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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => China Gate => : howie1a September 18, 2008, 10:25:14 AM
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Heres a couple pictures of my new used flee market b-3 gun in 177 cal, I've tuned it and brought it back to a leather seal it's a good thing it pulled it apart since the old seal was falling off the piston. as well as recrowning it and chokeing the barrel and cut the barrel to 14 inches ans added a muzzel break too , recarved the stock as well as a refinish job,and a new handel on the cocking lever the old crosman cly trick. LOL it shoots very good as all my china guns do. It needed to have all tha black paint taken off the stock as well as the metal ( barrel ext) I tried to remove the groves in the forearm but I couldn't take all the groves out and still have a forearm left, but it's a little better than stock. howie
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WOW! THe camo job you did is GREAT!!! She blends right in with the page! LoL
Just kiddin! :D Don't think the pic worked.
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Hi Sdale thats funny it looks great on my computer maybe you need to try again howie
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Great work on her Howie, love the stock mod's 8) and it sound's like she's shootin strong now with a proper tune. Ed
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Turned into a sweet looking B Howie. Thanks for sharing her with us.
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Thanks Ed this is the 3rd b3 I've had and they all are good shooters maybe one day I'll find one in 22 cal, I seen the stock mod on Kermit Air gun Club under their b3 contast and liked it it's not my design but it is a fun rifle as you know with all the b3 you have. howie
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The crazy thing is I'm trying to down size my heard but when a sweet little deer comes your way how can you let her pass by. The poor thing needed some love and care a new dress up and tune.
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Yeah, I've got a few that need to go, so I can make room for more,hehe.
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very nice work howie great job
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Very clean sharp B-3 Howie. Is that the original stock or did you make it? Anyway you have done a beautiful job with the stock and the action is really clean, not to mention your muzzle brake which really balances it out..:)
Thanks for sharing.
Gene
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It's the original stock just recarved I wish I could have got rid of the forearm groves totally but it would have made the forearm too week . howie
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Looks great, nice resurrection!!
Not to beat a bleeding horse but did you by chance do before and after accuracy tests with your choke?
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Yes and I do find an improvement in the grouping they are tighter after chokeing. howie
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Wow, she's a beaut. You really did a good job on her with TLC. Nice find.
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On one of my 3's I did sand down the stock deep enough to remove the groves, very slender and nice to hold. I'll see if I can post a pic or 2. My wood was 1/2 filler, so I used bed liner on it. Still, even though without the gun mounted I could squeeze the end and see it move closer together, I have not have a problem yet. Only about 500 rounds in it so still plenty of time to prove me wrong. I just don't see where it will.
+ how/wherer did you choke the barrel? I have a loose breach, pellets keep falling out that I insert, on this one, and would like to tighten it up.
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I have a tool that was for wire rope nicro press fittings it takes a bunch of sizes and if I use it to choke the barrel it needs to be done at the muzzel end of the gun. I press it and then I need to turn it 90 deg. and re press it again what I do is use a inch lbs. tork wrench to get the same pressure both ways about 200 inch lbs. works best for me. I don't see any way of using it on the breach end of the barrel , But if it was my gun I think I would take the action apart so I could get to the nipple that the pellet goes into. and make a tool like a long steel rod with a tapered hole in the end and put the tapered hole over the nipple and shrink it smaller by hammering the tool to close up the pellet insert hole , I would keep trying a pellet for fit and go slow till I get the fit I want. the tapered hole in the tool you make will put pressure on all sides at the same time . make a test pieice out of some steel tubing or drill a hole in a steel rod to try out the tool first. before taking your rifle all apart to see if it will work. howie
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Very clever choke Howie :) Being a nuts and bolts kind of guy looks often go over my head but I always admire an elegant solution to a mechanical problem.
Dave
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What stain did you use and about how many coats? I love the color. Great work!
John T