.218 BEEKEEPER....OR ANYONE WITH CHAMBERING HELP
The question is....I am going to rebarrel a martini action
in .218 bee. should I use a .22 rimfire barrel or a .22 center
fire barrel? What is the dif? BEEKEEPER WHERE ARE YOU?!!
in .218 bee. should I use a .22 rimfire barrel or a .22 center
fire barrel? What is the dif? BEEKEEPER WHERE ARE YOU?!!
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I am no 218 Bee expert by any means, but if it was me I'd use a center fire barrel. I think by the time you chamber a rim fire the chamber wall will be very thin. Just my opinion, but hey, everybody's entitled to my opinion[:D]
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You need a CENTER-fire barrel. This will allow you to use any of the very wide variety of common .22 bullets of appropriate weight/length available from the major manufactures.
Rimfire is a different bore and groove diameter. Depending on the manufacturer and vintage, some rimfire barrels may not be of the appropriate metallurgy to provide reasonable bore life with centerfire pressures/temperatures/velocities/bullet jackets. You can find, or have custom made, specialty bullets that will work in the rimfire bore. That is an awful lot of work and testing and messing around.
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Use the cf barrel for several reasons. Many hornets and bees were made on rf barrels even though the bores are slightly smaller and have 1 turn in 16" pitch. Cf barrels are made up of tougher steel so you'll get better life out of it.
More important is that the single shot doesn't limit you to the blunt Bee bullet so you can choose a rifling pitch that will let you shoot a variety of more efficient bullets in heavier weights. I think I'd choose something like 1 in 9 to shoot ballistic tips or the cheap 55gr surplus bullets and still work with the lighter and heavier bullets up to 68gr.
I have a Hornet on a Low Wall with a Springfield 1922, 22rf barrel which cant shoot 50 gr bullets worth a darn.0
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