Is the Edgun still worth $2000?
Hi all, I just received Tony’s email today stating that he’ll have the multi-shot Edgun in stock by the end of the week. My question is: Are they still worth their
$2000 price tag? This is nearly 150% the price of a new walnut cricket from WildWest with the new price drop. 😯 I really like the Edgun but am having a
hard time justifying the extra $500 or so. If those of you who own both guns can provide me with your insight, I’d appreciate it.
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Never owned a cricket did own an Edgun. I think the debates are too close to argue the extra $500 is well spent. Seems if they are so close in reviews I go with $1500
Hi Ride,
I cannot comment on the machining part since I’m not an expert but it seems pretty decent to me on both the Edgun and Cricket.
Please keep in mind as far as Edgun concerns that you US boys get always the better stuff compared to what we got on the european market.
You guys got the half-working R3M (MKII) where we in europe got the POS MKI version.
As far as trigger concerns, you Ride got the recently improved one where the old ones couldn’t even be called so.
I don’t know what kind of Edgun or Cricket stocks you guys get over there but I can tell that the Cricket walnut stocks overhere are simply pieces of beauty wheras the Edgun ones don’t even seem to be walnut, they look more like beech, not to mention that it often happened that the Edgun action didn’t even sit firmly in the stock and needed some tweaking.
Concerning the price, personally I don’t think either of the guns is worth 2000$ not to mention that in europe the matador is sold for 2680$, they are simply heavily overpriced.
Finally, personally I would never take an Edgun over a Cricket at the same price tag but this is just my opinion.
ATB 😀
Very nice. Can you tell how much psi or bar you are setting for your .22? Thanks
Hardcore plinking and shooting edge goes to Cricket?
I’ve put over 60k pellets through my 22 and it still has original Orings and valve stem. 50k was in first yr alone. Not a single hitch and the gun still functions as from day one. 25 cal has over 17k now and all original parts as well. It’s my hunter, not a so much a plinker plus I’ve been busy with move or I’d be closer to 25k by now.
Both regs are spot on at a 2.3 SD with 9 max spread.
I’m still waiting for any Cricket owner to provide 10k,20k,30k,40k,50k,60k shot update on wear of those little lever gearbox internals and gun overall. Anyone? Anyone? 🙂
Yep – I have 2 Matadors and 2 Crickets and each has features that beat the other so it becomes a choice of which feature gets more weight by the owner. For hard core shooting and plinking I give the edge to the Crickets but for fit and finish the edge goes to the Matadors although they have had more custom build issues. When Ed gets the magazine indexing up to snuff which I suspect he has and the valve stems beefed up Matadors may nudge ahead for a while but they are both at the top of the bullpup heap still. 😉
$2000?
It is worth the price if it compare in quality and performance as other $2000 gun of the same category. The hands on care given is always worth more then the assembly line care.
I think the Edgun is nicer quality from machining to stock without question. The triggers are different but comparable, I prefer the Edgun trigger and how the gun goes together. Both guns will shoot and group about the same on any given day. I just think the Edgun looks more like a fine custom and the cricket shows to be more of a production line piece with a lesser finish on the metal parts. I feel Crickets multishot works a bit better but have not seen the latest version of Ed’s to know what has been changed. If you appreciate or have an eye for increased craftsmanship the Edgun can be worth the extra cost. If you are mostly interested in performance and hunting the Cricket is the better buy. These are just my opinions based on using 4 Edguns and 3 Crickets in my stable, I love every one.
My personal favorites are the Edgun short and the Cricket compact, both in .22 cal.
P.S. if you are considering a .25 the current cricket stocks are only provided in the short version designed for the std. and compact guns and the grip length is a bit short for the gun,” ya I got one “, Edgun adds about 3 inches to the forearm and the hold is great in that area.
IMHO price wise they could cost moreless the same, even though I consider the Cricket having some better parts (Trigger, Stock, Working Multishot and probably the better regulator) but it’s just my opnion and I’m not a big expert.
It would be really interesting having Ernest’s opinion on this subject, since he is working daily on both and knows them both in depth.
:2cents:
I’ll admit….it’s starting to get interesting.
In the beginning, there were pcp’s priced from quite low to quite high. Later, bullpups came along, but only the well to do could afford one.
At least now, there’s going to be something in bullpups in everyone’s price range. Crosman certainly missed the window on this market. Their Marauder
makes an excellent bullpup. It’s balance is perfect in a ‘pup stock, and the .25 is a very hard hitter with decent accuracy.
Bad news when the Chinese know what the world market wants, and the major American makers stand around looking puzzled and producing dogs like the “Rogue”.
Or you can spend 1500$ and get the glass for free….. Wild west air guns is throwing in a scope with the purchase
I was in the same predicament, either you get the Matador and spend 2 grand, or get the Cricket and spend 15 hundred, either way your going to spend 3-400 on glass too.
There was no price drop on Crickets btw from the manufacturer. A large airgun vendor is trying to make a small airgun vendor suffer by eating their profits for a while on what is a very small part of the larger vendors business. It is best that customers know what is afoot before they take the plunge.
They are worth whatever the market will bear.
I personally would pay same price again for my two based on how excellent they have been.
Plus they are not as many so the rarity and hand built by owner factor appeals to me.
It’s like AR15s. Everyone has one. While a great gun I’m more of a Tavor SAR guy.
If performance is basically equal I’ll spend a bit more for the oddity.
That’s a tough question, as both guns have their admirers and detractors.
In the end, you should buy what you can afford, and whichever one “turns you on”. A single shot pcp is, to me, worth every bit as much as a multi-shot, because I don’t shoot air rifles like I do when I’m in a real gun fight with powder burners. A pcp is all about accuracy, silence, and an almost boring tendency to continually put lead in the same hole/head of whatever you shoot at.
a single shot is plenty of shot, because with my Edgun I didn’t miss. If I did it was because I rushed the shot. Otherwise, give a reasonable scope, range, and wind, there is no reason to miss. I owned a Cricket and it was a fine rifle. I sold it and went back to the Edgun. Why? It’s my personal choice, the one I feel confident with, the bullpup I like to shoot. That’s it…pure and simple. I’m an Edgun lover.
Others feel the same way about the Cricket. I could find no fault with it.
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Sounding like the cricket skeleton sticks are going away and the wood bulldog i just received is called wood instead of walnut for a reason, i am guessing birch but i don’t know wood. As far as Edgun wood i think from the pictures posted over time the US gets the crap stocks compared to Europe. I am often admiring edgun stocks from afar. Gun for the money most likely falls in favor of the cricket