Do barrels need cleaned?

[Edgar 1]

Hi all, I use a Weihrauch HW57 for all my shooting but I must have but over 5000 pellets through it, will the barrel need cleaning? or does each pellet push out any muck left by the last one?

[rabbit_killer 2]

i would advise giving it a good clean

but if its shooting straight and theres no probs you could leave it but 5000 there should be a bit of crud in there

[Coney 3]

Give it a clean what harm can it do and you never know it might just shoot a little better??

[Deker 3,478]

Air rifle barrels will benefit from a clean but there is not the requirement for cleaning as associated with, rimfires, centrefires and shotguns.

 

Much of the crud up the barrel of these will be propellant residue (often corrosive) and copper deposits!

 

The air rifle does not suffer from this, firing predominantely lead/alloy pellets with no propellant. This is soft and causes very limited damage, and "tends" to leave VERY little residue up the barrel.

 

However, you still need to keep the rifling and crown in good condition to maintain optimum accuracy, so a good clean from "time to time" would be worthwhile!

[Edgar 1]

Thanks for replies everyone, I will clean the barrel. How should I go about this?

[wats 0]

Thanks for replies everyone, I will clean the barrel. How should I go about this?

i take it you havnt got a cleaning kit then. piece off string with a pipe cleaner or a rag on end pull through a few times

[gilly-93 31]

Do them foam pellets work what you shoot through or they just a money maker?

[Edgar 1]

I too would like to know if the foam cleaning pellets work especially in spring guns, providing you put a pellet in behind them?

[Grim Reaper 1]

To be honest with you (and I don't say this lightly, mind) but i don't tend to clean my barrel if the accuracy remains true.

 

When i have chosen to clean my barrel, the thing i found most useful is . . . . beleive it or not . . . those little filter tips you get for making roll ups. Yes, its true. I would advise you to go for the 'Swan' make as well, and not a barstood make.

 

What i do is roll a filter between my finger and thumb to compress it down to fit my barrel, and then insert it at the breach face, slide the bolt home and then fire the rifle. It has worked well for me when i have done this, and it doesn't harm the barrel at all. You can just put the filter tip only in the barrel - there is no need at all for a pellet to be loaded up the arse end of the filter neither! Lol

 

Plus, i think the filter tips are cheaper than buying 'foam' type barrel cleaning pellets, like? If you see what i mean

 

Just a little tip from me that i hope you'll find useful.

 

 

 

Regards,

Grim.

Edited August 14, 2008 by Grim Reaper

[davyt63 1,845]

Thanks for replies everyone, I will clean the barrel. How should I go about this?

hi Edgar

Napier pull through kit is what i use and its easy to use hope this helps

regards

 

Davy

[Malt 379]

To be honet with you (and I don't say this lightly, mind) but i don't tend to clean my barrel if the accuracy remains true.

 

When i have chosen to clean my barrel, the thing i found most useful is . . . . beleive it or not . . . those little filter tips you get for making roll ups. Yes, its true. I would advise you to go for the 'Swan' make as well, and not a barstood make.

 

What i do is roll a filter between my finger and thumb to compress it down to fit my barrel, and then insert it at the breach face, slide the bolt home and then fire the rifle. It has worked well for me when i have done this, and it doesn't harm the barrel at all. You can just put the filter tip only in the barrel - there is no need at all for a pellet to be loaded up the arse end of the filter neither! Lol

 

Plus, i think the filter tips are cheaper than buying 'foam' type barrel cleaning pellets, like? If you see what i mean

 

Just a little tip from me that i hope you'll find useful.

 

 

 

Regards,

Grim.

Good method! I put a few drops of 3 in 1 down the barrel, then shoot a load of those tips down it. (When I haven't got a cleaning kit to hand! )

[droid 11]

Good tip Grim.....I just happen to have a few thousand Swan tips lurking about....

[Grim Reaper 1]

To Maltenby - I'm glad to see that I'm not alone in the use of these roll up filter tips, i really do find they are good for cleaning the barrel.

 

To Droid - no worries fella - glad to see you think my suggestion worth a try bud.

 

 

Umm . . . . . . there is, of course, another good use for them - particularly in a springer for use indoors . . . . .

 

 

Now then, what you can use them in a springer indoors for is this:

 

If you see (in the current weather it is most definately see them) a couple of flies or blue bottles flying around indoors, simply load one of the filter tips up the pipe of the springer and close the barrel up. Take aim at said fly or blue bottle once it lands on something, and FIRE!

 

Bye Bye fly!!!

 

It works a treat, it don't damage any furnishings or breakables, and is brilliant in a household where you have say, an asthma sufferer because there are no chemicals (such as those that are found in fly killer sprays) or vapours that can kick off an asthma attack, see!? Lol

 

 

I know, i know, what a silly idea for a grown man to have . . . . . . but still great fun nonetheless!

 

 

 

Regards,

Grim.

[tonywarb 0]

To be honet with you (and I don't say this lightly, mind) but i don't tend to clean my barrel if the accuracy remains true.

 

When i have chosen to clean my barrel, the thing i found most useful is . . . . beleive it or not . . . those little filter tips you get for making roll ups. Yes, its true. I would advise you to go for the 'Swan' make as well, and not a barstood make.

 

What i do is roll a filter between my finger and thumb to compress it down to fit my barrel, and then insert it at the breach face, slide the bolt home and then fire the rifle. It has worked well for me when i have done this, and it doesn't harm the barrel at all. You can just put the filter tip only in the barrel - there is no need at all for a pellet to be loaded up the arse end of the filter neither! Lol

 

Plus, i think the filter tips are cheaper than buying 'foam' type barrel cleaning pellets, like? If you see what i mean

 

Just a little tip from me that i hope you'll find useful.

 

 

 

Regards,

Grim.

 

got a vid of a pal getting a filter between the eyes! (not the sharpest tool!) think it will go on youtube!!

[SportingShooter 0]

:hmm: I wander if that Tip would work for a firearm. Put one in the breach with a few drops of cleaner and push it through with a cleaning Rod.

 

I might try that. Thanks Grim

 

Regards

SS