FX .22 cal Wildcat, New, to clean or not to clean

[nvelkhunter]

Should receive new WC in a couple days. What's your recommendation? Clean barrel or just start shooting to break it in? If recommending cleaning, is it a simple drag a dry patch or two through the barrel or something more involved?

Just watched PA's two part video on barrel clean;

and

Is the above to extreme?

What is WC's barrel material? Steel, brass, other?

 

[hawken54]

I just ran a Ballistol patch through the barrel, and 2 dry afterward. Thing is a tack driver. AOA test fired a 25 shot string and I know they didn't clean it first because I was there. Just gives me piece of mind and a base line. If there was anything in the barrel that would have hurt it during firing. AOAs test firing would have done it.

 

[Tominco]

I would recommend cleaning (just my opinion). Just to eliminate any chances of scratching the inside with any grits or bits from shipping. It just takes a few seconds and it might make a lifetime of difference.
Yeah, a dry patch or two a few times though should do real nice. 
Hope you love it! 
Tom

 

[Guest]

When I saw the video my heart has bleeds!
Bronze brushes makes by powder burners sense but not by airguns!
Bronze is indeed softer than the Barrel steel but with the time it is damaged it anyway.
Notice: “Constant dripping wears away the stone” 

FX barrels are smooth to 95% and do not have to cleaned.
More smooth the barrel and cleaner the pellet the less you have to clean!
The Pellet material also make a difference. 

The best way to clean a airgun barrel is in my eyes is to pull 1-2 patch with oil (Ballistol, WD40) through the barrel, and 2-4 dry afterward as in Ted Video.
As pull wire should one use plastic (fishing cord).

 

[Mr.Gadgets]

I just received my Wildcat .22 a few days ago. I'm still tweaking and getting to know it. I know they say, no need to clean the smooth twist barrels, BUT, my tight groupings, all of a sudden, went to a 2" spread. The gun has probably between 100 and 200 rounds through it.
I decided to clean it, and it was filthy. It took 5 or 6 patches, with a few drops of oil on them, to come clean. Next 8 shots were touching each other, problem solved. Just my .02 cents!