Cricket in .25
Well after much debate and going back and forth between a Air Ranger in .25 , Air Wolf in .22 and a Cricket in .25 My wife helped me decide that the Cricket .25 was the best option. Now next week I plan to order from Steve at Wild West. Does any of you .25 Cricket shooter think I will need a custom shroud? Or is it quite enough. Now I need to get a scope sub $500 to put on this pup any recommendations. Also skeleton or standard stock. I like the built in mag holders but like the look of the skeleton stock better..
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Thanks both for answering !
The friend who made the .25 cricket more consistent is fps he open and check the regulator and the rifle was very steady in his producing speed even down to 110bar . I have the shot string but i can send it only by e-mail (sorry) ! We forget about speed variance because beside chrony numbers i was checking always POI from 60m where my zero was to 80m where i have metal plate for targeting. Also every 10m up to 100m ! Well when the POI of my zero at 60m went down one dot i had the same 1 dot down to 80m . And i was checking that every time i had poi change. So the speed was there couse we all know that chrony with clouds and sun can give different speeds so after some time i had choose to see the difference in drop in those two distances !
I was cleaning the barrel after 200-300 shots and the rifle was grouping real good to all distances !
I had take sigle shot tray fron Ernest (he write here i think) to make sure that was not the magazine !
Believe me i was loving that small monster so i examine almost every i could to make it shoot properly ! 4 scopes and 14 tins of pellets are not little ! I send it back to the importer as a problematical air rifle . I have 3 others so i can make fair decisions.
Sorry about my english ,regards Christos !
If the poi was alway a drop and none side to side, I would be taking a close look at the Reg.
KnifeMaker
Below 150-140 Bar, you may have off-regulator issues. Since the poi is random in the pressure range, I’d check the moderator/shroud for clipping or looseness, make sure the barrel does not have gunk in it; clean it. If you are using auto advance on the magazine, try manual (may not be indexing/lining up every time). If the gun got really hot or left in the sun, there may be valve seal damage. The poi will shift if temperature change is large while you are shooting. Try shooting 250-160 Bar only.
Check all screws/bolts for tightness. Make sure the cocking lever is pulled all the way back. Pressure gauge error is common; the gauge on the gun can be very wrong. Lots of variables. If you exhaust all options, the gun may need professional attention. Could be a regulator issue.
I was shooting AirArms 25,4 (jSb made) good patch at 880-890 and rifle was accurate even at 100m ! I was using 200-110bar +-. When i say that it can not hold zero i mean suddenly and with no obvious reason the POI usually drop 9-12cm at 60m where i use to zero all my air rifles. It use to make the shift everywhere in the bar band .Some times with 200bar in the cylinder and some times with 140bar etc…
Sure we had hot summer when the shooting had take place but i was shooting two more pcps same days with not same problems !
I have read almost everything about .25 cricket in the internet and all owners are pleased with theirs but four scopes can not be wrong !!!!!
Lead, so far, no POI shifts, except the flyers once in awhile which I get with all .25s, probably due to unsorted pellets. JSB Kings are slipping in quality. I got some with the head too large-looked unsized.
Basically, it’s deadly accurate. Yesterday, six shots yielded six squirrels, 30-50 yds, all right on target and five were pass-through.
Something is up if you are not getting accuracy. Maybe more/a lot of info as to how you are shooting, pellets, etc would help. I fill to 225-250 Bar and use JSB Kings.
I am almost sure that the exit of the .25 cricket regulator is less than 150bar that i have read in previous message ! And with the opportunity can i ask if especially the .25 has serous POI shifts or i was so unlucky with mine !!!!!
Check out Ernest’s video on this, very thorough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKaO2PIXn54 950 fps is a bit too hot for accuracy and air usage.
The stock .25 Cricket is a powerhouse. Haven’t put it through a chrony yet, but put it through a good sized groundhog today, at 35 yds. Also nailed a large Fox squirrel at about 65 yds. the .25s really make a difference with the larger, tougher rodents.
Hoot, you must’ve gotten one of those “religious use” permits for those calming herbs, or saw a doc in CA. (We know you’re a law-abiding citizen, sort of.) I heard tell your great great great grandaddy was one of the founding members of the Hootentot tribe. They spoke a language of eloquent profanity and wore tight-fitting red britches. Apparently, they used those herbs not only for medical/ceremonial purposes; they were stuffed into those red britches to “enhance” certain features. Very futuristic to the non-tribal folk who lived in Arkansas.
