Advice on lubricating bolt - Daisy 717

[delisvasilis]

Hi all.

I am a newbie in air pistols and glad to join your community. Today I received my Daisy 717, a vintage piece as I understand. Haven’t shot it yet as I am still in the flat with the family. I noticed immediately after opening the box that the bolt handle is very stiff. As it is made of plastic I was worried I might break it. By wiggling a bit, I can manage to pull it back in order to load the pellet and close it again. But the movement is not smooth by any means. So please advise me guys: shall I lubricate the plastic body of the bolt handle along the thin backward movement slot? If yes, what shall I use, silicon oil or maybe pellgun oil? or else?

thanx in advance,

Vasilis

 

[JohnL57]

I think I used pellgun oil on mine-I also stabilized the rear sight by shimming with card stock once I adjusted for windage. It was a tad wobbly before. Great shooters though a bit hefty.

 

[marflow]

maybe some white grease but very little and any extra should be cleaned off 

the bolts are kind of crude 

make sure after you lube work in for a short while, i think in reality almost anything will work but again just a little