Well hello everyone.

I've been wandering this forum for a week or so because I finally got out my Dad's rifle, (drum roll) the illustrious Relum Tornado he bought in 1970! Now I know lots of people have said it's crude and not very powerful but I love it and so does the family.

Recently however I have realised that I don't actually know too much about air rifle maintenance so here goes my first question. What is a patch? Is it just a piece of cloth you can run through the barrel of the gun or is it something that you have to buy pre soaked in gun cleaner solvent or something? I ask mainly because in 42 years of owning the rifle no one has ever cleaned it.

Any hows I am quite excited about working on it and ordering some good pellets and talking about everything with everyone

Alex