Daisy Daisy 499b

[Iowa Airgunner]

It sounds like you need a cleaning rod with a


It sounds like you need a cleaning rod with a stop built into it.

No this is a muzzle loading rifle. You drop the BB down the barrel. The BB takes a moment to reach the bottom . When it does it hits the magnet. There is a click sound. If you don’t hear that click your shot will miss. So you want to unscrew the shot tube and clean it all the way out the bottom. You would not want to push anything down the shot tube.

 

[BBGunn]

No this is a muzzle loading rifle. You drop the BB down the barrel. The BB takes a moment to reach the bottom . When it does it hits the magnet. There is a click sound. If you don’t hear that click your shot will miss. So you want to unscrew the shot tube and clean it all the way out the bottom. You would not want to push anything down the shot tube.

My 499B tells me when the bore needs cleaned. Shot to shot precision starts to go away. While I haven't documented an average shot count between cleaning, I would say it needs cleaned about every 200-shots or so.

I use a wooden dowel to clean the bore. I cut a slot in the end of the wooden dowel to hold the patch. I take a 1" square patch and fold it in half. Then I slip the folded patch into the slot in the end of the dowel. I add a little denatured alcohol to the patch. I run the patch into the 499B bore from the muzzle end and twist the dowel as I push down the bore. Once the patch & rod hit the bottom of the bore I reverse the process. I only do one patch and it's clean. The patch will show very light color from what it pulls off the bore.

After cleaning the rifle will go right back to grouping at it's normal level of accuracy and precision.

 

[Iowa Airgunner]

I guess what I am saying is the magnet is directly at the bottom of the bore. And if you use a pointed type barrel cleaner. The needle shaped one you pull a patch through . If the tip of the cleaning jag hits the magnet it will push it through to the back. A wood dowel is good.
But the barrel unscrews and is not ment to be tight. It’s easy to clean and inspect.
My problem is the BB stop half way down the tube . But it takes more than 200 shots between cleaning. I’m used to pellet guns I never really clean .

 

[BBGunn]

I guess what I am saying is the magnet is directly at the bottom of the bore. And if you use a pointed type barrel cleaner. The needle shaped one you pull a patch through . If the tip of the cleaning jag hits the magnet it will push it through to the back. A wood dowel is good.
But the barrel unscrews and is not ment to be tight. It’s easy to clean and inspect.
My problem is the BB stop half way down the tube . But it takes more than 200 shots between cleaning. I’m used to pellet guns I never really clean .

I don't like to unscrew the barrel and the barrel sleeve assembly because the rifle's POI will shift every time the barrel is pulled and reinstalled. I even have a piece of tape on the underside of my outer barrel that attaches to the sleeve part so that I know for sure the barrel is not moving.

If you choose to use the dowel method to clean the bore be sure to cut the slot so that when the patch is installed that some of the patch sticks-forward of the wooden dowel. That way the dowel itself never touches the magnet. Just my way of doing it but a person should do what ever method they have faith in.

 

[Iowa Airgunner]

You are correct about the POI shift. I thought of just marking the barrel. But a wood dowel even without the patch would be good. It is a very smooth bore and a tiny piece of stuff holds the BB from dropping down to the magnet.. I’ll get a wood dowel and make a cleaner. Maybe pull the barrel ever couple thousand shots instead of every couple hundred.

 

[BBGunn]

You are correct about the POI shift. I thought of just marking the barrel. But a wood dowel even without the patch would be good. It is a very smooth bore and a tiny piece of stuff holds the BB from dropping down to the magnet.. I’ll get a wood dowel and make a cleaner. Maybe pull the barrel ever couple thousand shots instead of every couple hundred.

If you are really serious about wanting to squeeze every bit of accuracy out of your 499B, then buy a few barrels to try. The barrels are cheap and some do shoot with higher precision than others. These guys that have their kids shooting in the National events buy numerous barrels and test shoot them until they find the best of the bunch!

I bought a 499B barrel then cut and fit into a co2 revolver. This revolver shoots with such precision now it's nearly unbelievable!

 

[Iowa Airgunner]

I have an extra but the one I have is really good. I’m just playing over winter.

 

[Iowa Airgunner]

Cleaning the barrel, new pellets and a sight in after reinstalling the barrel. All added up to a successful evening.
285! Even with my generous scoring the groups are very satisfying.

 

[SSGFWB]

I've always put a little electrical tape on the barrel at the muzzle so there is no movement.