pellet lube!

[zini 1,939]

Hi lads,

 

I find that no matter what tub / tin of pellets I’ve bought now or in the past, they have never been fully clean pellets with no lead residue in the tin and on the pellets.

 

You may look at a tin and think that they are clean but if you pour them into warm soapy water in a clear glass jug or beaker and squish them about a bit you will see plenty of lead at the bottom.

 

Use a colander and rinse them 2 or 3 times in warm soapy water until the residue has all gone.

 

Next pour the wet pellets onto a couple of sheets of kitchen towel and blow dry them with a hair dryer.

 

Next use your pellet lube and lightly lube the pellets in the towel and rub them around lightly so not to damage the pellets.

 

Don’t forget to wash and dry the tin out too or you defeating the object of washing them.

 

This takes about 7 or 8 minutes to do and is easy.

 

Why disrespect your rifle by putting dirty pellets into the rifle and magazine, you would pour dirty oil into your new car would you?

 

No wonder some people call a certain models of rifles saying that the mag wont index properly, when infact their mag is full of lead residue plus the mag has never been lubed too and looked after

 

Beats me sometimes

 

Si

[pianoman 3,587]

Hi mate.

Washing thoroughly, certainly helps with getting rid of swarf and lead dust and should be done, whether you agree with lubing or not . I've used a light spray of Mr Sheen furniture spray wax polish on .177 cal Air Arms Fields for my TX200HC in the past with great results. For all my ammo, .22 and .177, I use a light machine oil like 3-in-1 or WD40. This can cause dieselling on firing if you get a glob of the oil inside the pellet skirt. to prevent this, I clean out the skirt of each lubed pellet with a thin roll of tissue paper. It's laborious but it gets the ammo properly prepared and I get consistent, reliable accuracy on a hunting sortie. The secret of a succesful pellet lube is a light coating. Try it with 50 pellets and see for yourself if it works for you or not.

 

ATB

 

Simon

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Hi.

 

Instead of applying what ever lube you use directly to the pellets themselves, spray or pour a small amount into a nappy/sandwitch bag, then scrunch it up and rub it around.

Pour your pellets gently into the bag, and gently roll them around, gives a nice even coat with no excess lube trapped in the skirt's, less is more, if you get my drift.

 

 

Bill.

[Millet 4,497]

ive been using Napier pellet lube for several years now and it does seem to help with the grouping, and aswell as that if they is any dust in the pellet tins it tends to stick to the pellet lube in the bottom of the tin.

[Marksman 934]

Page 65 of airgun world Nov 2010

 

Final Quote from the mag"Lubing pellets-should you??

 

I'd say yes, give pellet lube a try. It won't turn your .177 into a .17HMR or your .22 into a rimfire, but it will give that slight improvement in accuracy, velocity and BC(ballistic coefficient) and that's not something to turn your nose up at, is it??

 

I always do mine and use a few drops of Napier pellet lube per tin

 

Darryl

[Phantom 631]

Well I guess I'm gonna have to start doing it aint I

 

Anyone got a spare hairdryer?

[Buster321c 1,010]

This is a decent guide to follow -

 

http://www.airarmsownersclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17838&hilit=washing+pellets

 

Bust .

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Well I guess I'm gonna have to start doing it aint I

 

Anyone got a spare hairdryer?

 

 

 

What the F**K do you want with a hair dryer Tony.

[festa 206]

ive changed to the napier uph pellets

that are already lubed

i find them better that aa field///or my gun does

are they not just RWS Superdomes rebranded and lubed? and DOUBLE IN PRICE !!

 

atb gary

[tx200hc 0]

great advice lads i will be doing that for the weekend

 

this might sound stupid but are there two differant ways 1 for pcp and 1 for springer???

whats best for me springer...?

 

cheers

[Ron Weasley 83]

great advice lads i will be doing that for the weekend

 

this might sound stupid but are there two differant ways 1 for pcp and 1 for springer???

whats best for me springer...?

 

cheers

 

The technique is essentially the same. Personally, I tip my pellets into an empty jam jar with some water and a couple of drops of fairy liquid or similar. I swish this around for a minute or so (I don't put the lid back on and shake it up, that could damage pellet skirts etc). I then tip them into a sieve- plastic is best, and run them under a cold tap for a few seconds to rinse all the detergent off. Tip them onto a few sheets of kitchen towl and let them dry (I usually leave mine over night, others use a hair drier though). Then, they go back into a jar, and for my springer they get a little squirt of furniture polish, and swished around a bit- before getting tipped back into the tin that's also been washed and dried.

 

I use furniture polish on pellets for my springer, as oil can cause dieseling, that's all.

 

Hope that helps bud.

[major1 6]

i think i will give it a go

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

ive changed to the napier uph pellets

that are already lubed

i find them better that aa field///or my gun does

are they not just RWS Superdomes rebranded and lubed? and DOUBLE IN PRICE !!

 

atb gary

 

 

Hi Gary.

 

I use the superdomes in the HW100 mate.

Just for the hell of it I weighed the contents of a tin ( took me bloody ages )

Was supprised at the difference in weights, ranging from 92g to 98g!!

 

Heard a rumour that Superdomes were being phased out, like you, I noticed that the UPH were the same looking pellet.

So I bought a tin and weighed them, much better results, and cleaner pellets too. plus lubbed.

 

When you think what we spend on the rifles, and scopes, it seem's worth going the extra buck for pellets too.

 

When I use up the Superdomes I have here, I think I may well change to the UPH, they go very well out of my rifle.

 

Having said that.....Im trying H&N FTTs aswell, soon I hope .

 

ATB.

 

 

Bill.

[tx200hc 0]

great advice lads i will be doing that for the weekend

 

this might sound stupid but are there two differant ways 1 for pcp and 1 for springer???

whats best for me springer...?

 

cheers

 

The technique is essentially the same. Personally, I tip my pellets into an empty jam jar with some water and a couple of drops of fairy liquid or similar. I swish this around for a minute or so (I don't put the lid back on and shake it up, that could damage pellet skirts etc). I then tip them into a sieve- plastic is best, and run them under a cold tap for a few seconds to rinse all the detergent off. Tip them onto a few sheets of kitchen towl and let them dry (I usually leave mine over night, others use a hair drier though). Then, they go back into a jar, and for my springer they get a little squirt of furniture polish, and swished around a bit- before getting tipped back into the tin that's also been washed and dried.

 

I use furniture polish on pellets for my springer, as oil can cause dieseling, that's all.

 

Hope that helps bud.

cheers for that mate will be giving that a go for the week end.....

[Phantom 631]

Furniture Polish!!!

 

Actually a very good point!!!! as it will help ensure making a CLEAN kill.

 

 

TAXI..................

Edited October 28, 2010 by Phantom