Cricket Shorty! – Kalibrgun Cricket Compact .22
First off, I would like to apologize in advance for the crappy quality of some of the Pictures, the bad ones were taken by a shitty phone camera…
Allright, so I got myself a new gun, I have had it for a couple Days, not even a week yet. The gun is a Kalibrgun Cricket Compact in .22 This gun is new as in it has been laying around since 2013 without use, there is a story behind how I got a hold of it but I am not going to bore you with it, all in all, it would not be possible without Sir Ville.
Ville ordered this gun for me and tuned/fixed it up for me, he polished the barrel, set the reg/valve etc and got it shooting, these are the kind of Groups he got at 42m Indoors, 5 shots:
When he finnished he sent it to me and I have been out to shoot it about 4 times total, like I said, only been in my hands a couple Days.
So far I am very happy with it, I see now why peolpe praise the Compact and Mutant Shorty because for some reason (unexplainable to me) the shorter the gun the more fun. I guess it is like having a tiny mini with 500BHP….
The things I have done includes polishing the hammer and some receiver parts, then lubing them with a great Product called “Archoil AR8300 Severe Duty Synthetic Grease”
The trigger on this gun is absolutely Amazing, much better than on my old .177, not sure why but I am not complaining 
This is my setup:
Cricket Compact .22 (63cm long)
Delta Optical Titanium 4,5-30×50
Eaglevision Forward Infinity adjustable mount (FAE-L50)
Wheeler Engineering Anti Cant Indicator
Greenbase CNC Bipod (copy of the Atlas)
By the way, I am LOVING this scope, it weighs about 760 grams or so but with all else (scope mount etc) it weighs over a kilogram, but it is a really great scope.
Lets talk about my results so far, I shot it at 52m and here are best Groups:
4 shot – 0,96cm or 0,38″ CTC (last in the Magazine after two five shot Groups)
5 shot – 1,15cm or 0,45″ CTC
This gun outshoots me by far and when I get more trigger time I do not doubt I will be able to stack a full Magazine under 0,5″ at 52m. But that will take time and practice, once I put 2 tins of pellets through it I will do some more serious chrony work and see what I get, but at around 905 fps with 16gr I get at least 4 mags, but more on that later…
Here is my range, I can get up to 100m but now I am shooting at 52m The stump acts like a table, you slip your legs under it and rest the gun on top. Not by any means the best rest but better than prone IMO.
Hopefully you will join me on my journey with this gun, lots of things to do such as calculate BC get Strelok pro to line up with real World results etc. I am going to quote Ted here and say “I got my fire back guys” this gun has great potential and I am super exited to get back out in the Woods for some more target shooting, I have already taken a Crow with it :whistle:
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This is just my humble opinion but zero it at whatever range you shoot at the most. 25, 50, 75, etc. 100 m/yd zero is pretty far for an airgun. Like I said, dial the turrets for a 100 yd range so you’re using your reticle at dead center. That’s why scopes have turrets right? It’s not just for zeroing. Practicing holdover is good for hunting situations too but that doesn’t seem to be what you’re doing by re-zeroing at 100.
Easier to just holdover. I like the reticle, it is good that the mildots are their own dots with nothing attached because it makes holding over much easier/cleaner. What I do not like is all the empty space around the reticle, I think they could have used that for extra holdover markings instead but it is not neccessary. Next time I will dial in and zero at 100.
If you’re shooting at known distances for practice, why don’t you dial your turret 5 mils instead of using holdovers? Btw, how do you like the reticle? To me it looks okay.
