I use a piece of grass trimmer string and a small patch with a little Hoppe's solvent, followed by a patch with a little Remoil on it, about every 500 pellets or so. Has worked for me for years and no damage to the bore.
I agree 100% with your suggestions in this video. I rarely ever clean my airgun barrels. The outside is a different story. Oils from hands can damage the bluing, finishes, etc, so I do wipe down the barrels with household oil after every use and put the rifles away without touching the barrels again. I also wipe down the stock to remove oils and sweat that may have been transferred. Another recommendation, I always remove any rings I'm wearing so as not to scratch the barrels (especially springers). Yes, this includes my wedding band (but only while shooting!! GREAT video, thanks for the information.
It is a good idea to do a once-through with a patch or two when you get a new gun, especially if it's one of those off-the-shelf kind you find at Wal*Mart. Sometimes, manufacturers put a thick oily coating in the barrel to protect it from corrosion during transport. This is especially true with guns being shipped overseas. Almost every Chinese-manufactured gun I've seen has this dark colored gunk inside of it. You can smell it if you fire a round through and, in the case of break barrels, actually see it atomized and suspended in gases and water vapor. Firing a bunch of alloy pellets through the barrel will eventually clean most of it out, but running a few patches and a small amount of solvent will give you a good head start.
@@JFEnterprize Only an actual firearm will produce smoke of any kind. If your airgun doesn't have a suppressor, it will definitely make a loud bang, especially if it is a high velocity gun. Airguns only produce water vapor from rapid air decompression. For more details, see the above.
@@misterkaos.357 I figured maybe it was the storage oil from the factory. It def was a smoke. We had a pellet in the barrel. Only the very first shot in a crosman quest 1000fps .177 air rifle. I need to get another nice one. Any recommendations? Thinking pcp but break barrels seem a bit cheaper to run without the tanks ect. Plus I imagine maintenance of the gas systems years down the line.
@@JFEnterprizeOne thing to keep in mind, is that break barrel guns tend to be less accurate than the other types. Another thing to keep in mind is that most airguns that have the FPS on the package tend to be marketed to casual users who don't understand how velocity affects the projectile. Your typical .177 pellet isn't really designed for transonic or supersonic speeds. They are generally more accurate at subsonic speed. If you want an airgun that can really handle supersonic rounds, it will be more expensive and you'll be using conical slugs as ammo instead of traditional pellets.
I would avoid using any rod to clean an airgun barrel. Typically airgun barrels are softer and something like a rod can, and will damage the rifling... Use a string pull through method and thats only if accuracy isn't what it used to be
AirgunnerCA I have used a rod 3 times and thankfully my accuracy is still spot on. now I know too just leave my air rifle barrel alone, and I wont ever shove a rod down her again. thanks for the info.
Yes and no, brass is always softer than steel, however what you are in danger of damaging with a metallic rod is the crown. Gunpowder firearms don't have a crown in their barrel.
Well explained. High level competition shooters often never clean the barrel if rifle is used frequently. Very shiny barrels only need some shooting to get them back in shape, adding oil will make rifle less precise until pellets push it out. Don't clean the barrel...
I was told to clean the barrel of the Benjamin no xl 725 .25 cal when it’s first unboxed because the Chinese manufacturer doesn’t always clean all the metal burrs from the tooling.
Nice format, style and flow in your presentation. It was straight forward and I learned some new things I can share with others, like the chemistry of pellets and oxidation....."in order to become a positive person, you must lose negative thoughts, oxidation is the chemical loss of negatively changed electrons" thus iron metal losses electrons 1 Fe(s) -----> 1 Fe3+ with three negatively electons (3-) lost, THUS corrosion of iron metal to iron (III) oxide or RUST..... ..... Wow wax and graphite as protective coating on my pellets to prevent my lead, Pb metal from oxidizing, never knew that, THANKS, job well done!
Hi Professor, great instruction - and I realized that you are a "lefty". can you make an academy Episode about left hand shooting and/or cross-eye shooting? would be very nice. Cheers
What about shooting cleaning pellets after running the patch through it? Wouldn't it remove any particles that are still in the barrel? I choose the 250 shot average clean. i also wash my pellets. Great video bud, you earned a subscription.
Do air rifles that fire faster than 950 fps need cleaning more often? Im this video he said ones that fire slower than 950 fps do not have lead fouling. I have a Ruger Blackhawk that is advertised as 1200 fps... if I use lead or copper pellets how often should I clean it, and if this speed can have fouling, what is the best bore cleaner?
Nice video. :) Btw, I know that this is over two years old, but I have recently gotten myself a fixed barrel airgun, with a "charging" port at the top of the barrel. How do I properly use a cleaning rod with this type of gun?
Very accurate info! Don't use standard real gun cleaners... not necessary and (can long term) damage seals... a simple clean cloth or cotton pellet wade is all you need, with occasional minimal oiling of spring and seals...Use air gun chamber oil only for the chamber, not the spring. Trust them... They have a lot of experience...
Can someone please help me you know how the brown air rifle locks itself to put the pellet in well mine take likes 5 times to lock it so I can put the pellet in please hell and great video btw
If you're using a Magnum air rifle (a scoped one I mean) then the constant jarring of the scope by the heavy recoil can cause scope damage and ruin your zero. This also sometimes happens if you have exposed turrets and you use a cheap case, where picking up and moving the case can move your turrets. Alternately, make sure you consistently use 1 kind of pellet, because not all pellets are as accurate as each other. It is also important to note that resting a gun on it's barrel when you shoot will change where the pellet lands VS. resting it on it's stock. If you're shooting a red Ryder or something then I don't know what to tell you.
hi sir im a learning sports shooter, i have a walther lg 400 anatomic expert air rifle......i brought it a month ago and have fired a nearly 1200 shots without cleaning...... should i clean the barrel or should i keep going ?
Unless your rifle is malfunctioning or has real dirt,mud and grime from the outdoors in it there is no reason to clean an air rifle barrel. Simply the act of firing the rifle will push any particles out. So many people run a patch though the barrel (especially when they first buy it and see a dark gray stained patch come out and assume it must be dirty... No thats graphite, graphite has been used as a lubricant for decades and will do no harm to your rifle. Good rule of thumb, only clean your barrel after you have exhausted every other troubleshooting steps.
I don't know, maybe it's unimportant for an airgun cleaning video, but just for the fun of it, next time,why not go ahead and include something brief about 'The best and least damaging method of actually CLEANING AN AIRGUN!" (Ya' know, for those rare occasions when we may need to do so...) Why would this even need to be said? Are you people making this video high or what? :-/ L8R G8R
Crap. Does that mean that all those "clean your pellets before use" videos are wrong? I'm a new shooter and thought that's what you were supposed to do.
Silky Tp clean your pellets, not your barrel unless your accuracy goes to crap. Use a string and cloth to clean it though to reduce the risk of damaging your barrel. Clean your new pellets in hot soapy water twice using a sieve/strainer between washes. Towel dry after. Use a hair dryer to make sure they're dry! Especially up the skirts as that's where water will linger. Then use a good pellet lube. Preferably a pump. Two pumps is more than enough to coat a tin of 200 pellets. Less is better. They only need a very light coat. Biggest tip is, don't go cheap with your pellets. You'll be amazed at the difference in accuracy. Plenty of good pellet cleaning videos on youtube.
Right, so... I learned that it's probably better to just NOT clean your air rifle barrel, seems like there is more risk than benefit. And the benefits are marginal. Alrighty then.
