My Bee

[Ledslnger]

Going to try to post a pic of my custom Bee that I put together. I just couldn't find a .218 Bee for a decent price for the quality that I wanted. So I decided to try out a Thompson Center. My uncle had a few Contenders with tons of barrels. I thought I would try out the newer Encore Pro Hunter line. I ordered a SS TC frame(now has a 2.5# trigger job), found a Weaver T36 silver scope, a silver DNZ one piece mount, a custom Stocky's stock set, and SS 1" Fullbull Match Grade Machine 23" barrel. It is a heavy little rifle, no recoil, accurate, and everyone wants to check it out at the range. One of my faves. Doesn't take a lot of powder to load up a TON of fun.

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[Ledslnger]

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[Dustin]

That looks awesome and what a cool caliber; love the look of that case.


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[Ledslnger]

Thanks! It is fun to shoot. No recoil so anyone can shoot it and have fun. With the MGM barrel it is really accurate too. Definitely a varmint getter.

[Dustin]

I keep coming back to this post on your .218 Bee for some reason... perhaps it’s time I look for one. I have a bunch of H&R single shot handi rifles, and it’s too bad (for my sake) they never made a barrel in this caliber.


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[Ledslnger]

I have seen one Handi in Bee, can't remember what they did to get it. I have another TC barrel that was originally a .22 Hornet, they reamed it to K Hornet and then reamed it again and made it into a .221 Fireball. I don't have a reloading manual in front of me right now. Might be able to find a .22 Hornet and ream it to a Bee. Would have to check measurements in a reload manual or ask a gunsmith for sure though.