by Tom Gaylord
Writing as B.B. Pelletier
This report covers:
- New airgun — what do I do?
- Be careful!
- DO NOT GET IT “TUNED” FIRST THING!
- Lube it?
- CO2
- Pre-charged Pneumatic (PCP)
- Multi-pumps and single strokes
- Spring piston guns
- Do I need to clean it?
- What about disassembly?
- How should I protect my new airgun?
- The most important thing
Every so often I am inspired to stop and cover the basics for our readers. Many of you who have been with me off and on over the past 13 years (yes, this blog turned 13 this month) will find the things I am about to say rudimentary, but each of you went through them in your own way. My recent encounter with the Sub-1 crossbow made it clear to me what it’s like to have something about which you know very little. And, as I was in the midst of my discoveries, reader Johncpen asked this.
“When lubing the bolt of a PCP like a Benjamin Maximus would you use silicone oil on the O-ring and Remington oil behind that or just silicone oil on the whole thing?”