Leaded or Unleaded

[Guest buster321c]

Do you clean the barrel of your air rifle ? If so , do you do it because you believe that you get a better performance from you gun ? Or do you leave it , and rest assured that its `bedded in ` and this causes the gun to be more consistent .

[RaiderBoy 19]

i havent cleaned the barrel on my raider scince i had it, and is it true that shooting a fag filter through it does more damage than cleaning it

[Sterry 0]

On the faig filter front are you talking about the cleaner pellets (like a fabricish thing) I use them every now and then about ever 100 pellets and i shouldnt think they would do damage i mean the barrels are hardened steel and those thing are far from being as hard.

[Guest buster321c]

To be honest , if it was`nt made to go in a gun , it would`nt be near any of mine . But , i digress , i think your refering to the `cleaning pad type things ` well ive never cleaned any of my barrels , but have heard many stories from both sides and im just curious to see what others do . `

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

i never stick anything down my barrel, i just put a little gun oil down it now and again.

[shaun sale 0]

i never put any oil down my barrel i jus put abit off pellet lube on my pettets

[Guest buster321c]

I was under the impression that barrels were made from mild steel or brass .

[Shooter08 0]

i just spray abit of wd40 into the pellet tin, and they fly out

must be good stuff lol

[Sterry 0]

its proberly not a good idea to put oil down the barrel of an air rifle because when oil is mixed with compressed air it can and does explode (how diesels work) this is called "dieseling" which can affect accuracy and im not sure but cant be good for the barrels if the pressure get way up.

 

Using lubed pellets is much better as long as it done with the proper stuff because i think they use graphite to lubricate some pellets.

 

yh sorry i meant hard steel not hardened steel, but none the less harder than cleaning pads.

[camies 1]

Is WD40 the shooters choice of cleaners? NO. WD40 is not suitable for gun cleaning unless you really hate your airgun! It is a good solvent but it is approx. 85% kerosene (paraffin). WD40 was developed as a water displacement for electrical bits and pieces on cars and boat engines. It cannot clean powder residue and copper or lead fouling very well. It leaves a silicone film on your gun metal that will become sticky and build up in crevices. It can damage some plastics and can damage some wood finishes.

Most importantly, it is not made to lubricate under high heat or pressure. It will also evaporate off a stored gun and leave it unprotected from rust. Even better (or worse) it can cause dieseling.

Dieseling is the detonation inside the pressure chamber when grease or some oils evaporate and the resulting gases ignite by the heating effect of the compressed air and the friction heat of the piston seal as it flies down the chamber walls. The effect is unpredictable and vicious resulting in excess recoil which damages scopes and seals. The recoil can be devastating to the internals when the airgun diesels. Sounds great and you get the really cool puff of smoke out the barrel. The damage it does can be massive and cause major component failure which (in a new gun ) won´t be covered by warranty as dieseling is the sign of poor maintenance and is easily spotted. (Look for the burnt in swirl on the inside of a air chamber and on the face of the piston ring!)

 

A can of WD40 costs round a £1.50. A can of gun oil costs round £4-6. Is your gun worth the £2-3 difference?

[Shooter08 0]

still flys the pellets out

no i get you mate, i dint know that, thanks bud

[SEAN3513 7]

never clean mine, just use pellet lube.

 

i do strip the action from the stock and give everything a good clean, and oil everything up, bolt, trigger ect.

 

with PROPER gun oil.

 

cheers

 

sean

[hughesey1552 0]

what do you do with pellet lube just put it in the tin as you cant oil thm individually surely! Does it make any difference??

 

And no i haven cleaned my gun and had just under 1500 pellets through.

 

Ryan

[shaun sale 0]

what do you do with pellet lube just put it in the tin as you cant oil thm individually surely! Does it make any difference??

 

And no i haven cleaned my gun and had just under 1500 pellets through.

 

Ryan

hey matey i just pour them on some kitchen towel then lightley oil them on their then put them back in my tin. if you think oiling them individually sound bad i know ft and hft boys that buy ten tins off pelets at a time then way and size them lol

[Guest buster321c]

never clean mine, just use pellet lube.

 

i do strip the action from the stock and give everything a good clean, and oil everything up, bolt, trigger ect.

 

with PROPER gun oil.

 

cheers

 

sean

 

 

Hiya pal , so would you say that the pellet lube that you use keeps the barrel fairly clean , as in as much as it stops any residue sticking ` leading `to the barrel thus in effect `cleaning ` it ? And if this is the case , do you / would you notice any difference in accuracy if you went through say 200 un lubed pellets ?