+1 Well put Chuck."CHUCK"Hi Blindballein,
You adamantly hold that cleaning and lubing pellets is not necessary and actually causes all the problems you described...rather than make such absolute statements that could lead people to believe you are right, why not just state that what you say is right for you and your gun, but leave room for the possibility that other peoples results may be different than yours?
I have an two FX .25 caliber air rifles with Smooth Twist barrels that almost never need cleaning...want to know why? I clean all my pellets with Acetone to remove the factory gunk off of them, I weigh them to one tenth of a grain and sort them accordingly, and I lube them with Napier Power Pellet Lube Spray...(not motor oil additive) The difference in accuracy between unlubed and lubed is night and day! As for cleaning my barrels? After several cans of pellets I run a dry patch or two down the barrels...the patches come out barely showing any discoloration...when I look at the patches afterwards I always wonder why I even bothered.
Now does what I do work for all FX rifles? Absolutely not! I encourage people to try cleaning and lubing their pellets with Napier Pellet Lube at least once to see what effect it has, if any. I was shooting with a member from here not too long ago and his .25 Bobcat and his .25 Cricket both were more accurate shooting 25.4 gr. Kings straight from the can...and neither one of his rifles shot the clean lubed pellets worth a damn.
There are very few absolutes when it comes to airgun barrels and what they like or don't like...one thing I do to every airgun barrel I've ever had so far is polish the bore with diamond paste or even fine valve lapping compound to hand lap all the little micro burrs and imperfections.
All the best, Chuck
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