 grains of 2400=2,860 fpsSounds like one hell of a squirrel gun to me!
    Eat healthy, exercise, avoid smoking........Die anyway. will270win@aol.com ~Secret Select Society Of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Clipper,no..that`s the the M-23 Sporter you`re thinking of..I`ve got 7 of those,we disscussed this before..you wanted one of my three 32-20s..I have 4 in .22,just bought 4 original clips with the little bull-botton on the bottom,man I was glad to get them.The M-20 is a different rifle alltogether,blind mag.,very slender stock..just lovely.v35,I like the little Marlin levergun,..but I really like my M-43 win.bolt gun..218concealed,E-Mail ya huckleberry-marty@rmbrownpaint.com[This message has been edited by 218Beekeep (edited 12-13-2001).]
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  • legn4legn4 Member Posts: 481 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It will make a reloader out of you!Plus its a blast. How the heck r ya beekeep?
    Work'n like a dog all nite
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Knock-Knock'Who`s there?legn4legn4 who?Always legn4ward ta hearin` from ya,buddy!!.218
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  • YankeeClipperYankeeClipper Member Posts: 669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    .218 BeeKeep: You've got a better memory than me but you are right. Are you keeping it in mind in case you get a wild hair for somthing unusal? As for the Md 20 I guess I had better get the book out.Do you have a .256?
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    the only .256 win. i have is a savage model-219-B-single shot rechambered from 25-20,it`s a project on the backburner.never shot it..218
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  • YankeeClipperYankeeClipper Member Posts: 669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    B-Keep: Are you saying that Savage made a Md 219 in a 25-20?
    Also my .256 is in a contender barrel, Remember I'm a Caliber type.[This message has been edited by YankeeClipper (edited 12-14-2001).]
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you own three 32-20s why would you even want to talk about Bees ?
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Clipper,yeah they did.V35,it doesn`t seem like I`m talkin` about bees very much!.218
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  • YankeeClipperYankeeClipper Member Posts: 669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    .218 He's just jealous. Do you have Md.43 Winchester?
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  • legn4legn4 Member Posts: 481 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Beekeep, with all those long guns you need a short gun also. What if Ruger made a Vaquero (stainless) in 218 ? Now wouldn't that be something. ps. I still want a 32-20 vaquero.
    Work'n like a dog all nite
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  • b0400879b0400879 Member Posts: 256 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    xlnt idea, legn4....... got to agree with that one. have both an M43 & T/C contender in "killer" bee & couldn't be happier. it's a great combo for a cool little cartridge.best,joey
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Hey b0400879,how are you?That would Bee cool,legn4..I`ll take one of each...don`t forget how cool it would Bee to have one in 25-20!!.218
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    hey guys,has anyone here ever seen a comeidian named KillerBeaz,from mississippi? This is one of the funniest guys I`ve ever seen!!!Joey,I have a M-43-Win.,and a M-1894CL-Marlin..218P.S.I lost a younger brother named Joey 3 years ago.
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  • Captain GunbrokerCaptain Gunbroker Member Posts: 29
    edited November -1
    just grab the bucket young laddy and do your job that you have become acustomed tofor u r needed
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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    its been decades since i last shot a 218 bee but i still remember the whine it made when it ricocheted off a huckleberry twig 8 ft. in front of the bbl. sounded like an old cowboy western. barto
    the hard stuff we do right away - the impossible takes a little longer
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