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What lube and where?


Dangerous Brian
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HI All

 

I have just bought a little BSA Scorpion 2nd hand and was wondering where to lubricate (just the bolt and fill probe or is there more?) and also what to use. A quick look at the BSA website told me they don't recommend silicone based lubricants for their PCPs but on the next paragraph recommend using Molykote 111, which a silicone oil based material.

 

What should I be looking to get?

 

Cheers

 

Brian

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Pop it into your local friendly gun dealer and ask them to put a tiny smear of grease on the bolt once a year - in 7+ years of owning my PCP I think it's been lubed once - as for the probe I have never done anything apart from a wipe with a clean cloth and my probe is used on 2 guns.

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Slightly off subject but close ...I as most of you know shoot an S200 .22.  The rubber ring in the magazines were getting chewed up and I asked at my local airgun shop. You need some lubrication, just a small amount. It ios the pellet doing the damage.  I there took a cotton wool stick and smeared it with vaseline and lightly coated each hole where the rubber protruded. The pellets certainly load much smoother. I have some new rings to pick up so will treat them before I put them in and will see if this stops the damage. 

Am I doing right here ?  Is vaseline OK or do I need to use a different lubricant?

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20 hours ago, Ultrastu said:

Vasaline is a petroleum based gel .and will corrode /eat into the nitrile orings. 

Again abbey sm50 .is all u need. 

I bought a small bottle years ago .and its still half full .

Thanks will locate some.

In short supply around here so e mailed Air Arms and their tech boys said that a light smear of gun oil would be adequate.  Did pick up a tub of LT2 Gun Grease this morning...moly disulphide, so will try a light smear of that

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Thanks bruno.  Was just a very light smear on the rubber but now having spoken with the Tech guys at AA, will be using normal gun oil on a cotton bud about every 50 shots.

It is easier to dampen a cotton bud and smear the rubber without putting too much on.  Certainly smooths out the insertion of pellets in my rifle.

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