Rebuilding the B3-2 Page 3

You can see that the glossy polyurethane brings out the beauty of the wood and the stain. This is working out better than I thought. After it dries for 4 hours, I will steel wool it and then apply another coat.	UPDATE ON THE STOCK The stock on the left looks very good, but when I checked it in the morning, a bunch of dark black specks showed up through the grain all over the stock. I started re-sanding again all the way down to the wood, but I never could get the black sanded out. This must be some kind of problem with the wood used for these guns as I have seen others have to repaint them. Since this is a learning experience, I decided I would have to go this route myself unfortunately. I sanded it all back down and sprayed it with a flat black paint. After it dried I used a clear coat paint on it. It looks better this way than just painting with a glossy black. As soon as it dries, I'll post an updated pic below. I think overall, I'll still end up with a rifle that looks much better and performs much better.
You can see that the clear coat on the flat black turned out real nice. I'm pretty happy with it even with the disappointment of not being able to stain it. The next B3-2 I get, I'm going to try the stain again and see what happens.
Rebuilding the Trigger Assembly, and Spring
The following 11 pictures are from Ed Canoles as he took apart his B3-2. Thanks very much for the clear pictures Ed!!
Remove stock which is easy 'cause there are only 3 screws you need to remove.	Stock removed.
Remove the "anti-beartrap" assembly.	Remove the cocking lever assembly after unscrewing the screw that holds a "sling attachment loop".
Push out the large trigger pin after removing the retaining clip.	Push out the trigger blade retaining pin and remove the trigger asembly.
Trigger Assembly & Pins	Put the B3 barrel and receiver in a "high tech spring compressor" and tighten the "compressor" screw to remove pressure on the spring guide/breech plug retaining dowel.
Push out the spring guide/breech plug retaining dowel and release the spring compresson with the "compressor" screw. The B3 spring is preloaded some so be prepared.	Pull out the piston assembly.
All apart, now you have to figure out how to put it back together :)
Here I have the replacement Keeper & Sear Spring out. I decided not to use the dremel on them to smooth things out since I might take too much off. So I got a fine stone and used the gun oil to smooth the parts out. Rubbing the keeper on the stone on both sides and on the contact area really put a nice smooth finish on it. I did this on the trigger also.	Here I have re-assembled the new keeper and sear spring. I put moly paste on everything, but just a very light coat.
A picture of the view inside of the trigger assembly.	Rear pic of the trigger assembly. Note the white spring guide at the rear of the barrel. There is a pin holding the guide and spring in place.
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