Pellet gun dieseled.

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bullethole1

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Since I havent shot a Break Barrel Pellet Gun in quite awhile since I mainly been shooting firearms my whole life pistols/rifles. I purchased a Remington Vantage 1200fps pellet gun(spring). The first time I shot it sounded like a .22 rimfire and so it immediately stopped the next shot. I shot it about 200 times and no dieseling.So since I figured I would be doing good to it, I put some 3 n 1 oil in the barrel :barf: :D. I didnt think it would be an issue that doing so could damage the gun(internal parts) . The first two shots sounded like a .22 rimfire with lots of blue smoke,after the second shot it immediately stopped,after reading about this I heard its called dieseling and it is bad for the gun. So after that I dont oil it anymore. My question is since that ive shot over 200 times with it and it still shoots fine,as i can tell it has the same velocity,little kick like it always had,and accuracy! Should I continue to worry about the gun being damaged and that in time the gun will fail alot earlier. Sure I can go buy another one but Im just wondering since I shot a lot of birds,rabbits,squirrels,racoons,and I been shooting beer cans with very good accuracy with a bushnell scope that its turned into one of the other options if im not shooting with my rimfire and centerfire rifles. Id appreciate any info or advice so I could quit worrying. Im not hurting for money and like I said I could go buy another one its just that I dont want to spend the time again breaking it in and plus with all the animals i got out of it means alot of sentimental value to me! Thanks let me know!
 
Repeated dieseling can do damage, as it's an explosion.
It's caused by using petroleum lubes.
Use only lubes for airguns.
The few times yours has done it probably hasn't hurt it any.
Some of the kids in the neighborhood do it on purpose and their guns are still working ok.
 
I appreciate that, yeah it shoots pretty good still. Ill remember that now about what can happen when that happens. Thanks!
 
Back in the late 50's we put a few drops of 3 in 1 oil down the barrel of my younger brothers Red Ryder because we had been shooting it a lot and we wanted to take care of the gun like the grown ups took care of theirs.

Long story short there was a loud bang and an impossibly long streak of flame shooting out of the barrel. We have no idea where the BB went except he missed the intended target. Not saying it scared us but neither of us shot the gun for about 2 years. 25 years later I used it to teach my kids to shoot. Gone now but we were lucky, apparently no damage to function or accuracy.

A high school buddy of mine wanted to try it after we told him the story and did the same thing in his gun. Didn't seem to have the same loud bang or amount of fire but his gun was toast. Never tried that trick in my break action Gamo and am not going to. Sounds like you were lucky, I figure I had my one shot at lucky and will not tempt fate.
 
Air rifles in South Africa

I don't know the source of your information Come and Get It, but the fact is quite the opposite.
In South Africa, an airpowered rifle or pistol can be purchased almost anywhere with no legal or official restrictions.
You may be thinking of an amendment to the above which says that air weapons of calibre .22 and above which have a power rating of (I think) more than 12 joules are registered as firearms.
In addition, muzzle loaders are also exempt from any official control as they're apparently not often used in bank robberies.
 
I was wrong about them being banned (my mistake), however the South African government does classify sporting air rifles as firearms due to dieseling. Firearms are regulated heavily in South Africa. Though at one time they made exception to sporting air rifles but not sure if they do now.

If South African non-native farmers have to resort to crossbows to defend their property, firearm regulation logically must be rather strict there.

Here is a weblink (from South Africa) that argues the reason why sporting air rifles are firearms.

http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2004/april/airgun.htm
 
I'm the irresponsible one who tested this out on purpose. So far the best I've found is a bit of paper towel behind the pellet soaked in Pam cooking spray. Probably penetrates 1/2" more phone book than a standard pellet and totally deforms it.
 
No, it's canola oil, and it still diesels violently, just like Navy Joe said.

You said you don't want to damage your air rifle, so you should avoid deliberately making it diesel.
 
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