HOW TO clean an airgun barrel
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
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HuntersVermin shares with you the best way to clean your airgun barrel using a pull-through. Whether you shoot a PCP or a spring air gun, a clean barrel improves your shooting accuracy - and this video contains some top tips on how best to do it.
My break barrel been used for 22 years without cleaning barrel and still shoots straight ,got it from my grandfather it has been through over 4000 pellets
Splendid video! I've heard some say that they never clean their airgun barrels and that's folly. I have been using the exact same technique as you for years and I've never had any issues. I use Ballistol, it's a fantastic cleaner and oil that works great. Thanks for sharing.
Great work HV and well done Airgun TV for hosting it. This is a video that will help shooters new and old.
ATB Malc
CPTV
Yes, we here at AirgunTV agree... and are very pleased to have him supplying material to the channel. (Have you seen his DVD? Brilliant stuff.) Nige
Very good information, David explains things so very well, he is one of the very best out there! Has a huge streak in him of John Darling which was one of the best, rest his soul. And David James in my opinion and many many other air gunners think he's tops when it comes to air gunning, he is very respected, thank you so much AirgunTV and of course David James.
Today's barrel, such as the Marmot Militia barrel requires frequent cleaning in order to keep accuracy. I've found 80 pound mono fishing line folded in half (slightly, no knots) does great pushing and pulling it thru the barrel.
I suggest you use plastic weed trimmer line, it is quite stiffer than string.
the amount of people that put down airgunners is ridiculous. i can shoot my airgun in my backyard in the suburbs. can you do that with your AR15? i can get 1250 pellets for 15 dollars, how many 5.56x45's can you get for 15 bucks? if i lived in the uk, i could own an airgun, but owning a firearm is completely illegal. airguns are not inferior to firearms. you people need to get this through your heads
zach miller I really like airguns because they are relatively clean and quiet and like you said, pellets don't cost that much. You can set up a range and shoot indoors, in the garden etc, places where it wouldn't be practical or safe to shoot a firearm.UK gun laws are strict but owning a firearm in the UK is not completely illegal. You need a certificate which you must go through an application process to get and then renew it periodically whereas you don't need a certificate to own an airgun.
Exactly I can't own a AR in the UK even if I did get a gun lieance I couldn't own a AR in less it was in 22 rim fire any think bigger like 7.62mm can only be blot action I like to shoot so I use a air rifle it's not all bad for me though as I get to use AR and bigger weapon systems in my job
+uk spartan You can own an AR15 in the UK with an FAC. I had one in .223. The only difference is they cannot be semi-auto, they have to be converted to straight pull.
Guy Wood kool I'm applying for my FAC now the only thing is I don't see the point in haveing basically a blot action AR 15 when I can get say a lee enfield but that's just my personal opinion every body has a different opinion was it any good saying that I would like a blot action SLR (FN FAL)
+uk spartan I had a .303 Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk. 2 -- it was awesome!
That was nice, 👍🙂 A very short precise explanation of how too clean an Air Rifle. Unfortunately I did not see the other episode, of how too make your lanyard pulling device.
Great lesson 👌👌 and will look for other episodes? Thank You so Very much. WYO, Robert, 🇨🇦🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇲👀👀🤔🤔😎😎🙏🙏
I never thought of cutting the spray tube off so it still fits under the cap, great idea!
So simple and gets the job done,I hope it will work in my 177 Co2 air rifle.Thank You for your innovative efforts...
I have had a S410 for 5 years now. I use AA field diablo pellets .22. I use the Napier pellet oil, the red oil in the tiny plastic bottle. I have put well over 5000 pellets through it and it is as accurate today as the day i got it. Thing is, i have never cleaned it once. After each use i spray Napier gun cleaner down the barrel, then leave it pointing down in the cabinet so any excess oil runs out, i use it on the stock as well.That is all i do and i can shoot flies off a cardboard box at 25yds
I use a pull through like this but I do another section of fly line connected to the patch loop so I can just feed the pull through in the barrel once. After I pull a patch through, I can just pull the loop back through the barrel by the other section of line. So basically I have a patch loop in the middle of my pull through. Hope that makes sense.
