PCP Airgun barrel cleaning

[dta116]

Anyone used the Ballistol GunCer Gun Oil. Supposed to be Ballistol with ceramic additive to clean the barrel of a PCP or Springer.
Sure looks interesting.

 

[bchannell]

I just use plain ole Ballistol. What are you thinking cermaic will give you, .. accuracy, less fouling?

 

[6gun]

Felt pellets and clp is as much as I care to do anymore for results with my stuff

 

[Ranchibi]

Felt pellets and clp is as much as I care to do anymore for results with my stuff

That's what I use, the felt buttons with a hole thru the middle soaked lightly in Ballistol then rubbed in paper towels to remove excess Ballistol till clean then 3 dry patches after every tin of 500....

 

[Motorhead]

ONLY time any sort of cleaning oil/solvent or snake oil see's my barrel bores is when doing a Deep Cleaning and using a Bronze brush scrubbing like a mad man to remove serious fouling !!
Otherwise just a caliber specific HOPPES BORE SNAKE w/o brushes every 2-500 shots ... couple of breech to muzzle squeeky & snug pull threws and done !!

 

[oldmojo]

Patch-worm with multi purpose ballistol works great, in my guns I need to put a small bend at the tip to get it started in the breech and when the plug gets to it just push down a little with a finger to make it go in the barrel more smoothly but it works great. If I notice accuracy getting off I run a few soaked patches through then a couple dry and good as new.

 

[maxtrouble]

I purchased the economy-sized bottle of Ballistol along with a couple of Patchworm kits and some felt buttons in different calibers.

I thought I would be cleaning airgun barrels a lot more frequently. Little did I know that after the first good cleaning never clean your barrel again until accuracy starts to suffer. The exact opposite of powder burners.

I have a lifetime supply of barrel cleaning supplies now.

 

[john8]

When doing a quick clean on my K1s I run a mag full of felt pellets, one half Ballistol, one half dry. For a more through clean I'll pull the barrel.

 

[Alan83]

The ceramic additives in GunCer are designed for barrel-tuning in powder-burning firearms but the base Ballistol formula is well-regarded for general airgun maintenance and for cleaning lead fouling. The original Ballistol is safe for seals, so the GunCer version should be safe for PCPs, though it's important to use it sparingly in the barrel and always remove excess oil.

 

[Ackley786]

I just use shoot through felt pellets with gun oil on them.

And even then its only if the rifle has had a soaking.

 

[beerthief]

I have ALWAYS heard to put a pellet behind the felt pellet if cleaning a Springer otherwise you can damage the piston seal

 

[cosmic]

I use brake cleaner and a brush for initial cleaning, then wax the bore.. After that, just a pull through until clean...

 

[boscoebrea]

I'm listening to a very knowledgeable person, who says that because different pellets and slugs use different alloys, switching to different pellets will cause the "gun" to shoot differently until it gets used to the new "pellets", which takes a few shots... I have found this to be true. That is why you have to shoot more than a few before you judge. As far as cleaning a barrel, the amount of lead can actually help more than hinder. After cleaning, doesn't it take a few shots to get back some accuracy? Anyhow, I shot thousands of shots through my R-7 and never cleaned it and it shoots as good now as when it had a few shots through it; my conclusion is this: as with all things, your experience is your experience and may be different from mine.Maybe faster speed does cause a bit more leading,another thing would be a tighter bore would not need as much leading to shot more accurately,all things to think about or not.