to clean or not to clean ?

well he bobcat is a smooth twist so cleaning it once you get fliers would make sense but a traditional barrel would require cleaning a bit more often due to a higher rate of leading I recently started to lube my pellets and I don't have to clean it nearly as much I never heard of using pledge though

Agree with cleaning when accuracy starts to suffer, it's the first thing I do when my groups start opening up without explanation. I do run dry patches through, from time to time, in between real cleanings. I especially do that right after a rebuild or with a new gun (every ten or twenty shots) just until the extra lube stops finding its way into the barrel.

Lots of variables and no two barrels are the same, so experiences will vary greatly.

yea no to barrels are the same but what I refer to is the amount of time leading takes place a classic riffle barrel has more contact point of the entire length of the barrel where smooth twist dose not and smooth twist is know to not need cleaned as often so leading in a classic barrel in theory should happen a lot faster

I clean my pellets for sure. No pellet dust or grit. Then couple drops of oil.

I clean my barrels when accuracy suffers. pellets I don't do nothing except pick them out the tin.

New guns I clean the barrel they tend to be pretty dirty from the factory. I also clean used guns and give new and use a once over to make sure nothing is loose and operating up to snuff. And like a lot of you have posted I will clean when I notice accuracy issues. Tim in Michigan.

Some guys at the FT circuit clean their guns after every 500 (or so they say) but that is because they don't require BR accuracy...The BR guys clean them after every 50 or after every target because 1 point is the difference between first and fifth place...

I used to clean my Steyr LG-110 (photo) every 35 shots max. (every target) because that barrel wouldn't shoot good after that many shots...Then the chrome of the barrel flaked and I re-barreled it with a much better barrel...I could only dream of cleaning a barrel every 35,000 shots as that Steyr guy told Philo (above post)...Now I clean it after every 30-50 shots for most accuracy (when competing) and about every 120 -150 when I am playing with it at home...After 120 or so I start to get sporadic flyers...

I, like most of you do, wash and lubricate my pellets...A little PLEDGE and then a few minutes at 300 F in the oven and they come out very nice...

regards,

AZ

most of you say you clean when you get flyers
well in Bench Rest shooting a flyer is a 9
so we clean as AZ says every card we shoot
i and have seen others also do it
sometimes clean in the middle of a card