You should probably make a video showing people how to make the pull cord with the permanent twists in it. As a Flemish bowstring maker, I certainly know how it's done, but the every day man wouldn't. Love your videos, by the way.
I like my powder burner too but my air springer is harder to shoot and funner. I use regular hopps gun cleaner in the barrel a brush and push Q-tips through. BTW a real man wouldn't put down somebody else because of their choice of target or small game weapon. Have a good one all and keep it positive.
Amen,,,,,,,,,,,
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funner.
I think it would be better if at least 3 or 4 or more pieces of cleaning cloth were tied at once at a desired distance in between the cleaning cloths in one string so the string does not have to pulled out and put in again and again. By doing so, only once that the cleaner will have to put in & to pull out the string from the gun barrel. This is how I have been cleaning my rifle barrel. Just my two-cents though.
It varies - but most shooters will tell you to leave the barrel alone until the accuracy goes off. Once cleaned, you'll need to 'lead-in' the rifling again. Don't zero-up straight away - clean barrels tend to produce more power and a different POI straight after a scrub-through!
you should add the information on those cleaning materials in the description box.
Great video guys!
For the break barrel guns I use a q-tip with a bit of solvent on it and shoot the q-tip. Follow with a couple more and the barrel will shine like glass
Malcolm Campbell Excellent Idea my friend. For me I have found the cleaner the bore and the less "Magical Pellets" work best. Any oil in the barrel tends to make a quiet gun loud. Nitro-piston and less hyper ammo works great for me. Forget all of the weird tipped or tip impregnated ammo with darts and bb's or whatever. Match the gun to the ammo no problems. Keep the bore clean but do not scrub it down like a regular rifle. I have a bunch of ammo I'll never shoot because they are gimmicks and I didn't realize it at the time. Benjamin Discovery is my favorite for my 22's. Guns may cost too much but ammo and a clean bore need not.
Malcolm Campbell Thanks brother!
Larry Spiller Oil triggeres diezelatation (or whatever its called) and it actually explodes when subjected to such a pressure (kinda like a diezel engine). That is why its loud.
I shoot a cue tip through my 177 break barrel, they fit perfect and and do a nice job. also they are cheap
Filters
A really nice watch and thank you for your help great video .
Are you still rocking the Box Beard today
No idea if this question has been up before.
My air rifle is kinda new, only 2-3 weeks old, how often do I need to clean the barrel?
Nicely produced.
Thanks
Hi Nige, Yes I got the set of DVD's as soon as they came out! Pleasure communicating with you, I've seen every one of your grand reviews as well, excellent!
I am from the USA and I think your vids are cool.
Very good tips. Thank you.
I never thought about my airgun needing cleaning. The thing is I am seriously anal about protecting and cleaning my firearms after going to the range. I guess it comes from being a kid that went out hunting birds, squirrel s and rabbits with a pellet gun but never cleaned them like my "real" guns even though both have lead and copper projectiles going down the barrels
All you have to do is get some Break Free put her on the small patches designed for airguns and shoot it through then follow through with a dry patch at least four times that's all you need to do never ever run a brush or a patch through it it will damage it I found out the hard way..
Cool! Thanks for the reply!
Another Nice video HV. Still having trouble finding the "Mill End" or "leaving" fly fishing line you talked about in the DIY video. At least in here in the US. Great stuff mate!
ATB Chris
Nice video! Thanks for showing. I did one in german about barrel cleaning :-)
It's all about accuracy. If you suddenly see your accuracy go off, you may need to clean out the bore... though most PCPs need a certain amount of lead lining in the barrels to get up to full accuracy potential. As David says, it's best to always clean in the direction of the pellet. Which is why he uses a pull-through, rather than a rod.
