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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Gamo Gate => : PBJ June 23, 2007, 01:57:05 PM
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What is the best way to clean a CFX (both .22 and .177)? I use a .177 airgun model Boresnake on my other .177's (no brass brush on the airgun model) but the rotary breach makes that impossible on the CFX.
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Make and use a pull through. Then use .22 patches and GooGone.
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Made a pull through line with .080 weed trimer line. Cut to about a foot and a half longer than the barrel. Used a flame from a lighter to light one end and held it vertical. Once it made a ball on the end I blew out the flame and held vertical for several minutes until it cooled to the touch. Then cut the other end at a slant to make a point. Punched a small hole in the patch with a scribe and fed the line through the patch. Did not have any Goo Gone so I used Dawn, and any good degreaser should work. After five patches the last coming through clean and not convinced it was clean I thought I would try something different. Having heard one should not use WD-40 on an airgun, but knowing how well it cuts thick grease and cleans. Well after soaking a patch and drawing it through I am glad I did it, it was so black I turned it over and drew it through again. Then I soaked several patches with denatured alcohol and drew them through till they started squeaking. Then I drew dry patches through till they were clean. Went through about 17 patches.
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Thanks for the details. I have trimmer line and will give that a try.
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Hey, Bob, I've got one of the Otis flexible rods, works great. I just slip it through the barrel from the muzzle, thread on a patch at the breech, the pull it through with a little Goo Gone. HTH.
Dave