Do I Have To Clean My Gamo As Soon As I Get It?

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Being new to air rifles I am puzzeled.  My new Os Collector instructions say no petrolreum products.  Most of the reccomended procedures I have read say apply Goo-Gone.

Woluld like your experienced info and recomendations.

Ken

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• NW suburbs of Chicago

Hammerli Pneuma Elite 10 .177, DonnyFL Sumo ldc - For sale
.22 Disco/Maximus mix, Rocker1 ldc
Gamo Hornet .177
1377, steel breech, TKO, 12" barrel, R. Arms Innovations AR stock
2240

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If you have read the threads here almost using Goo-Gone, (or whatsoever Citric Based Cleaner),  you should exist skilful to become.
Mike

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brass castor and cleaning patches withal trying to detect a good "solvent" to use for the atomic number 82

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• Greeley, Colorado

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Never us a wire brush in an airgun. The bore and rifling volition be damaged as in most cases they are fabricated of softer steel than a powder burner. many airguns are merely lined past a tube and damaging that is irreparAble.

just nutrient for thought!!!

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• Clarksville, Tennessee

Discovery .22
Marauder Gen 1 .25x2
Marauder Gen 1 .22
Bottled Gen ane Mrod .25
Gen ii Mrod .22 Synthetic
Bulldog .357
Texan SS .357
Texan LSS .457 CF
Hatsan Vectis .25
Hatsan AT44S-10 .177
Sumatra 2500 500cc .25x2
Sumatra 2500 500cc .22
NuVair (Coltri) MCH-half-dozen Portable Gas Compressor

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I advise that you never use a metal brush. There are nylon brushes available and that is sufficient.

CDT

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x3 on the, no metallic brush.  Not necessary.  RC

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• Lebanon, CT

Norica Massimo  .177
Norica 56  .177
Beeman/Weihrauch

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ok metal brush is gone thanks for the input.  Now someone told me i can use goo gone.  Any thoughts on this?

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YEs, goo-gone is a citrus based cleaner. No issue in that location at all.

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Discovery .22
Marauder Gen 1 .25x2
Marauder Gen 1 .22
Bottled Gen 1 Mrod .25
Gen 2 Mrod .22 Synthetic
Bulldog .357
Texan SS .357
Texan LSS .457 CF
Hatsan Vectis .25
Hatsan AT44S-ten .177
Sumatra 2500 500cc .25x2
Sumatra 2500 500cc .22
NuVair (Coltri) MCH-6 Portable Gas Compressor

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Goo gone seems to get things pretty clean for me, no issues with it then far. I did read somewhere it tin can exist bad for rubber, simply if your running dry patches through until clean yous should exist removing most of the goo gone anyways.

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Benjamin Marauder .25 bottled
Benjamin Prod
BAM B-50 .22
Beeman R9 .22

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Thanks to all.  Tried the Goo-Gone method, no bronze or nylon brushes, and it really removed a lot stuff.  Now to shoot and run into how information technology does clean.

Ken

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Also try Ballistol. Some say information technology works better than goo-gone. I take just used Ballistol and its rubber for all materials

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Beeman R10 .20 Palatial Tuned vortek kit

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Clean??? What's to clean? I've had my .177 Gamo about 8 years and but needed to clean it twice and 1 of those times was when I took information technology out of the box!
Break information technology open, merely don't cock it.
Use a minor wood dowel and some Q-tips. Don't shoot the Q-tips, button then through from the breach with the dowel.  A affect of rubbing alcohol on the showtime Q-tip or ii and leave the residual dry.

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 Quote... Make clean??? What's to clean? I've had my .177 Gamo about 8 years and only needed to clean it twice and one of those times was when I took it out of the box!
Pause information technology open, but don't cock information technology.
Use a pocket-sized wood dowel and some Q-tips. Don't shoot the Q-tips, push then through from the alienation with the dowel.  A touch on of rubbing alcohol on the outset Q-tip or two and exit the rest dry.

 I propose yous go to the GTA library and read up become to All about lubricants. there ton of good info in there
IMO powder burners have completely unlike cleaning needs and requirements than that of an airgun- i.e. heat, lead, copper, brass and corrosive powders etc. to proper name a few.

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