I like the light oak color varnish poly mix, simple quick. We ain't talking high dollar furniture here. With the poly mix if you ding the stock it doesn't show much.I kinda' like the filler. Gives the gun some character. Shows where it came from. A year or so ago I bought an old B2 something and the filler was a clear plastic looking stuff. After sanding and wiping off with a wet cloth I could see it plainly. Different, learn something new or old every day.People want to much for old used ones. They really don't know the history of them. You can get new ones for $60-70. I have a couple of old B2 break barrels that are finished better than most. For example the metal cap on the back end of the receiver is threaded and screws on. The old one were all metal except for the stock. Really old one didn't even have scope grooves sometimes. Some of the new ones have plastic like the sights and trigger guards.
Quote from: lefteyeshot on February 01, 2024, 11:33:35 AMI like the light oak color varnish poly mix, simple quick. We ain't talking high dollar furniture here. With the poly mix if you ding the stock it doesn't show much.I kinda' like the filler. Gives the gun some character. Shows where it came from. A year or so ago I bought an old B2 something and the filler was a clear plastic looking stuff. After sanding and wiping off with a wet cloth I could see it plainly. Different, learn something new or old every day.People want to much for old used ones. They really don't know the history of them. You can get new ones for $60-70. I have a couple of old B2 break barrels that are finished better than most. For example the metal cap on the back end of the receiver is threaded and screws on. The old one were all metal except for the stock. Really old one didn't even have scope grooves sometimes. Some of the new ones have plastic like the sights and trigger guards.B3's are all I've ever come across at yard sales in the past. That is, if it's a Chinese wood and steel, it's a B3. Love to come across a B2 someday. I have seen some B3 on You Tube that were the darker brown. I like it. Today I punched the pin out on the front sight on the parts gun. The gun I'm repairing had a front sight with a bent hood that I couldn't get right, so I'll be changing the sight out. Punch that middle pin and soak the sight in 30 wt for a day or so and the front sight taps off with a brass hammer. Anxious to get it all together!!
Reading this has encouraged me to pull down my B3 and fire off a few shots. It's 10 meter accuracy proved to be not quite at the same level as my FWB. I'm pretty sure the B3 will always be a love/hate AG. Right now it's probably more hate than love but I like to make fair judgements. Perhaps I should tinker with it more than I have to see if I can make it slightly more lovable. I should start with the trigger. No matter how badly I screw it up, I think it would be impossible to make the trigger pull worse. I need things to keep my occupied in the winter.
People want to much for old used ones. They really don't know the history of them. You can get new ones for $60-70. I have a couple of old B2 break barrels that are finished better than most. For example the metal cap on the back end of the receiver is threaded and screws on. The old one were all metal except for the stock. Really old one didn't even have scope grooves sometimes. Some of the new ones have plastic like the sights and trigger guards.I got 2 of those without optic rails... great little plinker. tuned shoots like an older diana 23... or 25. one is complete, the other is missing the front sight. As for my B3... i tuned the life out of that one, and i still get 1.5 in groups at 20 yards. I cut the spring to the point that the rear cap has 0 tension. shoots 425 fps with 7.0 gr waddies. the rear sight broke so i mounted an old weaver 4x15 japanese made... killing cans at 25 yards all day long
Go to Walmart and get a Centerpoint or Simmons. That B3 doesn't kick hard enough to break them.
I'm expecting one later this week, from Germany
Looks good Wendell... I bet a section of fuel line world fit snug on it for a handle. Some of them have good looking patterns on them.