It just occured to me that I don't really have anything in the house right now to maintain or polish the wood with on my 350 or my other firearms. I had some "stock oil" or something like that I used on my firearms for several years but I ran out a couple of years ago. I didn't like it too much because it was flammable and not too good for your health if you happened to touch your face or mounth with your hand.. Was wondering if they make a "natural" wood oil or something that is not too hazardous?
What do you guys use for stock finish on your airguns?
Also I use the RWS spring cylinder oil on the Diana metal surfaces, barrel, etc. and to clean/oil the bore per the RWS cleaning instructions. You guys use anything different or is this fine? Also do you wipe ALL the oil clean from the bore with patches before shooting the gun again or do you leave it lightly oiled and then shoot?
And my last and very important question is, should I put a couple of drops of the RWS Chamber Lube down the compression chamber port? I remember reading in other forums that we should NOT put any lubricants in the compression chamber, so I 've always been confused about that. Why would RWS recommend that and others post in caps: "DON'T DO IT!"? Can someone clear this up for me please?
Much appreciated, thanks!
Tru Oil once a day for a week ,once a week for a month ,once a month for a year and once a year for life . Johnsons Paste Wax for protection from the elements . I'm new to the springer maintainance stuff , but leaning towards "no added lubes" for internals .Seems to be enough nay sayers about internal lubes I just lean to the majority . I'd like to hear benefits to the contrary myself ???? I have what seems to be a lifetime supply of MP5 for the external metal .It works well , so I'll continue its use until it is gone. Hinge joints and other metal to metal points I use Permatex SuperLube and a dry moly powder(not graphite powder) . Works extremely well for eliminating friction . Trigger sears , a drop of rapid drying carrier oil (Sentry Solutions Tuff Glide) and a dusting of moly powder is phenominal. I've measured a full 6 oz drop in pull . So test and adjust trigger before use !
Wipe it down every once and a while. RWS guns probably have a spray matt urethane finish so a paste wax will do little good. Now if you want to darken the finish or change the lustre, that is a different story. Otherwise, there should be no maintenance needed on a modern, spray finish.
I agree - hold off on internal lubes and just worry about pivot points.
"but I'll be needin' that gun, fer squirrels and such."
so just wipe down the stock with a regular cotton cloth?
The 350 has a fairly dark stock and I like it just the way it is. Not much gloss or shine to it though, so I may try the True oil or something just once to see if it gets a little shinier or looks better. I have to get something for my other 10 to 24yr old firearms anyway.
Our newest member Garry says he puts 2 drops of RWS compression chamber oil in the compression chamber port of his 350 springer and has gone through 8,000 shots with no problems. Why are many people saying do not use any lubes in the compression chamber when RWS recommends 2 drops every 1,000 shots? I still don't understand that.
Hi Harry, I went to the Diana.de website a few months ago and downloaded the owners manuals from them, according to the manual their guns are lubricated for life, which means the life of the internal components I would imagine. I am not shure how the new guns are as I have never bought one brand new so all of mine were used guns, I did not see good lubrication inside of them but then they were all from the mid 1990's so they may not have lubed them like they do now. There is a risk to using chamber lube, for one using those oiling needles you have to go by feel or timing to make shure you only get about a drop or two of oil in the cylinder, secondly in these real magnum springers now it will detonate for shure on the face of the piston, even though it is a silicon oil. So the risk of probably taking life out of the internals is not worth trying the lube. I know the Umarex website talks about using the spring cylinder oil and chamber lube, the chamber lube is great for older guns with leather piston seals and or to kind of condition seals to some degree but if they do lube the guns as they say at the Diana site there would be no need to use the chamber lube. The spring oil is good on the exterior and to get some in the pivot points. If you use oil in the bore make shure it is wiped out before shooting the gun. When I rebuilt my 52 I used moly paste on the piston seal and silicon grease on the mainspring, alot of people use the tar but on stock spring guides I don't like to use tar. You might also check with Glenn at Umarex about if Diana is lubricating their guns for the lifetime of the components just as a added measure.
I am new to the forum and have only had my 350 in .22 bought new 03/07. This is my first and only springer (well I did buy a 34 off gunbroker yesterday) and I want to make sure I take care of it (them) properly. I have maintained the gun six or seven times with 2 drops of chamber lube and I have not observed noticeable dieseling. I have about 8k shots consistently shooting about 250 pellets a week since owning the gun. I have followed the RWS maintenance and so far, no problems at all.
I have read RWS spring-piston models do rely on a tiny diesel effect to produce full power and I thought that was why chamber lube was called for in the maintenance. Not for lubrication but to actually keep the tiny dieseling occuring.
If knowlegable people are saying not to use chamber lube, I not going to use it anymore. It is puzzling what they sale the lube and put it in the maintenance instructions.
The nicest stock oil I've used on coated stocks is Gilly Stephenson Lemon Oil.I use their Orange Oil on oil finished stocks.
I recommend putting NOTHING down the barrel or into the compression chamber.Whatever you introduce will dilute the factory grease and cause violent dieselling.
Whatever you do,don't use silicon oil!!!
Just shoot it.