HEllo
My Cricket .25 give 950fps with JSB King 25,4 grains, it is a lot of Power..
I only can shoot at 55 yards, at this distance is deadly accurate..
But i want to down the power, i believe that 900 fps with Kings is enough for me, Anybody can tellme how i can adjust the power?
Thanks!
I just filled to 250 bar, should work well. 225 is fine for 3 magazine’s worth of shooting. Steve included some O-rings (extra), for the air leaks that can pop up when people insist on filling to 300 bar; that should tell us something.
Yep he traded it to my cousin for his edgun matador…
Hoot, how come you keep referring to your .25 cricket in past tense? Did you sell it? 😯
I was also wondering what the ideal fill pressure on the Crickets are? Have not seen it listed anywhere. I know the max pressure is 300 BAR but would pressure is ideal? 250BAR?
I want the 30 they do not list it yet!
We’re talking Cricket; it’s pretty quiet with a different shroud than an Edgun.
Don’t drill you’re .25 Cricket unless you need to. The pellet smack makes more noise than the muzzle on mine.
Pellets: JSB .25, 25 gr. Kings, no question. If .22: reconsider .25 
or JSB as well.
Shot a Cricket .25 yesterday, from 225 Bar (~3250 psi) to around 150 (~2200 psi), where it drops off the regulator. I got 36 good shots and average groups (5 ea.) at 45 yds of 3/4 in. ctc, or less. Bag up front, no other rest. I’m still playing with the hold and the gun has under 100 pellets through it. Next, I put 250 Bar in it and will check out the performance. The limit is 300 Bar, but don’t push the limit unless you are OK with replacing some seals.
My dear Bogster….
Take your dick-skinners off the TCP laced brownies, and pay attention to the adult’s remarks!!!
The Cricket is very quiet…but for those of us on the wrong side of the law, the neighbors, the tree huggers, the Vegans, the Vegetarians, “Catch and Release” crackpots, the “Humanely Relocate” nutcases, not to mention the Liberal-Democrat gun control Pelosi ass kissing lunatics….we have special needs. One of these needs is not “quiet”, it is dead silent!
My .25 Cricket, vented shroud, and 1/4″ closed cell pad over the breech, was dead silent. Even the hammer slap was muted. Shot count was excellent in the .25, but it had a very large air cylinder. Power was mind numbing. Pellet impact was downright noisy.
Now, if the forum can spare me…I have drugs to take, both Rx, and natural, mountain grown, mind calming herbs, provided by none other than Mother Nature herself!!!!
Kindly ‘Ol Uncle H 😯 😯 t
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We’re talking Cricket; it’s pretty quiet with a different shroud than an Edgun.
Don’t drill you’re .25 Cricket unless you need to. The pellet smack makes more noise than the muzzle on mine.
Pellets: JSB .25, 25 gr. Kings, no question. If .22: reconsider .25
or JSB as well.
Shot a Cricket .25 yesterday, from 225 Bar (~3250 psi) to around 150 (~2200 psi), where it drops off the regulator. I got 36 good shots and average groups (5 ea.) at 45 yds of 3/4 in. ctc, or less. Bag up front, no other rest. I’m still playing with the hold and the gun has under 100 pellets through it. Next, I put 250 Bar in it and will check out the performance. The limit is 300 Bar, but don’t push the limit unless you are OK with replacing some seals.
My dear Bogster….
Take your dick-skinners off the TCP laced brownies, and pay attention to the adult’s remarks!!!
The Cricket is very quiet…but for those of us on the wrong side of the law, the neighbors, the tree huggers, the Vegans, the Vegetarians, “Catch and Release” crackpots, the “Humanely Relocate” nutcases, not to mention the Liberal-Democrat gun control Pelosi ass kissing lunatics….we have special needs. One of these needs is not “quiet”, it is dead silent!
My .25 Cricket, vented shroud, and 1/4″ closed cell pad over the breech, was dead silent. Even the hammer slap was muted. Shot count was excellent in the .25, but it had a very large air cylinder. Power was mind numbing. Pellet impact was downright noisy.
Now, if the forum can spare me…I have drugs to take, both Rx, and natural, mountain grown, mind calming herbs, provided by none other than Mother Nature herself!!!!
Kindly ‘Ol Uncle H 😯 😯 t
So – if i understood all this somewhat correctly you have something against your neighbors,vegans,vegetarians, Hare Krishna´s,fishermen,Nancy and God forbid, even your own President? But you are all for mind calming Rock ´n Roll-tobacco ?? Tell me it isn´t so.