cleaning barrel on FX Wildcat mk1

[tsmith]

wildcat owners.........

how and what do you suggest to clean the barrel on the original smoothtwist barrel.

i am currently just using a piece of weedeater line and pulling dry patches through. i am not sure what to use for a solvent?

thanks.

 

[JoeKool]

Patch Worm kit

Ballistol

Cleaning patches

all available on eBay 

A good video on how to use it all:

https://youtu.be/5xu6ZnX7q4M

 

[sonny]

A couple wet patches and a couple dry and you should be ready to rock. I use CLP for the past couple years on my guns with no ill effects on my breech orings, most gun stores and maybe wallyworld carry it.

 

[hawkeye69]

I have never cleaned the barrel on my Wildcat, except for when it was new 3 years ago, and it's always spot on accurate. My shooting partner has to clean his Wildcat regularly or his accuracy falls off. For my other guns I use a Napier pull-through. Wet patches until they come out clean, then dry.

My point is, if it's shooting well, I don't bother.

 

[parallax]

After a few hundred rounds my accuracy degrades & I can see a build up of lead on the smooth twist. So, I scrub the last few inches of the barrel with JB non-embedding bore paste from the muzzle end. Works fine.

 

[Bob_O]

2 patches with ballistol followed by 4 dry ones.

 

[JoeKool]

2 patches with ballistol followed by 4 dry ones.

+1

 

[tsmith]

thanks to all for the input. i was most worried about using something that would hurt orings. ballistol is ok......

 

[far_shot]

I crimp a pellet onto a length of cotton string with a 1" loop in the middle of the string. Drop the undersized pellet with the string down the bore , put a patch in the loop and pull it back and forth. Change the patch as needed. Be careful not to grind away at the breech 0-ring or remove it first. Kinda tricky to remove and install that 0-ring tho...but pretty easy with practice and patience, 

 

[TEXAS]

Goof Off has worked well for decades with no ring damage