Quote Originally Posted by ccdjg View Post
I checked the BB barrel on mine and it is apparent that the first few millimeters of the breech are undersized and the BB sits in there quite firmly, thereafter it rolls down the barrel freely. As you say, the BB barrel was most probably a marketing ploy, although I suppose you could argue there would be a small ammo cost saving using BB's rather than waisted lead pellets.
You have to remember, back in the day, you would have to go to a store for ammo. None of this ordering on line with it dropped to your house. So if your local store only had bb, at least you had something to shoot.

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