The 5.57MMJ Spitfire was very close to the Bee in power et cetera. I have been using my Bee dies to make up cute keychains from Carbine brass.
Be nice to see a Carbine or similar handling this, a .218 Rimless Bee. I think it would work.
Be even NICER to have a tiny water-cooled, belt-fed Wickers Gun to handle it, but that's not gonna happen. Unless, of course, I can persuade the Pattern Room to let me have that nice little fold-up briefcase Salesman's Sample gun. It's .300 R&R IIRC, but could be converted to handle the Rimless Bee with little trouble: new pawl, new barrel, new Nose Guide in the feed-block, new Gib on the Lock. Worth it, but I think it's a no-go. Maybe we can get Norinco to make up a few thousand of them, $199, EVERYBODY can have one.......
But the utility of something of the general type discussed here cannot be quibbled with. Only question is "what's wrong with what Ruger is making alredy?"
BTW, the NEW RIFLE which Hatcher wrote of in that early NOTEBOOK was the M-14/M-15.
Oh well, back to the sock closet!
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