218 Bee bullets?

[spurgon]

I was looking for bullets for my Browning 65 in 218 Bee. I thought that we

use the same bullets as for the 22 Hornet. However, none of the bullets have

a nose design that looks friendly to the tubular magazine. Does this not

matter in a low recoiling round like the bee? What are the recommendations?

spurgon

[Sixgun]

This is what I use in my Marlin CL. But several years ago, I did some experimenting. I took a primed case (no powder) and loaded it with a bullet in which I drilled a 1/32" hole through the center of it. (longways) I then put that "loaded" round in the magazine of my Marlin. Behind that round, I inserted a very pointy "loaded" round on the primer of the previous "loaded" round. I then shot that marlin 100 times, all the time subjecting the "loaded" round to the recoil. After the 100 rounds I ejected the "loaded" round and there was nothing on the primer.

I have also taken soft points and touched them on a little belt sander to take off the exposed lead tip and to reduce the length so they would feed. They were all accurate. In the second picture, it was a 50 gr. Remington SP sanded down to take this fox. -------Sixgun

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[M336]

I also shoot an 1894CL and the bullet I've used the most is a Rem 45grHP. The nose is blunt enough I've never worried about it and I've shot a pile of them through this rifle, also the recoil isn't enough to really worry about. I use a Lee FCD with them, I've never had any problems with them pushing into the case but the group size dropped quite a bit with them crimped. Of course your rifle might disagree but mine liked them crimped. The Rem's are pretty reasonable to buy in bulk also from Midway or other sources.

[jtaylor1960]

I use ballistic tips with the tip filed back to the bullet jacket.That gives you a fairly wide meplat.Use you own judgement,but it seems to work for me.

[dimrod]

Just use the Hornady (45 gr., I think) or Speer 46 gr. flat nose bullets. Both work great in my 218 Bee and 219 Zipper. Just don't expect to recover much edible meat on small game. They kill efectively.