How to clean a break barrel air rifle ?
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This sums it up quite nicley... Pelgunoil can be tough to obtain. The springers have different seals so you need to know what you are looking for.
I'll give you the benefit of being new with Springers which I certainly was at one time can't really comment on where to buy lubricants. Look on scopes and ammo website and if you're still not too sure give them a call and let them know you're looking for some spring grease and chamber oil and they should be able to help you out. Otherwise look to airgun source. I got lucky myself and whenever I ordered a spring kit that came with the lubricant which is a molle grease. I've used both Mccarri Springs and vortex. I lightly greased my spring and piston and havernt opened it up in 10 years. You will also need to Google spring compressor dont take your airgun apart without one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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What are you shooting anyways?
Agree scopes and ammo great shop couldnt remember their name when i made this post so I edited it to reflect them thanks OkayShooter.
Any questions feel free to PM me
Or else good luck
What are you shooting anyways?
Agree scopes and ammo great shop couldnt remember their name when i made this post so I edited it to reflect them thanks OkayShooter.
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You shouldn't use a solvent as it might not be good for the seals, cause them to swell and degrade, etc. There's no powder or carbon to dissolve anyway.
A couple strokes, and I mean 2, with a bronze or even a nylon brush of the appropriate size coated in silicone oil will get pretty much anything out. Then, push a patch that's been wetted with silicone oil through, and your barrel is good. Put one drop -- ONE DROP -- of silicone oil on the gas port at the breech and on the breech face to lubricate the seals. It is necessary to lube th eseals, but excess oil may "diesel" ie ignite when pressurized, and your air rifle will sound like a 22 for the first shot. It would very rarely do any damage but you should try to keep it to a minimum.
Also, try lubing your pellets. When I get a new can, I put a quick spray of silicone directly in th etin and shake it around a little. Shoots more consistently, and leading will be virtually none.
A couple strokes, and I mean 2, with a bronze or even a nylon brush of the appropriate size coated in silicone oil will get pretty much anything out. Then, push a patch that's been wetted with silicone oil through, and your barrel is good. Put one drop -- ONE DROP -- of silicone oil on the gas port at the breech and on the breech face to lubricate the seals. It is necessary to lube th eseals, but excess oil may "diesel" ie ignite when pressurized, and your air rifle will sound like a 22 for the first shot. It would very rarely do any damage but you should try to keep it to a minimum.
Also, try lubing your pellets. When I get a new can, I put a quick spray of silicone directly in th etin and shake it around a little. Shoots more consistently, and leading will be virtually none.
It is really not advisable to use the felt cleaning pellet by itself as the piston, on a springer, will slam home much quicker than it would by building up volume and then pushing the pellet from the barrel. You will melt or scuff the nylon seal and could damage the piston itself over a period of time. The felt cleaning pellet was actually intended for pneumatic and pressure charged rifles were you can dry fire them without a pellet. I would use a pellet along with the felt cleaning pellet on a spring piston rifle to be safe. And, air guns really do not need cleaning as much as one would think.
For break barrels, you can use a patch and solvent. Bass Pro info. is an outdated old wives tale. The theory was that the solvent would shorten the lifespan old the breech seal. A number of airgunners have put this to the test and reported their find on other websites/forums. Modern seals are not affected.
As has already been mentioned...silicone oil for the compression chamber..a couple drops every thousand pellets or so.."crosman Silicone Chamber Oil" I think canadian tire sells it..I just use a boresnake for the barrel and wipe down the exterior metal with a light coat of gun oil to prevent rust. Thats it. Low maintenance.
Pelgun Oil is NOT for springers. Use it in CO2 airguns.
And I'll never use chamber oil or spring lube in my springers again, either. I did that, as per instructions that came with my Diana. I shot it and got a detonation. Good way to make repeat business for the manufacturers repair dept. I did some research and found that people were adding the lube and then leaving the rifle to sit for a day before shooting, to allow the accelerants to evaporate. That worked better.
But it doesn't last long. It's best to make a spring compressor and open up the rifle and add a sparing amount of moly paste to the spring and tube. Good for a few thousand shots. When my rifle was first opened up to do this, there was drops of silicone oil on the doggone piston seal. Which can detonate and damage your seal and possibly the tube(if done repeatedly).
And I'll never use chamber oil or spring lube in my springers again, either. I did that, as per instructions that came with my Diana. I shot it and got a detonation. Good way to make repeat business for the manufacturers repair dept. I did some research and found that people were adding the lube and then leaving the rifle to sit for a day before shooting, to allow the accelerants to evaporate. That worked better.
But it doesn't last long. It's best to make a spring compressor and open up the rifle and add a sparing amount of moly paste to the spring and tube. Good for a few thousand shots. When my rifle was first opened up to do this, there was drops of silicone oil on the doggone piston seal. Which can detonate and damage your seal and possibly the tube(if done repeatedly).
