cleaning barrel question

[Portzy]

Rob, if you really must clean? then get one of those VFG Field wire pull throughs that come in a mint tin. I have one for my .22lr, and some drilled pellets too, just a drop of oil is all that you need for air.

I wouldn't on an air rifle though, by the way.

[max headroom]

Rob, if you really must clean? then get one of those VFG Field wire pull throughs that come in a mint tin. I have one for my .22lr, and some drilled pellets too, just a drop of oil is all that you need for air.

I wouldn't on an air rifle though, by the way.

beg to differ Portzy, never put oil in an air rifle barrel.

[Portzy]

beg to differ Portzy, never put oil in an air rifle barrel.

Not intentionally behind the pellet yes but why would the barrel itself be a problem, especially if you pulled a dry felt through before shooting, as you would with any treated barrel be it air or powder.

[PhatMan]

Hello to All,

If you store an oiled barrel vertically, some oil will drain down.

This has happened to me.

Luckily, the oil did not get into the transfer port.

I store all my break-barrels broken, so this is not an issue with them.

I now use grease (Lupus) on the VFG cleaning felts, and this does not shift, but still does a fine job of cleaning.

A couple of the VFG shooting felts, or fag. filters (they work very well indeed ) backed by a pellet to remove excess grease before a session, and job is a good 'un.

Have fun

Best regards

Russ

[Bellycrawler]

Clean an air rifle barrel ? why ?? to stop it going rusty through lack of use maybe but personally I don't. Why throw away furry pellets ?? Just use them for plinking if you think they are going to be less accurate or give them to someone.

[the bish]

Clean an air rifle barrel ? why ?? to stop it going rusty through lack of use maybe but personally I don't. Why throw away furry pellets ?? Just use them for plinking if you think they are going to be less accurate or give them to someone.

My Ultra lost accuracy recently, it was all over the place, couldn't hit a bottle top at 30 yards zero distance.

After a pull through with oiled patches and a few dry ones to finish it off, and 50 pellets to lead the barrel up, it was back to shooting spot on.

It must have had a good few thousand pellets through it before it needed cleaning though.