Quote Originally Posted by The Old Coach View Post
You have recreated the .218 Bee, which is the same 18gr. powder capacity, but in a rimless case that's easy to get. (.218 Bee brass has been hen's teeth for years now.) A fine little cartridge, but being rimmed it's not suitable for semi-autos.


interesting. that's good to know. that will give me a baseline to look at for load data. this cartridge should be able to exceed bee velocities due to the 55k psi parent case.

thank you

p.s. the speer fp bee bullet and hornady xtp bee bullet are both on my list of wants to try.