Barrel "Conditioning".

[Neomagic]

Just shoot them through, 5-6 just enough to take off the excess lead.
Dont use the wire brush and rod can cause damage to the rifling.

Just a cautionary note for any spring rifle owners......don't dry fire these filter tips, although they offer some resistance, you still need to put a pellet behind the filter tip prior to firing, or you risk serious damage to your gun.

I've used these filters for ages...only 70p for 100 and they work great with youngs 303 oil.

ATB,

Chris

[verminhunter]

Just a cautionary note for any spring rifle owners......don't dry fire these filter tips, although they offer some resistance, you still need to put a pellet behind the filter tip prior to firing, or you risk serious damage to your gun.

I've used these filters for ages...only 70p for 100 and they work great with youngs 303 oil.

ATB,

Chris

Yes you are right , filter tips are only for PCPs. Dont use them on springers/ gasrams lads as you may damage the internals of these rifles, use a pull through or if you have a brake barrel just open the barrel and push a rod through it(becareful with rods).

[biglad]

i clean my 177 rapid with fag filters it works a treat

[Graeme]

Yes you are right , filter tips are only for PCPs. Dont use them on springers/ gasrams lads as you may damage the internals of these rifles, use a pull through or if you have a brake barrel just open the barrel and push a rod through it(becareful with rods).

Maybe put a pellet behind the fag tip on a springer.. just a thought..

[bmhill]

on a brand new gun would you advise cleaning the barrel then start with a type of pellet and see if you get good groups?
or not bother to clean and go straight into conditioning?

i have heard people say at least a tin (500) of pellets to condition a new gun would this be a fair assumption(sp?)?

[Rapidnick]

on a brand new gun would you advise cleaning the barrel then start with a type of pellet and see if you get good groups?
or not bother to clean and go straight into conditioning?

i have heard people say at least a tin (500) of pellets to condition a new gun would this be a fair assumption(sp?)?

Depends entirely on its accuracy 'out of the box'. If OK with pellets you expect to work in that type of rifle then don't bother.. Although rifles need a lining of lead to 'condition' the barrel a full tin is rather a lot just for leading. However, springers do take a while for all the moving parts to bed in and for the rifle to reach optimum. I'd say up to 1000 shots to see what it really can do and get it shooting really sweetly.

[bmhill]

Depends entirely on its accuracy 'out of the box'. If OK with pellets you expect to work in that type of rifle then don't bother.. Although rifles need a lining of lead to 'condition' the barrel a full tin is rather a lot just for leading. However, springers do take a while for all the moving parts to bed in and for the rifle to reach optimum. I'd say up to 1000 shots to see what it really can do and get it shooting really sweetly.

thanks for the reply
its an airwolf mct

[verminhunter]

Depends OK for all the moving parts to bed in really sweetly.

Get back to bed nickos, talking about your parts early in the morning honestly.

Kalimera felleh mou.

[gumdrop]

I had a TX200 which shot accurately from the box, but then started throwing flyers as usage increased.
I cleaned the barrel with dry tight pull throughs then a couple with Sovol Autosol and finally a couple with jewellers rouge this resulted in extremely
tight groups much further out than before.
There was a product on the market that was added to the clean bore of a hot barrel, intended for live round guns it nevertheless worked well in air rifle barrels
and cut down the fouling on a friends black powder musket