Benjamin .177 pellet pistol

[steveno]

I decided to take my Benjamin .177 pump up pellet pistol to the range yesterday morning. I have had the pistol for at least 25 years or more and hasn't been shot in at least 15 years or so. I think I paid $20 or so way back when and I imagine they are quite a bit more now. I do remember that I did pump it up after the last time that I shot it. it was about 33 degrees at the range yesterday morning so along with cold and not being shot for a long time it was really stiff to pump up. I have heard airguns need a thinner oil but how thin does it have to be? I normally use Birchwood Casey gun oil and was wondering if that will work?

 

[dab102999]

Ya it is a little thinner. I myself prefer beeman oil.

 

[MutinousDoug]

Crosman , who owns Benjamin now, makes an airgun oil called "Pellgun". Beeman oil is good too.
Normal petroleum gun oils can diesel and (though not likely to burn; cook and turn to varnish), so be careful what you oil your HB17 (or whatever it is) with.
They are great squirrel guns!

 

[Certaindeaf]

I'm sure his pistol is pneumatic. It won't diesel that I know of. I had a Crossman pneumatic .22 pistol for about 20 years and I doused it with everything from WD-40 to ATF. It worked as well as new after many tens of thousands of shots.

 

[JohnKSa]

Firearm products, and expedient lubricants in general are a big no-no on any kind of airgun. They can damage seals in pump-up and single-stroke pneumatics, cause dieseling in spring-pistons and even cause explosions in pre-charged pneumatics.

There's a lot of talk on firearm forums about how lubricants are lubricants and anything will work. That's debatable when it comes to firearms, but it's just flat out wrong when talking about airguns. That kind of thinking will ruin airguns and, at least in the case of spring-piston and pre-charged pneumatics may actually be dangerous. Stick to lubricants and cleaning products that are endorsed by airgun manufacturers or that are made especially for airguns.

Clearly some products can be used on both airguns and firearms, but let the manufacturer make the call unless you are an expert on both airguns and different kinds of oils.

 

[steveno]

I was looking at Cabela's yesterday and there was the "Cabela's" generic airgun cleaning kit and the oil in looked kind of thick and really didn't right for what I was lead to believe. there was also a Gamo airgun cleaning kit where the oil pretty thin.

 

[Certaindeaf]

If memory serves (mine's down in the basement), a Beeman maintenance kit comes with three or four types of lubes/oils, all for a specific part of the gun. This kit is for spring piston guns.