Will be receiving new IZH46M today. Are these packed in grease and if so how far does it have to be taken apart to clean off grease if at all. Does the barrel have grease in it and if so what is recommended to clean it. Will CLP be OK to clean grease. What lub is recommended for seals after cleaning and is any dissasemby required to lube them.
baikal IZH46M packing grease
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Don't treat it like an Russian SKS, it won't be packed in cosmoline or grease.The only lubricant you want to use[spareingly] is 30wt. non-detergent oil if and when, the piston seal goes dry.Just give it a wipedown and shoot it.It might smoke[dieseling] for the first 8 or 10 shots but it will go away as the excess oil is dispensed fron the piston area.
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All airguns seem to like different pellets, but mine liked crosman wadcutters. I suggest not using that steel cleaning rod, it's too risky, too easy to damage the rifling. I always used the wool cleaning pellets instead.
Mine also had a peculiarity to it. It threw the first shot from every clip, not terribly, but at least a half inch at ten yards, usually to the top left.
Strange.
Have a target trap yet?
My favorite was the "gong" spoon hung in a five gallon bucket filled with old clothes. It was alot better than the silent traps filled with the duct seal gunk, and I could hang paper traps on a hook, when so inclined, though I've since sold the IZH and bought an avanti 853c.
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I've had an IZH 46 and a 46M over the years. Both arrived "bone dry", and my experience is that the internal parts ought to be left that way. A little bit of oil on the trigger contact points might be helpful. Light machine oil is good, or "pell-gun" oil if you have any. I never cleaned the barrels because they never got dirty. These are less expensive competition grade guns, and the velocity in not enough to qualify it as a firearm. I don't think you will find any build-up of lead (or anything else) in the barrel. Cometition grade pellets are the best for accuracy. The gun was made to be competitive at 10 metres. In ISSF matches all you need to do is to put one hole in each target. Nice crisp holes punched in a target are not what you will get with a 46 or 46M. Slower pellets tend to tear paper, but as long as you can see where the pellet entered clearly, that is all which is necessary, and it does that very well. Flat-topped pellets are the best: JSB pellets work, so do RWS, or H&N. They cost more, but they show you how you are shooting. The best I ever shot with my IZH 46, was a 578/600 (at a local competition). If you don't like the grip, don't modify the grip that comes with the gun, find one which will fit you properly. That is time and money well-spent.
Steve
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