Lubing your pellets
How many here lube there pellets?
If you do, what do you use to lube them?
How many sort them?
NH
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If u do like to lube with what ever u choose to lube with the worst thing u could do is, use to much of it !!
….. …. … less is more when it comes to lubing pellets …….. :winkn:
~ Greg
I currently don’t lube but back in the day a bunch of guys were using FP10 in there springers and swore by it.
I do lube my pellets, I use ballistol, it’s all natural and good for your skin! A couple drops to a tin.
It can’t hurt, I feel it helps.
NH
I have cans of that laying around and I think might be vegetable oil so not to bad for you. 🙂 We should compile a list of the different things used for lubing. A lot of stuff has been tried.
I use One Shot spray, it’s used for resizing brass cases and it dries almost instantly. I lay my pellets out on a paper towel and spray over them, roll them around then spray them again. One thing for sure you can feel them seating easier. Both my barrels have been lapped and cleaning them is effortless.
I know a guy who throws salt over his left shoulder for luck. I don’t think he is lucky. I found in testing years ago it is a complete waste of time but there might be that special gun/barrel/pellet combination that makes a slight difference if say you compete or just want to waste some time and expose yourself to some organic compounds? I know a few folks that used to think it helped occasionally (Randy’s wife from R&L competed). Not sure if they do now. That said I don’t think it hurts much if done lightly depending on the lube. A few lubes can be problematic causing detonation or a film on the gun that is difficult to remove over time (Krytox).
Maybe washing pellets does something (I have found that not to be the case as well). For my pesting it all seems an utter waste of time although I look for malformed or damaged pellets as I take them out of the tins to use them.
For shooting good groups some sorting and weighing can make a big difference given the loose consistency of pellets and damage that may occur to them. Just tossing some dented ones can tighten groups (eliminate some flyers). One can get very anal with this but if you are competing – anything goes. 😆
Put a very thin layer of foam on the bottom of you pellet tin and add few drops on pellet lube.
This will keep lightly lubing the pellets every time you move the can around or give it a gentle shake.
Use pellet oil ONLY or silicon oil. You don’t want anything that will “diesel” at high pressure or you will end up damaging the valve and the gun.
Does it help? Maybe….
The experts are still out there shooting and having fun.
Cheers
Try lubing so many times and always seem to go back to dry.
I’ve used Ballistol just a couple drops per tin.
At 50 yards if I’m target shoot I might do a visual sort by checking the skirt for deformities when loading.
At 100 yards and up I’d might do the roll test, but now days time is more important and strength out of the tins knowing that the lot/batch will perform well.
Yes, I’m a pellet hoarder and have lot/batches dating back into the early 70s.
~ Greg
I do neither
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Lubing with Prolix keeps my airgun barrels cleaner longer. No accuracy or fps gains. My Cricket .177 was getting around 500 shots then had to be cleaned again due to accuracy. A friend said try lubing pellets and treating the barrel with Prolix. Sure enough I get well over 2000 shots before having to clean the barrel.
Three Prolix patches will clean the dirtiest barrel, new barrels with that brown tar in them five patches. Cleaning airgun barrels is now a 2 min process. Depending on the gun it takes between 10 and 25 un-lubed pellets for accuracy to come back 100%. I think this is due to Prolix cleaning all pellet residue.
A couple of Prolix video reviews. Burnt on gunpowder wiped clean.
https://youtu.be/SVVCKQnxqDo
https://youtu.be/MYlk3ynnttU