My thanks for that since we have the same make of rifle what pellets do you recommend I'll do a little pest control doves pigeon in barns .22rimfire leave holes and of course a little field target shooting, by the way you got me back into air rifles with your great videos
"Keep it up"
good video, many forget the crown is the most important part of accuracy, no metal should ever touch the crown, dings on it add up and soon people wonder why accuracy falls, the rough edges on crown grab the skirt of the pellet dooming it from the start
You can use weed eater line for an excellent damage free pull through. Just melt a small flat spot on one end and poke the line through a hole poked into the cleaning pads. Works great!
Great advice, thank you, I am looking into buying such a gun to help friends who own their own farms...
Well, now I know how and why I should pull through my gun. Thank you :)
Very nice. Question. Did you make the pull through? If so what kind of cord did you use? I've seen them on the market but didn't feel the $30 price they have on them was worth what you get even how handy it would be in the field. Again very nice. Simple process but to do but so important to do. Thanks.
he used the straw as a method of easily slipping the "pull trough" through the tip of the gun at 2:46 , so that it would not get snagged on any baffles, meaning his gun has an integrated silencer. or was just demonstrating a way of getting the pull through through silencer baffles.
ty very much for the speedy reply, i live in the usa so ill check a usa site and thanks a ton and love the videos.
I think you mean 'jags'. But yes... as long as you're carefuly. Especially when inserting them down the breech. Try not to catch them on entry... though jags are usually made of brass, which is softer than the steel which most barrels are made of
Thank you I have an old air rifle that was given to me from my grandfather now I know hot to clean it thank you so I can give it to my kids one day
How do you make loop on your pull through , putting through swarm magnum with suppressor?
Quite a good tool for an air rifle, but as it is, unless your rifle is suffering from accuracy problems. cleaning the lead out of the barrel will be counterproductive. The reason firearms have their barrels cleaned after every shoot is because modern propellants leave traces of corrosive or otherwise harmful material lining the bore. Air weapons however don't suffer from this problem, just about the only thing deposited on the barrel of an air weapon is the alloy the pellets are made of (usually lead, some alternatives now available). The lead deposit does two things: 1. It lubricates the pellet as it's travelling through the barrel, so one gets higher and more consistent power out of one's air weapon. 2. It protects the barrel from corrosion by providing an insulation layer. The time to clean an air weapon is when leading gets so severe that pellets can no longer effectively engage the barrel's rifling, which usually is reflected in rather poor accuracy. Even then, you want to leave some fouling in the barrel (how much exactly is up for debate), else you'll have to spend another tin of pellets leading in the barrel again until it shoots the way it's supposed to.
@airguntv is there any reported problems with the airgun shooter magazine on the iPad?? Or is it just mine?? Cheer
No it doesn't make it illegal (in the UK) as the law is based on 'power', which is kinetic energy... which is a figure derived from velocity plus mass. So a light pellet will go faster than a heavier one to achieve the same power. 700fps is fine for a lightweight .22 (like the U-Bolt), although a normal .22's 12ft/lb power limit is normally around 600fps. To calculate power in ft/lbs, use this equation: (velocity in fps squared, multiplied by pellet weight in grains) divided by 450240.
I clean my bore with jb bore paste and ballistol then degrease and use johnson paste wax and let the paste dry in the barrel and just shoot it out. Dime size groups at 35yds with my springers
a friend of mine brought me a old brake barrel rifle no compression . when we opened it up noticed that the seal had desentagrated and there were little metal chunks at breach. my question is what are they and why are these there? rebuilt seal but doesn't shoot as it should.
hey good video i just wanna know ive herd that you should only clean your barrel like that when its new and with a wire type brush and then use patches after that . Then after that you only need to run a patch throught the barrel one every 50 shots or so. Is this true, and also i think if you do that you dont have to wait for the barrel to be leaded up for it to perform , thats just what i read on pyramyd air , whats your thoughts about it?
i haven't cleaned my gun's barrel for months but still shooting accurately. But today i'll start to clean up.
