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Offline Mr.Clean

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Ream out a 22 lr or Hornet BBL
« on: February 05, 2010, 01:02:05 PM »
Is it do-able to ream out a 22 Lr or would need to use a Hornet bbl to a 218 Bee?

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Re: Ream out a 22 lr or Hornet BBL
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2010, 01:08:53 PM »
.22 LR is .223" diameter.  .218 Bee normally uses .224" bullets.  The original .22 Hornets had .223" bores, whereas the newer ones all have .224" bores.  I'm not aware of any T/C .22 Hornet barrels that have .223" bores.

All that said, you could do a .218 Bee barrel off of a .22 LR barrel, but you would have to limit yourself to the .223" bullets that are out there for the older .223" Hornet barrels.

And that said, why not just buy a .218 Bee barrel to begin with?
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Re: Ream out a 22 lr or Hornet BBL
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2010, 01:17:38 PM »
Custom Shop SS 339.99 plus shipping

Whats a ream job cost.... to a bbl anyways

Have had plenty of the others from taxes lately... :o
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Re: Ream out a 22 lr or Hornet BBL
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2010, 01:41:30 PM »
What is the twist of a .22 LR? Is it fast enough for a Bee?
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Re: Ream out a 22 lr or Hornet BBL
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2010, 07:14:58 PM »
Quote from: FredWT on February 05, 2010, 01:41:30 PM
What is the twist of a .22 LR? Is it fast enough for a Bee?

1:16, I think.  Dunno what a standard Bee is.  Don't have a reloading manual handy to consult, either.
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Re: Ream out a 22 lr or Hornet BBL
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2010, 08:20:35 PM »
I'm not home to check but IIRR the Hornet case is longer than a Bee, so you wouldn't be able to rechamber a Hornet to a Bee.
Ed's Contender shows a 14" blue NIB 218 Bee barrel in stock.

Edit - That's a 14" Bee barrel in my avatar.
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Re: Ream out a 22 lr or Hornet BBL
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2010, 09:55:39 PM »
Quote from: mbopp on February 05, 2010, 08:20:35 PM
I'm not home to check but IIRR the Hornet case is longer than a Bee, so you wouldn't be able to rechamber a Hornet to a Bee.
Ed's Contender shows a 14" blue NIB 218 Bee barrel in stock.

Edit - That's a 14" Bee barrel in my avatar.

You would be correct.  The .22 Hornet is 1.403" long whereas the Bee is 1.345" long.  I'm home and looking at a reloading manual (Hornady 6th Edition) now.  They used a Marlin 1894CL to test their .218 Bee data.  It has a 1:16" twist (to answer that question that was asked earlier).
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Re: Ream out a 22 lr or Hornet BBL
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2010, 03:48:09 PM »
Hornady makes a 40 gr bullet in 222 dia. made especially for the Jet, that would be the one to use in my opinion.   blqsqurl
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