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22 Centerfire rounds?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 503410" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>I am particularly fond of the 22 K Hornet and 218 Mashburn Bee. I also like the 221 Fireball alot. The Fireball is much more useful as you can load it up higher and lower to meet your needs. At top end levels it will add 75 fps to the Mashburn bee and around 150 to the standard Bee.</p><p> </p><p>It is also very at home with slightly reduced loads that will match the 5.7x28, 22 Hornet or standard 218 Bee.</p><p> </p><p>The only draw back to the Hornet and Bee is that brass is very thin and its not hard to wear the brass out especially if you bump the shoulder much at all or run pressures up.</p><p> </p><p>The 221 FB brass on the other hand is MUCH stronger and will do much more for you. Again, if you handload, you can produce any velocity range you want with the right powder selection and accuracy is generally very good. I even talked to a fella that made up some 221 FB loads using 40 gr bullet weights that matches standard 22 Long Rifle velocities with 1/2" 50 yard accuracy. Certainly not what the Fireball is generally capable of accuracy wise but for what that load was designed for it was plenty accurate and right there with most 22 LR rifles.</p><p> </p><p>For all around shooting, the Fireball would likely be my first choice for this class of chambering.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 503410, member: 10"] I am particularly fond of the 22 K Hornet and 218 Mashburn Bee. I also like the 221 Fireball alot. The Fireball is much more useful as you can load it up higher and lower to meet your needs. At top end levels it will add 75 fps to the Mashburn bee and around 150 to the standard Bee. It is also very at home with slightly reduced loads that will match the 5.7x28, 22 Hornet or standard 218 Bee. The only draw back to the Hornet and Bee is that brass is very thin and its not hard to wear the brass out especially if you bump the shoulder much at all or run pressures up. The 221 FB brass on the other hand is MUCH stronger and will do much more for you. Again, if you handload, you can produce any velocity range you want with the right powder selection and accuracy is generally very good. I even talked to a fella that made up some 221 FB loads using 40 gr bullet weights that matches standard 22 Long Rifle velocities with 1/2" 50 yard accuracy. Certainly not what the Fireball is generally capable of accuracy wise but for what that load was designed for it was plenty accurate and right there with most 22 LR rifles. For all around shooting, the Fireball would likely be my first choice for this class of chambering. [/QUOTE]
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