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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Thank you HOOT I did that on my Mrod .22 and it helped on it by a couple decibles according to my DB Meter. Now the big decision is a scope that will be good on this cricket also any recommendations on what pellets to order. On my Mrod .22 I tried like 9 different pellets and it only liked the crossman premiers in box I hate to buy a lot of worthless pellets but may have to with this too.
You can quiet the Cricket .25 substantially by simply drilling vent holes about two inches up the shroud from where it meets the breech. The holes, about six to eight in a circle around the shroud, should be about 2.0mm to 2.5mm in diameter.
Further, at the end of the barrel is a plastic barrel bushing that also has holes in it to vent air back into the rear of the shroud. These bushing holes should be drilled out as large as possible to permit maximum air flow.
This has been done with very good success. There are numerous posts here on the bullpup forum from a few months ago when we started experimenting as the new Crickets began to arrive.
Here is the post. It has 15 pages, so there is a LOT of information on how to do this.
Re: Videos and experiments with my fx indy bullpup 25 cal..!!
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If you go with the Sidewinder then, by God, choose one with the SR Pro-reticle. I´d choose an MTC Viper before the SW but i quess those are hard to find in USA…
I dont own a cricket and was wondering what the fill pressure is and how many shots to expect given that fill pressure. I was wondering about the 22 and 25 cals.
I’m happy with the .25, walnut skeleton stock Cricket, no extra shroud needed. According to Steve, the skeleton stock is about 2 lbs. lighter in weight. Instructions are often lacking, but Ernest has some great posts on how the gun works; see the Youtube videos he made. Mine’s shooting mostly single hole groups at 40 yds. I’m still learning the “hold”, but it’s delivering fine accuracy. I just keep the extra mag in my pocket, in a foam-lined pellet tin.
Especially important is to know there are two positions for the mag holder, manual advance and advance with each cocking/auto. This is controlled by slightly different positions of where the mag holder lever sits-see Ernest’s videos: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbmysxe6_F975u202x7Kszg?feature=watch
Since the gun has no safety, you can do two things:
1. In manual advance, with the gun not chambered/loaded, insert the mag with one hole (or more)=pellet missing and make sure the push rod goes through this empty hole.
2. With or without a pellet loaded/chambered and in MANUAL advance, bring the cocking lever all the way back/open, hold it there and point the gun in a safe direction. Pull the trigger while holding the cocking lever all the way back and slowly bring the lever forward towards the closed position. This decompresses the hammer spring. When you put the gun away, always decompress the hammer spring.
If you do either/both of these things correctly, it’s safer than most safeties.
Talk to Steve if you want a deal on a cheap scope. Otherwise, the Hawke Sidewinder. Here’s a place to start comparing:
http://www.wayfair.com/Hawke-Sport-Opticss-Sidewinder-Collection-X61065.html
Plan on adding something home-made on to improve the cheek weld, unless yours comes with the wooden cheek piece seen in Ernest’s pics.
Definitely, talk to Steve; he’s knowledgeable, great service and he knows the product!
I went with the skeletal stock, lighter and in my opinion much nicer looking. As for the shroud, I can shoot mine in my backyard. I dont think its loud at all,my neighbors either. You can also hang a crosman pellet pouch from the barrel right in front of the receiver, I have one on , to keep spare mag and extra pellets,doesnt seem to hurt anything. Steve is the best,yo cant go wrong!!!!!
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Hoot, you did it again, you’re supposed to take THREE of the antipsychotic pills and ONE of the blood pressure pills, not the other way ’round. Happens to me all the time. Maybe I can get my stingy-cheap Pharmacist to stop putting them all in the same vial.
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.