Cricket Mistake
Hi guys and gals. Just going to ramble a minute. No bashing but an honest thought. I have a Benjamin Marauder Prod and have been quite happy with it. Being able to afford it and hearing all the good things coming on the P12 I put in for it but subsequently cancelled it. Bought a Cricket standard with the black synthetic stock but traded stock for the wood one. Soeee now I have a cricket in .22 with the wooden stock with the magazine holder. The point of this post is this. When push comes to shove I go back to my Prod. Yea the Cricket is ACCURATE, 30 FPE = 876FPS FOR 18.3 GRAINS But, I am 67 years old, have bad shoulders with surgery = weak. With all the good things about the Cricket, the weight for a sore old man is a little to much. I always end up going back to the lightweight PROD. I should add that I do not shoot for distances over 40 to 50 yards so the Prod is adequate whereas the Cricket is overkill. I am sure going to miss the Crickets quality and maybe even the heft, just feels solid BUT for me I think a lighter piece is in the future. Now the question is this, what is the lightest carbine style, short, small, good HPA out there. Thanks for any help and Cricket will be posted soon as I can take pictures.
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Garage engineering would have produced a better action… Oh and wtf is with discontinuing the WST, the true Russian essence of the cricket now replaced with a heavy Bulldog turd with a tacky faulty mag holder in it.. you got me wrong villie boy… I love the old cricket before they fuxed it up.. the rest of the cricket is fine.. I have a cricket that im going to fux good and propper very soon so I hope Mavrick is watching.. 😈
Im glad people responded by buying more of the skeleton stock because it has showed Kalibregun that there is a demand for something in the USA that otherwise would have dissapeared. … wheres my cut? 
p.s did I mention that kalibregun are now discontinuing the .22 cricket? 😆
I don’t mind, every time he talks about the synthetic weight we sell a bunch of wood stocked crickets or spare stocks. Just like his comment that Kalibrgun is no longer selling the skeleton stocks, everybody made a made dash to buy one but Kalibrgun is still shipping them to us of now. Best advertising I could ask for :biggrinn: :biggrinn: :biggrinn: :biggrinn:
And the best compromise is to just get a p12 right? 😆
I have this nagging feeling i can´t get rid off … Wingey doesn´t like Crickets very much. He seems to think the same way about them as i think about EdGun : A faulty piece of garage engineering . :biggrinn:
It’s easier to get down on one knee to reload another mag on cricket instead of killing yourself trying to do it with one hand 300 feet in the air on a tightrope. Just saying
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The stats on each respective website say the WSB standard cricket(2.9kg) is lighter than the P12(3.1kg)… Is that info incorrect?
I have not weighed them both side by side but you can add the weight of 1 to 5 mags full of 18.1gr jsbs to the cricket too. I can say first hand the P12 handles better and is a better balance of weight distribution meaning less fatigue when operating. I would be willing to bet that most of his weight related “fatigue” come while staining to hold the cricket in one hand while trying to fit and lock the mag into that ridiculously designed mag catch and engagement selector with the other hand.. the time and effort to cock and feed a single pellet in in a P12 will be easier on someone with injury related weakness,
The easiest (on hand and shoulder) airgun I used is the Talon SS. Not only its light, but the design of having the bottle (the heavy part) all the way back makes carrying it and holding it way easier than equally light carbines or even bullpups. Its not as accurate as the higher end guns but if you are shooting less than 40 yard you should be OK.
Awny
I have the Huntsman Regal. A great gun and light weight. Took both the regal and the cricket for hunting yesterday. Despite being heavier, the cricket (with skeleton stock) still felt lighter to carry and hold due to the weight balance of the bullpup.
Awny
The Cricket compact is the lightest out there… 5.5 lbs with the skeleton
The P12 maybe right there with the Cricket Std but i sure does feel a lot better.
Its like the difference of holding a 4×4 in your hand or a 2×4
The stats on each respective website say the WSB standard cricket(2.9kg) is lighter than the P12(3.1kg)… Is that info incorrect?
Can’t beat AirForce style guns for light/accurate. They are single shot bolts, but are truly ambidextrous. (I’m a lefty). For a compact verison you could go with a TalonP. I have a Condor SS, and it’s much lighter than I expected. it’s all aluminum except for the barrel. It’s QUIET and has PLENTY of power. Even with one of the Hawke tactical scopes, it’s still a very light package… I’ve got bad shoulders too, so I know some about what you’re talking about…
trade the heavy pig in on a slim P12 like you had first decided on..
Dunk there are few things you can do to make the Cricket fit you, to lighten it up you should be using the skeleton stock without the mag holders it’s much lighter than the bull dog stock your using now, also put a light compact optic up top. The power can easily be turned down to what you want and you’ll get more backyard friendly shots. Ernest tunes his own Crickets down and is a master at it. The Cricket with a skeleton stock and a light optic is a very light rig. I have a Prod and like it a lot to, but it is what it is a very accurate (14+ fpe) paper and feather blaster.
You could look into the aur force guns. I have the condor ss and it is light and shoots great. The talon is shorter and and lighter. I’m not sure how much bbut it might be something to look into
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I don´t get the stock politics either. The WST was light and good looking stock. No more. :angrymob: