Originally Posted by carpetman
Most of us over-clean and over-oil our air guns. To not swab a bore is sinnister afterall???? From the RWS Manual---"Care is very simple. The working parts,like piston and mainspring,need no lubrication". It goes on to say that it is usually not necessary to clean the bore as pellets do not leave a deposit and actually clean the bore. There are a couple of conflicts. RWS does in fact sell both Spring Cylinder and Air Chamber oil. I guess you buy it but don't use it???? I have also read in RWS literature that pellets leave a residue which works as a lube----they are atleast consistent there as either case you DO NOT lube the bore. Every great once in a while I do run a dry patch through the bore. I use heavy .135 weed trimmer line and push it through. You can buy felt cleaning pellets. Problem is they are light and can have the same effect Ballistics in Scotland described as firing with no pellet. IF you use them--which I consider a waste of money--put a couple of them in with a pellet behind them. With air guns,there being no primer or powder,there is no combustion------unless you introduce it by oiling it and creating dieseling. With no combustion,things just stay clean and most cleaning efforts are counter productive. You do want to treat the outside surfaces as you would firearms.