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Needles · New Member

Hi! I've been lurking here for a bit. I shoot a lot, everything from black powder to air guns. More recently, I've mostly been doing the air guns. I have three: a Brazillian-made Winchester/Daisy 1000x with a little Daisy scope that might be coming off as soon as I get a new front sight (ordered.) The gun was delivered with the sight pre-destroyed. It seems to hit fairly hard. I also have a Crossman pump pistol (1377) that is pretty accurate--- spot-on at 30 feet offhand at 5 pumps; shoots high at 9 pumps. (All I have so far is the Crossman Premier hollow points Wally World offers.)

Then there's the B3-1. I got this thing around 20 years ago for $30 at a gun show. I fired it maybe 30-40 rounds before the breach seal, which was apparently made of chewing gum, came apart. So it went into the closet for years--- like I said, I have other things to shoot with, so it was no big loss. Anyway, I was wandering around the net a few weeks ago and saw something about the Chinese B3. That made me search for a replacement breach seal--- I found the kit that Archer offers, but then I found a YouTube video where a guy replaced the breach seal with a faucet washer. Being basically cheap, I discovered I had a neoprene washer the right size, so I started shooting the B3 again. It smelled like hell, and would hit the old wok I use as a backstop almost every time at 50 feet or so. Then I used the string trimmer pull-through trick and a bunch of T-shirt patches soaked in foam engine degreaser to clean the barrel (It was BAD!) and followed it with clean patches until they came out clean. Now I'm down to minute-of-poker-card, offhand, at about 50 feet with open sights. It wants to shoot high (same Crossman hps), but I'm getting there.

I'm going to get a metal breach for the pistol, too. Y'all have already helped a lot--- there's a lot I don't know about air guns, and to me, all guns are fascinating. I'll be picking your brains more, I'm sure.

Slavia · Moderator

Welcome to the forum, Needles!

My B3 must be newer than yours. Instead of chewing gum, my breech seal was made of toilet donut wax. I went to a faucet washer also, and it's still going strong after more than a year.
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radar · Silver Status Member

robert w · Senior Member

welcome and your at the right place. we tinker , mess up, make them better , and have a good time