Cleaning pellets? :s

[Tjv787]

Hello
Does cleaning pellets help with minimizing dirty barrel/chamber ?
If so ways the easiest way? Warm water, dish soap and a water bottle shaken up?
Isn't lead soft ? Maybe that could ruin the shape integrity ?

Thanks

 

[tacfoley]

I've been shooting airguns for the last sixty-five years, in national as well as international comps as well, and that's the very first time I've ever heard of anybody using water and or dish soap to wash air gun pellets of any kind. In fact, it's the very first time I've ever heard of ANY kind of pellet cleaning being carried out.

Since we spend a lot of time and money keeping that thin skirt in a circular shape, it must be plain that throwing them around en masse in a bottle of washing-up liquid - or anything else - is going to distort them so much that they will end up useless.

Concentrate of keeping the barrel clean instead. NO pull-throughs, not even cleaning rods, just the correct size felt pellets from your local good-quality airgun dealership. I shoot a couple through my barrels before any serious shooting starts, and a couple at the end - that's it. Some of my vintage airguns are pre-WW2, and are still like new inside.

tac

 

[cartwheel]

Airguns don't need excessive cleaning, especially if you keep the velocities down. Most pellets will have some sort of coating on them- be it an oil or wax, to prevent corrosion. I think handling pellets causes problems, so washing them cant help either. Felt cleaning pellets can cause problems in high powered springers. I wouldn't over think it- just shoot and consider cleaning if accuracy falls off.

 

[OkayShooter]

A 100$ ish 1000 FPS Rem, isn't a Daisy 853 ( entry level ) or a high end competition airgun. Stop over thinking and just shoot.