Smithfire,

As the other posters have said, with high-quality pellets, and a well finished bore, cleaning for most is not needed.

(If you are of Olympic standard, then cleaning is more important)

Make a pull trough from some nylon line, or as I do, use a VFG Pocket set + VFG felts.

I run the barrel through with the VFG felts after every session, with the felts lightly coated with Lupus grease.

This is not to clean the barrel, but to leave a thin coating of preservative in the bore - I live in an old, cold, leaky Victorian house (no central heating) a couple of hundred yards from the Channel, and steel rusts while you look at it

When I get a new rifle or pistol, I clean the bore thoroughly, then give it a coat of Sentry Solutions TufGlide to act as the primary preservative.

For those that say that air pistol & rifle bores don't rust in ordinary use, feel free to leave your treasures in my house for a few months

Have fun & a good weekend

Best regards

Russ