Anyone shoot a 218 bee carbine in a contender?
If so, how is effectiveness and accuracy?
I had a 10" 218 mashburn bee barrel for my contender, it was a custom as I recall from Bullberry. It was an ok round, as I recall the only bullet it shined with was the 45 sierra.
Given the on again off again nature of obtaining less common brass, I would highly recommend the 221 fireball over the 218 mashburn. More accurate, more powerful, much easier to manipulate the cases on the press and if you have the barrel machined for a rim you can form cases from 360 DW and use rimmed or rimless cases.
