Cleaning Airgun barrels Vs Traditional barrels

I have a couple of prized springer air rifles that cannot be cleaned with felt pellets due to their light weight. Shooting a felt pellet in a springer is like dry firing it, which can cause internal damage. So, for a springer you need something like a pull through snake to clean the barrel.

JMO....I prefer to use a Crown Saver pull-through to clean my rifle barrels. It provides a more thorough cleaning than just felt pellets. Some people have difficulty using one of these because they have a break or moderator at the end of the barrel.....which is why I use a drinking straw too thread the pull-through into the barrel.



Once you have threaded the crown saver down the barrel to the breech, attach a folded cleaning patch trough the loop, and pull it straight out. This can be done dry, or with your preferred cleaning solution.





you can purchase a Crown Saver Here....
http://www.mac1airgunshop.com/jl-crown-saver-p/jlcs.htm

I use the special drilled VFG felts fitted to a VFG adapter on a cleaning rod. Tension within the bore can be adjusted by turning the cleaning rod when the felt is in the bore, so driving the felt further up or back on the tapered thread. Plus cleaning solvents can be applied to the felts.


http://www.edinkillie.co.uk/ecatalog/vfg-cleaning-rod-adaptor-p-457.html

I don't know what guns you have but on my bobcat I remove the end cap on the shroud and then the power down to setting 1 before shooting them through 

"bmart"I have a couple of prized springer air rifles that cannot be cleaned with felt pellets due to their light weight. Shooting a felt pellet in a springer is like dry firing it, which can cause internal damage. So, for a springer you need something like a pull through snake to clean the barrel.

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You can use felt pellets in a springer, but you need to put three at a time in the barrel to create enough back pressure when you fire it.


I an still using a "crown saver" purchased in 2000, good investment. 
As said pellets in a springer is a no no. And "I" wouldn't use the (well I don't use them) if any baffle's are on the end of the barrel.

Mana, thanks for the nice pictures (nice rifle there too) while I'm already hip to the crown saver I AM a "pictures make sense" person as some others must be.

John

Thanks for this info - I have a Beeman R1

I like the PatchWorm kit and clean my air rifles about every other time I shoot. With my powder burners, I clean the barrel every time I shoot.

JMO....I prefer to use a Crown Saver pull-through to clean my rifle barrels. It provides a more thorough cleaning than just felt pellets. Some people have difficulty using one of these because they have a break or moderator at the end of the barrel.....which is why I use a drinking straw too thread the pull-through into the barrel. Once you have threaded the crown saver down the barrel to the breech, attach a folded cleaning patch trough the loop, and pull it straight out. This can be done dry, or with your preferred cleaning solution. you can purchase a Crown Saver Here.... http://www.mac1airgunshop.com/jl-crown-saver-p/jlcs.htm

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I find it hard to use my crown saver in a 177 bbl. Seems the outer sheath is too flexible to feed thru to the breach. Maybe doing it wrong? Uj

Thanks for the link to the Crown Saver, I just ordered one.

Got to get me a crown saver

I would recommend the Patchworm over the Crown Saver. I have 2 Crown Savers and never use them now that I have the Patchworm. The Patchworm has plugs/adapters that allow you to fit the cleaner to the size of the barrel for a better fit in the barrel. The patch wraps around the plug and allows for a tighter fit along the wall of the barrel, and so I would think... a better clean. I use it on my powder burners and my air rifles. 

The Crown Saver is ok, but without having anything to press the patch against the wall, I think your clean is much more dependent on the size of the patch an how well it fills your barrel. I picked up a Crown Saver, because I was worried about protecting barrel orings, but the Patchworm has never done any damage. 

Follow the link up top in the banner, or here it is as well 20/20 Concepts PatchWorm.

You can make your own patchworm by melting and flattening the end of a weed wicker line. Flatten it out so it fits the caliber of your barrel. Slide a patch over it and pull it thru your barrel. A straw inserted into the moderator will help guide the tip up thru the baffles and out the end. If it’s not tight enough you can double up the patches or flatten it out some more.

I found out the hard way NOT to use "cleaning pellets" without removing EVERYTHING from the end of the barrel FIRST!

Internal baffles, air strippers, etc, etc.

Take my word for it... ONLY use "cleaning pellets" when the last thing they contact will be the actual end of the barrel.

Also, for springers, just a suggestion... place a real pellet behind the "cleaning pellet" to keep from slamming/dry firing.