Does lubing pellets increase accuracy and extend cleaning interval in your PCP?

[skorec]

I hesitate to call it a quote, but if my memory serves me correctly, Motorhead mentioned that he simply uses a mixture of synthetic 2 cycle oil and gasoline. I can’t remember the ratio 50:1, 32:1???  Someone correct me if I’m wrong please. I don’t want to pass on bad information and my memory isn’t quite as sharp as it used to be.

. using JSB pellets they require no lube at all to provide there best accuracy.

I agree absolutely.  Oil  lube  only create asymmetrical  snots at the muzzle.  Powder lube is best. 

[Motorhead]

I hesitate to call it a quote, but if my memory serves me correctly, Motorhead mentioned that he simply uses a mixture of synthetic 2 cycle oil and gasoline. I can’t remember the ratio 50:1, 32:1???  Someone correct me if I’m wrong please. I don’t want to pass on bad information and my memory isn’t quite as sharp as it used to be.

. using JSB pellets they require no lube at all to provide there best accuracy.

I agree absolutely.  Oil  lube  only create asymmetrical  snots at the muzzle.  Powder lube is best. 

Understand that lubricant within a barrel bore ALSO will act as an adhesive / binding agent for the lead dust that is created with every pellet shot !!
Just like moly grease does on a surface it creates a SMEAR of solids suspended in a oil/grease.
When the bore is wet the DRY lead dust that would otherwise be blown out behind the pellet leaves behind a small percentage that adheres to the lubricant film present. The subsequent shots start burnishing this lead/oil paste along surface of the bore.  * Some barrels will like this and shoot better with it present ... others will not !!

Just some FYI

Scott

[wimpanzee]

My mmhf barrel likes the fp-10 lubricated jsb, and my mutant cz barrel does as well. I couldn't really tell much difference with lubed vs not on the mutant, but lubing all of them means they are ready to go in either gun at any time, so it works for me.

[Fred J]

I have a question: Should I clean the barrel with patches damp with FP10, or should I use dry patches?

I kept shooting my FP10 lubed JSB 10.3gr pellets in my MRod to see how many shots I could get between barrel cleanings before the accuracy fell off. This happened abruptly after 130 shots. For comparison, I was cleaning my barrel every 80 shots or so with un-lubed JSB 10.3gr, and every 100 shots with Gamo oil lubed pellets.

It was crazy, shots 21 to 130 produced the best groups I have ever shot with any air rifle. Then at shot 131, I began to see fliers. The more I shot, the more fliers I saw.

When I cleaned the barrel, the first 4 FP10 damp patches were pretty black, but after that I only need 4 more patches to get the barrel really clean.

So at any rate, I will clean the barrel every 120 shots, which happens to be every 2 air refills. It take 20 shots to season the barrel, so I will be getting 100 accurate shots between cleanings. 

[AlanMcD]

I lube my .22 pellets with FP-10, and for cleaning I use a bore snake with the brushes removed (ad the brass weight trimmed down to fit the breech).  I have Ballistol on the front bit of the bore snake to aid cleaning, the middle section is dry, and I put a little FP-10 on the back end of it.  I typically find the gun dead on after a couple of pulls of the snake.  Works great and is simple, and I pull through every hundred shots or so just because it is so easy to do.

Every few months I wash and dry the bore snake and then re-apply the lubes to the proper section too.