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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Easier but less precise.
Exactly, wich is why I am adjusting today. I am going out right now, this time dead on at 110 to see what I can accomplish. Think I will do some more 50m as well. This time I am testing a different batch of ammo wich look to have a much thicker skirt.
The weather is beautiful today so I might be a while :thumb:
Easier but less precise.
I have only taken 1 crow so far at about 25m and this baby hits HARD! The impact was louder than the gun itself at that distance and it was lights out for the crow
Will do! I have 2 batches of FX and some 18gr jsb to try as well.
are the
Turrets adjustments repeatable it looks good on that shorty
Good morning! (8:35 am over here)
I really like this scope, it is a bit heavy at over a kg with the scope mount and bubble level, but naked the scope weighs 760 grams. The reticle is true at 20x and i must say it is a very clear scope, the minimum parallax is somewhere 22-25m so something to think about. It gets clear and bright below that if you lower the magnification.
I have not yet done any extensive testing but I was thinking I would do the box test today so I can get back to you on the turret situation. The turrets are awesome, they are big yes, but just makes them easy to use, the whole scope has a sort of soft touch feeling you don’t get with a Hawke.
The weight is good for what it is, the scope is 4,5-30 and weighs 760g while the Hawke sidewinder 8-32 weighs 990g however the SW has a 56mm objective. I would choose Delta all day every day.
All in all, clear, bright awesome scope and no complaints so far
Cricket how do u like that scope?
are the
Turrets adjustments repeatable it looks good on that shorty
Awesome!!! Super excited thanks lots s of birds will not survive spring :rofl:
Cool. Out of the box, the Cricket is a quiet bullpup already. But you know, we all need it even quieter. 😀 Yes, the compact uses the same magazine as the standard Cricket.
Haha exactly!! I hope it’s quiet
This one is shooting at 840 I believe he said he turned it down
So I’m hoping it’s quiet
Does the compact use same magazine system as the standard .22 where the best place to buy spares ???
Or do you mean you can’t wait to “not” hear the shroud? :winkn:
Do u guys think the shroud from the mutant would fit on the compact? How loud/quiet is it I can’t wait to hear it :fishinghole:
+ 1 ! I use the turrets rather than the reticle.
Do yourself ,and the gun , a favor and try Air Arms 16gr pellets.
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
it is a .22. Asked nick the previous owner what the favorite pellet was he said the jsb 18 was its fav is this your experience too
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Some pics of today
Today I shot my best 50+ group. It measures 8,5mm CTC or about .33″
58 yards – 5 shots