Don't do it too often though, especially with a rifled barrel. After between 1000-3000 is ok ;)
My uncle has a spring pellet rifle and it has over 30000 shots thought it but i still can hit every time a 50cmx50cm target at 70meters with iron sights while im standing.does that mean the barrel is ok?
that surely sounds like a healthy barrel. You can try it out though. If the accuracy further improves after cleaning...then you'll have your answer :)
anomaly P Hm ok thanks!And imagine that his rifle is around 30 years old :D
That is awesome! I had a reaaaallly old airgun .177 call which was russian (with one of those typical russian reticles :p )
This thing could hit a dime at 30 yards, unbelievably accurate. And it was sturdy as hell...oh Russians :p
One question as you can see from my photo i shoot but full bore and shotgun so i clean every time i use my rifles/shotguns but now i've bought an air arms s400 so how often do i clean it there is no powder residue and no copper fouling "Brave heart" !!!!
In answer to your second question, yes... certain pellets CAN make a gun illegal where the law requires a maximum power limit. (See the equation in my earlier reply.) Some guns shoot certain pellets more 'efficiently', so you must always make sure you're on the right side of the law. (Ignorance is never a defence!) And note that while lighter pellets tend to be more efficient than heavier ones in a springer (ie return more power), in a PCP, heavy pellets often return more 'power' than light ones
right i have got a brake barrel webley stingray with a silencer attached. should i remove the silencer when cleaning the barrel ?????
I liked the straw trick.
is this pellet gun considered a firearm or a pellet gun and could u give a brief explanation?
I tried to push a cleaning patch from the back to the front of the barrel with a cleaning rod. The patch didn't come back out, guess it's stuck in the baffles. Rifles a gamo whisper, and the suppressor cannot be removed, do I need to worry about this?
Can I use GT85 lubricant as the cleaning agent for the barrel? I have loads of this stuff lying around.
I shot over 1400 shots( a Gamo 25 cal) , never cleaned it and I didnt see any diference in acuracy, or misery on barrel. Should I clean it?
Do not clean your barrel often, over cleaning does more harm than good, and I would suggest cleaning only after 1000 shots, but even after 3000 shots is ok. The so called dirt that comes out as seen on the cleaning swab, is NOT dirt at all, but graphite that is applied to pellets by the manufacturer, this substance is necessary and to some degree vital in keeping your barrel lubricated, so the more you clean the barrel the more you are degrading it. Basically just leave the barrel alone.
+Paul Manning
YES!.....you get it......so many dudes think their guns are filthy when in fact it's actually graphite residue left by coated pellets (which are coated with the stuff to assist in performance/less friction when traveling thru barrel).
+Mark 2021 That's a good practise... though where springers are concerned, the barrels can often be fouled from burned deposits from the cylinder side of the transfer port.
@@Battosai2021 where do u get ballistol at. Is it a spray or liquid.. And do u spray it on em. Or pour it on the pellets
Good tip... and it works. Thanks.
my gun logun s 16 s 33 fpe loves wd 40,i spray a litle on the pellets after washing them with great results
Yeah, my rifle likes Falcon Accuracy Plus pellets best, and with them it shoots at 10.5 ft/lbs, however I cannot tune it up any more because with Bisley Magnums it shoots at 11.8 ft/lbs, and any tuning would make it illegal with the Bisley pellets : /
Many barrels DO need to be leaded in. The trick is keeping the lead lining at the right amount. Once it's too leaded-up, it's then 'dirty'... and dirty barrels tend to lose accuracy. So a 'once-through' with a patch ever couple of hundred shots or so may well keep the lining at a decent level, without removing it entirely... and stop the rifling clogging up with so much dirt that it requires a full clean.
My hands down best cleaning setup, was a small strip of Scotch Brite scrubbing pad, and a wire clothes hanger. WD-40, and away we go... Two passes and a cotton patch to check bore cleanliness, and the airgun was usually clean. I got my best accuracy overall, by leaving the WD-40 in the barrel and allowing it to diesel off.
