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Brutuz · « **Reply #120 on:** August 05, 2012, 03:26:46 PM »

Quote from: Kailua on August 04, 2012, 03:44:25 PM

Also sorry to hear about your dad. Hope you can occupy your time to you meet up again.
The B3-4 .177 looks like it should be a good shooter. Good numbers from out of the box.

Thanks Kailua

Took the 36 coil spring out of the .22 this afternoon:

Polished both spring ends:

Lubed the spring and inserted a delrin piston washer:

and the thinnest delrin powerband I had left:

Resulting in:

better spread

dang, one high, the rest so close.... almost a regulated pcp

and swapped the stocks, the .22 has the undamaged stock now...

Lovely rifle

Brutuz · « **Reply #121 on:** August 07, 2012, 02:38:04 PM »

Getting a custom spring for 1 or 2 fpe more...

Brutuz · « **Reply #122 on:** August 10, 2012, 07:07:47 PM »

I live in the Netherlands, Europe

Here are the video (part 1) and description

Published on Aug 10, 2012 by Brutuz62

Last year I bought a B3-3, an in-expensive Chinese underlever rifle in .177 cal, nice stock, fair finish, tru-glo sights and a nice trigger with a manual safety.

Earlier this year I bought a B2-2, cheap as chips, quality as expected, a bit rough, harsh trigger but fun rifle for the money. I wouldn't recommend that particular version to someone who only wants to own one rifle, but as an extra garden plinker it's cheap and nice.

A few weeks ago Tasm, member of http://ukchineseairgunforum.myfreeforum.org/ pointed me this Polish webshop http://www.tarcza.pl that sells the all new model .177 cal B3-4 "Woodsman". It has a very nice looking stock with chequering and a new type cocking lever handle which clicks in it's holder just beneath the front sight. Both front and rear sight are of the tru-glo type, where the front sight is semi-hooded which protects the tru-glo bead.

I just had to have it and contacted the store by email, written in English. No reply. After mentioning this to Tasm he explained they only correspond in Polish and I had to use http://translate.google.com . Another email translated into Polish resulted in a confirmation the rifle was in stock and bankdetails to be used for an international bank transfer in Zlotty's.

During corresponding with tarcza.pl Tasm pointed me to another Polish webshop, http://www.sztucer.pl who sell the same rifle branded as B3-4 Titan, available in both .177 and .22 cal. since these are in-expensive rifles I decided not to bet on one horse and send them an email in both English and Polish. They responded in English and soon after an email the deal was closed. In fact same afternoon as closing the deal with tarcza.pl

Sztuzer delivered fast, abt one week, Tarca's parcel a week after.

Both companies put some paper/pieces of cardboard in the factory boxes and wrap them in plastic.

That's asking for trouble.

Sztutzer's shipment had one rifle with a severely dented stock. They promised to replace it. Am waiting for a replacement stock to be delivered.

Tarca's rifle had a dent in the stock too, not very bad but it could have been prevented by double boxing the shipment.

I had asked both companies to do so upon ordering.

Lesson learned: buying local is more hassle-free and if a package has to be returned it is in-expensive compared to international return-shipping.

International purchases can be interesting though when a particular rifle's variant cannot be bought local.

Bottom line: I'm very happy with these rifles and the service and communication with both companies. If I'd want to buy from Poland again I'm going to make sure it is a company who corresponds in either English or German.

The .22 version has been tweaked, as shown in the video, since I like that particular rifle most I decided to invest in a custom spring from http://www.woodfield-gcp.co.uk which should result in an increase of power of abt 1.5 fpe. A second vid will be made incl. footage of shooting the rifle and accuracy.

B2-2 review by mr MrRuneRebel here (English) and here (Norwegian)

B3-3 review by Brutuz62 here

I suspect this rifle has been made by SPA / Shaoxing Snowpeak Air Gun Factory but cannot confirm. The BAM factory can be excluded, they replied they do not manufacture this B3-4 underlever spring air rifle

Brutuz · « **Reply #123 on:** September 22, 2012, 03:17:44 PM »

Got a #11 Titan spring and delrin top-hat for my B3-4 (no time to install yet) and..

Received two .177 Chinese pistols, the QS35 w. wood grip from Poland (new) and the XS25 from the UK (used but near mint)

... and asked the Polish company for a quote on this one

(as basic as these get)

Brutuz · « **Reply #124 on:** October 01, 2012, 07:00:47 PM »

Quote from: Brutuz on September 22, 2012, 03:17:44 PM

... and asked the Polish company for a quote on this one

(as basic as these get)

Took a while but got a fair quote on the pistol, a few B3 spares and paper targets which has been accepted

Brutuz · « **Reply #125 on:** October 12, 2012, 07:25:42 PM »

Arrived today, doesn't look too bad, rifled barrel, triggerpull.... massive

No markings on the box, manual or pistol stating "made in China" or "made by"

Kailua · « **Reply #126 on:** October 12, 2012, 09:07:22 PM »

I had bought two of these to fool around with. Trigger pull weight was better on one than on the other. Haven't picked them up for a while. But do remember adding couple of screws to the trigger. I don't think they are one had shooters. Have fun

mikeiniowa · « **Reply #127 on:** October 12, 2012, 09:53:53 PM »

made by the Zhejiang Xinhua factory, barrel recrown is almost always needed for best results, I have one and with some practice am able to get dime size groups at 10 meters

Brutuz · « **Reply #128 on:** October 13, 2012, 01:14:22 PM »

Thanks guys

Mike you are wright.

Opened up tight breech, pellets now can be loaded easily, recrowned the barrel, crown looked rough out of the box.

Still hard to shoot a group due to the harsh trigger and it's still new, may improve with use.

RWS Hobby's @ 5 meters/2-handed, 1" group

After this did a short chrony test: 5 shots abt 300 fps av. 6 fps spread

Last shot did the tissue-test: failed !! Needs a new breech seal...

Brutuz · « **Reply #129 on:** October 13, 2012, 03:47:55 PM »

Shimmed the breech seal: + 20 fps

Brutuz · « **Reply #130 on:** October 13, 2012, 04:31:30 PM »

Shot into a towel:

Brutuz · « **Reply #131 on:** November 13, 2012, 01:34:41 PM »

Ordered this one in .177

Brutuz · « **Reply #132 on:** November 16, 2012, 07:20:16 PM »

Arrived

Brutuz · « **Reply #133 on:** November 18, 2012, 09:30:05 AM »

better pictures

Brutuz · « **Reply #134 on:** November 18, 2012, 06:13:06 PM »

Short video

mikeiniowa · « **Reply #135 on:** November 18, 2012, 07:52:06 PM »

What type of trigger does it have? Gamo/theoben like the QB-23's?

I will have to look into getting some if there is any interest here in the states...

RC1947 · « **Reply #136 on:** November 18, 2012, 08:30:06 PM »

Enjoyed the video. Nice rifle. RC

Brutuz · « **Reply #137 on:** November 19, 2012, 08:18:50 AM »

Thanks guys

Mike I'll pm email you a link showing the trigger, won't post it on the open forum as that person isn't working safely....

mikeiniowa · « **Reply #138 on:** November 19, 2012, 06:17:57 PM »

Thank you have the e-mail, a little work will improve it a bunch...

Brutuz · « **Reply #139 on:** November 25, 2012, 05:52:27 PM »

Quote from: mikeiniowa on November 19, 2012, 06:17:57 PM

Thank you have the e-mail, a little work will improve it a bunch...

Thanks Mike

Meanwhile bought a .22 cal B2

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