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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Already much better :8:
As for applying the oil finish do some search because there are so many different methods but the forums are full of good posts.
Some of them are step by step with pictures.
You know the beauty of wood (specially nice walnut) is that each stock looks different and makes your rifle unique.
Even owning the same gun in different lengthes, the walnut makes them look very different.
The nicest bullpup “oem” walnut stocks I’ve seen were those of the early Crickets.
Congrats for your stock :8: If treated well it will only get nicer and nicer over the years.
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:biggrinn: I’m satisfied way better :8: :8:
So, how about this? Sorry for crappy phone pic
How? Get a bottle of tru Oil and start rubbing it in?
Yes your stock is excellent and with little extra money and elbow grease you can make it “gorgeous excellent” 😀
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Nice, but for the price I say its excellent
Actually, you can do either in Tru-oil. Gloss or matt. It depends on how it is applied. I have refinished half a dozen stocks with it. You can use a finger or rubber glove with many coats or spray it to get that deep grain gloss appearance. Matt is a bit easier.
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Well it’s not the kind of oil finish I like 😀
The British (with all due respect to all the others) are specialists in making oil finish and I’ve seen some stocks where the woodgrain was made so visible to become a piece of art.
I think that stock deserves that kind of treatment too.
Shiny oil finish looks always better (IMHO) but matt finish is beautiful too.
The Wood is finished with Tru Oil and nothing else (as fas as I know) it is not lacquered like a original Cricket stock. I’m sure this will be more apparent once the Sun comes back and I can take some pics outside rather than in my kitchen with kitchen lighting 😉
From the stockmaker himself: Yes, It’s finished in Birchwood Casey Tru oil.
Unfortunately I have not seen such bad weather in a long time, it is pouring outside so I Can’t check for accuracy or POI shift or take sunny outside pics of the gun.
How do you know that is not an oil finish?
While the wood looks great I believe an oil finish would make it look gorgeous.
:2cents:
If the barrel is an issue I can put the same Carbon fiber wrap on it that is on the shroud. The synthetic cheek piece is about 10x more comfortable and better in every way except looks. But I might use the Wood one just for looks.
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Nice Cricket
I like the Carbon fiber look, also I like your adjustable butt . I bought a couple for my Crickets but not like yours,
Mike