BARREL CLEANING
MEET YOUR TEAM OF AIRGUN ADVISORS
MIKE MORTON
EDITOR Mike taps into his vast reservoir of airgun expertise and gets stuck into answering questions about barrel cleaning, wooden stocks and range estimation
RAY GARNER
RAY's been there, seen it and done it, but while he enjoys shooting older airguns, he's got a taste for more modern hardware too
PHIL HOOPER
PHIL loves maintaining, restoring and shooting older airguns, particularly pistols, and this time offers some tips for tweaking an HW45
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Q
I've read a lot about barrel cleaning in this magazine and elsewhere, and am left more than a little confused. There look to be so many different ways to go about it and some people don't appear to do it at all. Surely there's a ‘best’ way?
YOUR EXPERT
MIKE MORTON
A
THERE is indeed a best way. In my case, that's my way, but in someone else's case, it'll be their way. The point I'm trying to make is that the ‘best’ way is the one that works for you, and that means the one that gives you the results you're looking for. Everyone who contributes to this magazine will have a different way of doing things to the others, and that's fine as long as it works for them.
There are four main reasons to clean a barrel. First, to remove any protective oil or waxy Cosmoline-type products that have been applied by the manufacturer to protect the bore during its journey from the factory to the end user.
Secondly, to remove any residue when buying a second-hand rifle. If you
