Boolits...boolits...boolits...
Need a break from boolits..


Think I'll make a heavy barreled..K-Hornet..
Or mebee a 218 Mashburn Bee...

Or just a plain'ol 218 Bee..

Annah thoughts would bee welcome.. ;0)

The set up..

Now ready fer chambering..
But what to choose.. ? :0/

Bummed...
Lathe broke..now gotta fix that.. :0/

This moanins project..
Up..n..runnin ahgain... :0)

Polished a bit..
Chambered n fit to the action..

The winning cartridge..a standard 218 Bee...

Also indexed for the scope mount holes to be strait n centered..

Harbor Frieght tools are junk...
Bought a new pivot vice..
2nd time using it it busted at the casting.. :0[

Good thing it broke on the setup...
Or I may have ruined the barrel cut..

Got out me old vise.. n finished the cuts..
Extraction works now..
Proof fire tommarrow..

218 bee barrel mounted blued drilled n tapped fer the scope mount..
N ..a 6 to 24 power ..Trashco ..(tasco)..scope added with weaver rings..

All from sleezbay...on the cheap..

On another note..
Went to harbor freight with the broken vise..

No soap..no help..
But I do understand..I bought it..Just before Timmy died..n..did not use it till now..
So..it is beyond 90 days..

I will quality road test ...the new one i bought..in the ..next 90 days... ;0)

Forarm is on..

So...I'm..all set...
take the new project to the shooting bench..

Fire the first shot.. n the elevation turret of the new to me ..Trashco..scope.. pops off...

Junk.... :0/

Oh well ..I gots another scope to try.

Not quite dead in the water...yet... ;0)

Final group upper left hand corner of red box...

The Steven's Visable Loader .22...

Had to make a firing pin..as the one it had was broke in half..
Neet little 22 pump gun

That has earned the moniker..
The..MISERABLE...LOADER...

Very finikey..n a bugg'a to work on..

But up n runnin......so....far... :0)

Check out this video, "visible loader 22 rifle" share.google/EsZHBs4kGKpZg4aQ5

Me solootion...
To a wobbly stock that was cracked..glued it too..

This poor little firearm has been through the...mill..
Just used hard n put away dirty...

No ..joke..
But it is back in service now.. :0)

2 1/2 power scope on the visable loader..
Shoots pretty ok..
Likes the standard velocity 22lr...
1050 fps..according to the ammo box

They are quiet too being sub sonic..

Making a 222 rimmed..
But it will actually be a 223 chamber reamer used..
As the 357 maximum case is a tad short in the neck area..for a .222 rem..
Soo...going with the .223 rem neck..

Test fired..!

The barreled action...

Here is a 222 on the left...
223× 357 maximum..center
N..a 223 remington on the right..

Note the shorter neck on the 223..
That is why I used that reamer..
But the body n shoulder is the same as the 222 remington..
The trick is to go just deep nuff.. n then cut the chamber on the lathe for the rim..
If done right...
The round headspaces..on both the rim..and the shoulder..
:0)

Fitting the extractor...

Ready to Rock...
Well pretty sure it is...

Forearm n scope mount needed..
N...make some ammo.... ;0)

Well while I was at it..n all set up..
I decided to do the same kinda thing but in 6mm...
Basically a 6mmx222 rimmed..
Legal for deer here in ct...
Light weight barrel.. real nice for carrying..ah field..
Off the top of me head a..85 grain boolet will go apx 2800 fps...

Also lower right corner pic...
Me booboo...

Got all set up to do an under cut..but had the barrel 45° out..
Just cault me mistake as I just started me cut..so saved it from me own created ....dis-ass-ter... :0/

I would'ah...Not..been happy...
The barrel is now in the reciever..n works perfect..

PHEWWW...! :0)

Together...

Dovetailed in the spring post..n blued the barrel..
This time I blued the barrel while it was spinning on the lathe...
Made a kinda cool lookin case hardened effect...