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argie1891 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 268 Location: selah, washington Joined: Jul 8^th, 2010	218 bee and 25-20 brass Mar 30^th, 2017 at 2:58am	Print Post
	I have a couple 218 bee and 25-20 rifles, and brass is very hard to come by. I was wondering if I purchased the form dies if there would be a market for formed cases. I am not looking to make much money but would like to be able to sell some to make back all or most of my investment in form dies. it looks like the form dies are just over a hundred bucks. I am not sure what people would be willing to pay for formed cases. Starline brass is right at 20 cents each and I have no idea if there would be any interest. if there is any interest or other comments I would like to hear from you ' joe Gifford

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rhbrink Full Member Offline Posts: 180 Location: Cass Co. MO. Joined: Jun 12^th, 2011	Re: 218 bee and 25-20 brass Reply #1 - Mar 30^th, 2017 at 7:42am	Print Post
	There is no need for special form dies to make 25-20 out of Starline 32-20 brass I started with the seater die and sized them and then went to the full length die and finished. I did crumple one case mouth but after that I ran the unsized cases over the expander button to make sure that they were round before I started sizing. It does take time and had to size a little and pull out the the case and wipe the excess lube other wise it would put dents in the shoulder of the brass all of this was with out annealing. Don't know about 218 Bee.


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jy3855 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 368 Location: California Joined: Jul 13^th, 2015	Re: 218 bee and 25-20 brass Reply #2 - Mar 30^th, 2017 at 9:34am	Print Post
	I agree, no special forming dies necessary for forming 25-20 from Starline 32-20 brass. I start with my RCBS neck sizing die and form in several steps using Imperial Sizing Wax sparingly. I redistribute the wax after each partial sizing. When done in the neck sizing die, a single stroke through my RCBS resizing die finishes the process. Though I haven't tried it yet, doing the whole process with only the standard die set sizing die would likely do just as well.


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JSB30 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 408 Location: Missouri Joined: Apr 30^th, 2011	Re: 218 bee and 25-20 brass Reply #3 - Mar 30^th, 2017 at 10:45am	Print Post
	Save your money. Midway lists 218 bee brass as coming soon from Hornady. $33 per 50


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JSB30 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 408 Location: Missouri Joined: Apr 30^th, 2011	Re: 218 bee and 25-20 brass Reply #4 - Mar 30^th, 2017 at 10:46am	Print Post
	Save your money. Midway lists 218 bee brass as coming soon from Hornady. $33 per 50


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JSB30 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 408 Location: Missouri Joined: Apr 30^th, 2011	Re: 218 bee and 25-20 brass Reply #5 - Mar 30^th, 2017 at 10:52am	Print Post
	Might consider forming 218 Bee to 17 Ackley Bee.


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