'Standard oil' (?) for use in gun barrel? If not, what else?

[MichaelK]

I bought these cleaning pellets, they seemed to do a fine job of cleaning out the barrel of my CP88 but I noticed that the manual says you can soak them in oil and then fire them through the system to lubricate the barrel -- my question -- would the standard oil that's normally found in those blue cans do the trick? Or what about WD45?

 

One other question, there's a seal right behind the barrel, should I lubricate this to give a better seal and if so what with?

 

Cheers!

 

Mike

[MM]

mate, stay away from putting oil down your barrel. just give it a pull through once in a while, and use a silcone free oil (the smallest amount) on the moving parts after avery few outings. them cleaning pellets are a gimmick and a waste of money.

[John_R]

If you can find Pellgun Oil, then every now and again put one drop on the top of a gas capsule before you install it in the gun. This helps keep the seal to the capsule in good nick, and it sends a tiny bit of that same oil into the workings.

 

That is just about the only thing you should ever need to do to a CP88 really.

 

Now for the difficult bit, Pellgun Oil has been discontinued and is very hard to find. There are various discussions around on this subject, most of which seem to end up disagreeing with each other! Frankly, if the thing works OK I would leave it well alone.

 

By the way... WD40 is a water repellent, WD45 is a tractor.

[airssassin]

I use the cleaning pellets in my air rifle and put a bit of pellet lube on them which is safe for the gun and helps to get rid of more muck. Every now and again I will use the traditional pull through method,..also with pellet lube.

 

You shouldn't even use regular gun oil (meant for powder burners) on an air rifle as it is too harsh for their barrels.

[MichaelK]

Thanks for the info guys

[radio1ham]

if you want to clean the rifleing why not use a .22 bronze cleaning brush then the wool mop to polish the barrell

youl be supprised how much **** the bronze brush will shift

as for cleaning pellets they are a gimmick if you want to use those save your self some money and buy some ciggarrette filters that folk

use when making their own ciggys theyl work every bit just as good

my mate uses them in his bsa superstar and supersport

hope this helps

[MichaelK]

if you want to clean the rifleing why not use a .22 bronze cleaning brush then the wool mop to polish the barrell

youl be supprised how much **** the bronze brush will shift

as for cleaning pellets they are a gimmick if you want to use those save your self some money and buy some ciggarrette filters that folk

use when making their own ciggys theyl work every bit just as good

my mate uses them in his bsa superstar and supersport

hope this helps

 

Thanks for your reply. I have a cleaning brush, I'm just worried it'll scratch the barrel. Would it? I'm not sure what it's made of.

[John_R]

Is your pistol a .22? I didn't think they made the CP88 in .22, so whatever you do, don't try jamming a .22 brush down it.

 

Unless your gun is really old and badly treated, I would say just forget about all this and enjoy shooting it. Only clean it if it starts shooting badly.

[Westcountryman]

Don't be too hasty to clean an airgun barrel. Its not like a powder burner that builds up **** quickly. Infact, you want a thin layer of lead in an airgun barrel to keep it nice and smooth.

 

If you accuracy gets poor, then consider cleaning it, until then, leave it alone!

 

Once its been cleaned, you will need to stick a 100 or more pellets down it to get your consistency back.