Maintenance of an air rifle
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 8:19 pm
I am aware that this topic has been discussed in detail many times and there is a plethora of information available.
I am a novice and still learning about maintenance. Hence just a couple of questions
WD40 - there are people for and against its use on firearms or air arms. What I have gathered after some research is WD40 is best used for an initial clean up on the outer metal parts of the air rifle followed with a wipe down using a cloth soaked in oil. Is this correct?
For general maintenance, I have bought a small bottle of oil from one of the dealers in Mumbai- the bottle I bought is manufactured by them and is their own brand- I was told this is good to use on both firearms and air arms. The question is that can I use this oil to wipe down my air rifles? I only ask this as I am a little confused if there are separate types of oils for firearms and air arms ? All dealers I visited its absolutely ok to do so but I just wanted to validate this with opinions from fellow members.
Other than this, I have bought a tin of cleaning wads and 4 tins of moly grease for lubing on the inner parts. Is this enough or is there anything I am still missing ?
Thanks in advance gentlemen.
I am a novice and still learning about maintenance. Hence just a couple of questions
WD40 - there are people for and against its use on firearms or air arms. What I have gathered after some research is WD40 is best used for an initial clean up on the outer metal parts of the air rifle followed with a wipe down using a cloth soaked in oil. Is this correct?
For general maintenance, I have bought a small bottle of oil from one of the dealers in Mumbai- the bottle I bought is manufactured by them and is their own brand- I was told this is good to use on both firearms and air arms. The question is that can I use this oil to wipe down my air rifles? I only ask this as I am a little confused if there are separate types of oils for firearms and air arms ? All dealers I visited its absolutely ok to do so but I just wanted to validate this with opinions from fellow members.
Other than this, I have bought a tin of cleaning wads and 4 tins of moly grease for lubing on the inner parts. Is this enough or is there anything I am still missing ?
Thanks in advance gentlemen.