I'm forever blowing "Bubbles"
i clean my 177 rapid with fag filters it works a treat
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?)?
Daystate AirWolf MCT .177 with MTC Viper Connect 3 -12 X 32
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.
'It may be that your sole purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others'.
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
You don't know what you've got till it's gone
Very interesting reading, I'm about to take delivery of a new HW100 .177 and id'e like to know the best way to keep the barrel sweet. Do i waz a tin of pellets through to bed it in?
I am going to start with AA's, (lubed?) so when do i give it a clean? Will firing a few VFG cleaning pellets be all that is needed periodically as i don't like the idea of any kind of brush.
Thanks in advance.
Neil.