Colibri is to be no more..!!
Word is, the Colibri is going to be discontinued… So whatever guns are out there, hang onto them.. Till you need spares that is…!!!
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They only dropped the .22 cal compact, the still make the .177 compact and it would be and easy barrel swap and valve mod to make it .22cal if so desired..
I should have bought RIDETOEAT’s .177 Compact as a spare. What’s great is they are the same as the std Crickets on most parts so no worry there unless they dump the entire Cricket line.
It’s a shame but like compact owners just makes the 3-4 here in UK that much more special
Same fate as the Compact. It is a pattern with KalibrGun (Maverick).
It’s a crazy decision lets hope they get the parts issues sorted as demand for colibri is very high here now with owners selling all other bullpups they own :4:
Thanks for that very informative writeup. It would be nice to have 100 shots between fills. I like a nice walnut stock. The hammer slap and mags seem to be the only Vulcan shortcomings. I think the hammer slap can be helped. The Vulcans are the current airgun to beat that is still available IMO. My 58 year old eyes need some decent glass on top. My CC .177 just has marking for pressure i put on it with a sharpie.
It is sad that the Vulcan is the only one of those left in production. Which one do you like the best then as an all around shooter (I am mainly a pest shooter)? I want another .177 and so far the Vulcan is the winner.
SECoda
To be unbiased it very difficult to give a short answer to your question SeCoda.
I do not claim it is a comprehensive review but I will put the facts that I know in a simple way with no specific order.
Each one of them has good and bad points. All 3 are robust with good quality material except for the cricket O rings and firing valve quality which I had problems with at early stages.
Shooting paper targets at 50 yards is my daily joy which proved to me that all 3 are very accurate.I am sure that at 100 yards the results are more credible.
For those who like to try different regulator settings the Colibri makes it easier as it is outside the air tube , whereas loading the Vulcan magazine with pellets is slower . Also the Vulcan airtube pressure Guage scale is harder to read (at least for my 60 years old eyes).
The position of the bolt in the forward left side in the Vulcan and Colibri is much more suitable than the back right hand position of the Cricket (especially for a right hand shooter).
The Colibri cocking mechanism is smoother than the Vulcan.
Fine tuning the trigger setting is much easier in both the Cricket and Vulcan than the Colibri.
On the other hand I see the Colibri more quiet than the Other two.
The Vulcan hammer slap is kind of loud.
The HST screw in the Colibri is inside the stock which does not permit setting it out of the flush position. I had to replace the hammer spring with a shorter one to reduce HST.
I can not compare the shot count as my Vulcan is 177 where’s the Cricket is 22 but a compact one.
I am sure that almost everybody in TAG know that Colibri had a very serious problem with magazine indexing and blowback. May not all of them but as I said the problem was solved with a simple tuning.
The Vulcan stock is really unrivaled. The Cricket skeleton stock is the lightest and the Colibri Stock is the least attractive.
Regarding your point , I tuned my 177 Vulcan to get 100 shots of JSB 10 grn. at 900 fps within a 210-110 bar fill range. Which makes it an excellent choice for shooting small pest with suitable knocking power( more than 18 FPE at muzzle )and accuracy of sub 1/2 inch at 50 yards and a reasonable air consumption.
Kmhusain,
It is sad that the Vulcan is the only one of those left in production. Which one do you like the best then as an all around shooter (I am mainly a pest shooter)? I want another .177 and so far the Vulcan is the winner.
SECoda
Why would a decent company do this glowing feedback of recent colibri then halt production very strange very rusian
kmhusai, I think that 1100 USD was an absolute steal. Those 3 guns are beauties…but I’ll bet the Cricket with the butt cocking handle becomes a safe queen after using the mid-gun cocking handle on the Colibre and Vulcan. I loved the wood stock on the Cricket over the bulky and heavy synthetic stock.
Anyway, probably too much competition with the Vulcan and Wildcat coming on the market. The mid-gun cocking handle is just too hard to beat.
No doubt, all 3 of them are nice….
wow Khamnis it is really nice set of beautiful guns 
I have read in many posts here that they had no peoblem with it, and this encouraged me to go ahead.
Out of the box both indexing and blowback existed. It took me just half an hour visit to Sniperqty and i was the happiest man on earth.
After putting more than 1000 shots through it i had no problems at all and works as flawlessly as my Cricket and Vulcan and a lot quieter and smoother.and here she is sitting between them.
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That Hummingbird is so beautiful in silver…
I was lucky to get a new Colibri in silver / wood last May. It was offered by a Dealer here in Kuwait for KD 340 Approx. USD 1100. Frankly , This price “forced ” me to take the chance despite the 2 well known problems , the blowback and indexing . I was relying on my friend Sniperqty to fix the problem if it existed.
I have read in many posts here that they had no peoblem with it, and this encouraged me to go ahead.
Out of the box both indexing and blowback existed. It took me just half an hour visit to Sniperqty and i was the happiest man on earth.
After putting more than 1000 shots through it i had no problems at all and works as flawlessly as my Cricket and Vulcan and a lot quieter and smoother.and here she is sitting between them.
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My dear K. M. Hummus,
That Kricket is really really short!!! Exactly how long is it? Did you get it wet…did it shrink?
You get 100 shots out of that tiny air cylinder? Wow~~ 😯
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