I don't cut them, I put solvent on the one end and load that end first, never seem to have any problems,
where do you find a straw small enough to slip into a .22's barrel?
Thank you for the great tip!!!
Keep posting videos
Good job!!!
I started using new pellets with my gamo cfx (upgraded with IGT)... The guy who upgraded the gun with the IGT also greased my barrel.
the windage is ok most of the time but I get 50/50 chance of shooting high or low (inch above or under the aimed point, on 25 Yrds). Is this the residues of the greasse in the barrel or is it because of the new gas ram?
I'm speaking after firing somewhere around 150 shots.
try your nearest gunshop.Failing that,try Chambers airgun spares or John Knibbs.If you google them you'll find them easily enough.
With my Crosman Nitro Venom Dusk, it's dieseling a bit and when I fired it at night I saw a few sparks. Is this from the dieseling?
hey can you help me i want to know what kinda cleaner are safe for air guns im really worryed about useing the wrong stuff i and i want to make sure its going to be safe for my guns i have a co2 gun and a pump gun
I have a piece of plastic stuck inside my Gamo Viper Express air shotgun. I was attempting to reload the shot shells I have, I used 2 thin pieces of plastic the same diameter and radius as the shot shells. I pulled the trigger and nothing came out. I tried using a piece of thin wire for a battery but it wasn't sturdy enough to get the plastic out of the barrel. Does anybody have any tips on what I should do to get the piece of plastic out?.
hi sir im a learning sports shooter, i have a walther lg 400 anatomic expert air rifle......i brought it a month ago and have fired a nearly 1200 shots without cleaning...... should i clean the barrel or should i keep going ?
+hs s I wouldn't clean it until you see an opening up of group sizes. And if that happens, refer to my video - 5 Ways to Improve Your Airgun's Accuracy
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Cheers :)
How often you clean your gun? like per how many shots? I have air arms 200 hc
your gun rest/vice on the bench... what make is it and where can I get one?
What is the cord you use for the pull through?
Yes, David is from Ireland.
It's the pull-through HuntersVermin made in an earlier episode of AirgunTV
why cant u add a retrieving extra single line on the loop to speed up the process?
Enjoyed the video.
Clever idea!
yes sir it took me a long time to find all this info out.
In the UK, all air rifles (over 1Joule) are considered 'firearms', but those that produce less than 12ft/lb muzzle energy are exempt from licensing. Above that, a firearms certificate (FAC) is needed. The legal limit for air pistols is 6ft/lb - above that it is considered a 'prohibited weapon' as handguns are no longer legal (since 1997) in the UK. HTH. Nige
Brill video and thanx for the tips!😊
Same here Robert, I've had my mk1 for years serial number 000092 and never cleaned it, and it's dead on everytime 20, 50, 70yds
I shot tins & tins out of my rapid 7 I have had it 15 years and its still spot on like the day I got it.
More good tips David . not so sure on the frequency of cleaning, at least on sub 12ftlbs ..
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Not very often, some people never do it and say they don't have any problems. I only do it after around 1000 shots.
Is 3 to 4 inches of cloth ok for a 177 caliber?
Word of warning, be bloody careful not to put too much in. Once in cadets I put around 4 inches of it on a pull through for the .223 calibre rifle we were using and it jammed up in the barrel. Had to be sent to the gun smiths. DO NOT PUT TOO MUCH IN
Where can I get those cleaning rags?
can I season a barrel with lead-free pellets and what about cleaning
I use a normal metal rod where you can put different tops on. Weihrauch HW77k
Veey informative thanks John snoooowwwwh
Great video as always. Thanks....
Good video...nicely done and informative. Love the accent, too.
would it make it easier to tie a single strand of the fishing line in the loop with cleaning patch so you pull it back and forth ?
great vid
oh if forgot to mention that u should use a brass wire brush and not any kind of hard metal because that can damage the barrel