Yep,
Both the .177 that I had years ago (should never have let it go!
) and the .22 that I currently own love Hobbies.
As regards lubrication, a couple of thoughts:-
If it's better to run dry or very nearly dry, how about burnishing some moly into the cylinder walls / piston? This could take the form of either dry moly powder, used sparingly, and worked in, or the Dri-Slide type lubes.
On quite a few springer rifle threads, many have used Krytox. Now, if I remember correctly from those threads, it's very expensive, but you only use very tiny amounts and its flashpoint is far higher than other lubes ????? I also seem to remember that it's PTFE based and that all surfaces should be scrupulously clean (obvious anyway!) and that, if switching away from Krytox, it's the devil itself to remove all the tiny traces that have to be removed.
There has often also been talk (more so in the US) of the effectiveness and suitability of the Tungsten Disulphide based lubes.