Barrel cleaning & washing, lubing pellets recap. Thanks for everyones input!

[crittahitta]

First off. I want to say thank you to everyone who chimed in and gave their advice.

I asked about cleaning the barrel and said i washed and lubed my JSB king heavy 33.95 gr pellets. 
I couldn't get my condor ss barrel clean. Also the pellets were "dirty"
I got the barrel clean and I'm ordering ballistol with my next order of pellets.
After washing and lubing the pellets I can absolutely say my fingers were much cleaner after every shooting session. I shot Hundreds at a time.
I just cleaned the barrel after about 700 pellets give or take a few. (All JSB King Heavies) It was a little cleaner but not a night and day difference. But it did clean quicker with half of the patches i usually use. But that could be because i did a thorough cleaning last time.
Accuracy. There was no noticeable difference to me and my gun with accuracy. 
So in closure. Don't bother washing and lubing unless you hate having really dirty fingers. I think the pellets have already been coated with oil and aren't really dirty. Just a little slimy.

 

[kk4iz]

The FP-10 cleaned barrel will clean easy but I don't bother with cleaning tile accuracy start to go south. You are going to get dark patches even after a few shots but it shouldn't bother accuracy tile lead starts to build. FP-10 bonds to the metal and you should not have much lead build up.

 

[crittahitta]

I think i have some upstate at my place. I will try it. If it works well i will not order the ballistol. Amazing how dirty an airgun barrel gets. You wouldn't think so.

 

[RWSx3]

I tried a small amount of EEzox on the pellets used in my Condor, they hit where they're supposed to, but so did the ones pre-lubed. (It's a Condor)
When I was sold the EEzox by my gun dealer/smith, he mentioned to give a new shotgun barrel a good coating, allow to completely air dry then swab out to a nice shine and the barrel should clean much easier after lengthy shooting sessions, it works! I rarely need to moisten a swab with anything to remove debris and even the plastic wad scuffing you get in a shotgun barrel.
​I don't shoot hundreds (thousands) of pellets as many do, so I use the theory of "don't clean 'til accuracy goes away" policy, but I have to believe that lube does do some good.

 

[crittahitta]

Thanks RWSx3. Never heard of it. Will look it up now.

 

[bouddha]

RWSx3~

Agree wholeheartedly about Eezox, been a fan since I got that sample given to me by Virgin Valley Gunsmiths in the 90's. I finish cleaning my PBs and run a wet Eezox patch down the tube and forget it! Much easier to clean, and does even better with airguns. Smells better than Ballistol, too!

 

[kaylaindy]

One thing I know I'd that you should never use a regular metal cleaning rod to clean air guns. It will damage the very end of your barrel rifling. Even a bore snake can damage the barrel. The only way to go is with a plastic snake available at https://www.mac1airgunshop.com