White vinegar
I have some boxes of Marksman .177 pellets in which the pellets have oxidised. I seem to remember reading somewhere that instead of using Napier pellet lube to clean them a cheaper options was to use Auto transmission fluid? Is this correct, and if I did clean them in the transmission would I need to "rinse" the pellets after to remove the transmission fluid? If I do need to rinse them, what would be the best stuff to rinse them with?
Thanks.
White vinegar
I cleaned some with warm soapy water, then dried them and put few drops of pellet lube in the tin.
White vinegar cleans lots of things.
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Do they shoot worse if they oxidised ? Or is it more psychological ? Clean pellets do look a lot better.
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It's not something I've ever done but this seems to be the accepted norm and what I would do if trying it. Some would say to put the pellets into a plastic sandwich bag, or similar, with a small amount of the lube (after washing and drying) and move them gently about in it to try and get nice, uniform coverage?
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Never had an issue with dull/oxidized pellets, when they came in cardboard boxes in my youth they all looked like that and never caused a problem, I think it's only become a thing with the manufacturing lubricants staying on the pellets if they come in tins. Lead as a metal is self lubricating. However if it works for you , crack on! (I've tried all sorts of cleaning, lubing, sizing and weighing of pellets, just to see if there is a "miracle fix" in the search of repeatable accuracy)
Cleaning and lubing had no benefit for me
Using the method " Tony L" suggested at this very moment.....never failed me yet.
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use a large sieve, whack pellets in and squirt fairy lipsquid over them. Rustle them around gently and rinse under tap.
Once dry (hair drier works) give them a squirt with either lube or bees wax polish.. takes me back to the 90s.
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