OK! so here are my results for todays 101m or 110 yard shooting session. First off, here is some random pics
Ok, so I shot these Groups, and they are all pretty much around 1,7-1,8″ CTC. However if you take away some bad shots some are great, here is four shots within an inch and the fith making it 1,7″
Here are Another four within and inch
Three shots within one centimeter
Here are all four…
As you can see some shots are very consistant within 1″ but other shots ruin the groups. this is shot with about 5 mildot holdover but next time I will probably zero the scope at 100 and keep practicing, I have high hopes and shooting have not been this fun since the old beercan vs springer Days
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And yes, I’m originally from TX and you don’t cozy up to a log in the forest there….but I remember that Sweden doesn’t have that problem…I just had to remember that when I went back to TX for a visit…then i had to start looking down for snakes again when I walked through the woods…
Cheers,
KP
Wow, that is a great post! Thanks for sharing, it warmed my heart. That place is actually my old shooting place back when all I had was a Hatsan springer, check this old video out of mine https://youtu.be/8B651D0qgLE
I came back there recently an cleaned it up, I was there just 30min ago doing some 101m shooting so pics coming up later, just need to do some stuff first.
Happy shooting my friend :4:
First off…great shooting…second off, cool-ass compact, looks like a real keeper…… and thirdly….I grew up in Sweden and your forest pictures bring it all back. I spent all of my free time in the woods behind our house, in Lidingö with my Crosman Powermaster 760. The best of times…..albeit a looooong time ago. Thanks for the photos.
And yes, I’m originally from TX and you don’t cozy up to a log in the forest there….but I remember that Sweden doesn’t have that problem…I just had to remember that when I went back to TX for a visit…then i had to start looking down for snakes again when I walked through the woods…
Cheers,
KP
that was 2 hours well spent! The trigger is amazi g
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You bastard ! You can eat my food , shoot my guns and borrow my wife but you can NOT drink my Beer !! Understood ?
The trigger was so sweet I did not touch it.
The barrel has been polished for better accuracy etc.
So far I love it, will shoot some more this weekend. Have not even emptied one tin of pellets yet.
Oh, and sweet looking rifle!
The damn trigger oughtta be sweet ! I wasted two hours of my valuable time to get it how i wanted it to be.
Congratz on a nice pup! Since it is used it might already be very smooth. I simply took out the hammer, polished it to a mirror sheen and cleaned out some filthy oil. Then lubed with archoil AR8300 synthetic grease. I then did the same to most moving parts behind the cocking plate.
The trigger was so sweet I did not touch it.
The barrel has been polished for better accuracy etc.
So far I love it, will shoot some more this weekend. Have not even emptied one tin of pellets yet.
Oh, and sweet looking rifle!
after reading this thread I bought the one on yellow for sale from nick trahadias it should be here soon
I have been debating for a while now in whitch compact to get and have always liked the cricket compact especially with this stock
Nick says its stock nothing has been done to it his other cricked were tuned by AZ.
So questions to all u cricket guys what if anything needs to be done to make it cycle butter smooth
Thanks in advance
Sweet man … . . congrats …… is it a 177 or a 22 ?
~ Greg
Well guys it’s all your fault
after reading this thread I bought the one on yellow for sale from nick trahadias it should be here soon
I have been debating for a while now in whitch compact to get and have always liked the cricket compact especially with this stock
Nick says its stock nothing has been done to it his other cricked were tuned by AZ.
So questions to all u cricket guys what if anything needs to be done to make it cycle butter smooth
Thanks in advance
With respect to (I believe) your post about measuring scope height, I am in the process of writing an article on using the latest Chairgun version. But I see that you are using Strelok, which I have no experience with. Anyway, one of the things I will be clarifying to eliminate the confusion of some is that of proper scope height and how to correctly obtain it with precise numbers. The link that you shared on your other post which shows how to do so by measuring it from the line of sight and as close to the muzzle as possible is not entirely correct as determined during my field tests (as mentioned in my Accurate Shooting Tips write-up, I like to put things to the test :winkn: ). There is much confusion from many shooters on which measurement to use using the method shared through the link: the one obtained when the rifle is zeroed to a particular distance or the one obtained when the scope is optically centered. I have been doing extensive testing pertaining to the ballistic information that Chairgun provides according to the inputted values entered. Stay tuned!
Cheers!
Nice, looking forward to your findings on scope height :thumb:
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If I dial to 100 it is zeroed at 100 😉