Number Of US Crickets? Any Problems? Looking At A Std 25 BP
Can anyone conjure a guess as to how many Crickets have made it into the US so far?
My Cricket says #000461 so I guess it was the 461st built at the CZ plant? I know they started shipping the CZ manufacturered ones maybe last September to other countries first like NZ (glad I didn’t get one of the firsts 🙂 ). It sounds like mine was one of the first with the numbered pressure gauge. I am assuming the .22 standards are the most common being made but it seems as if there are a lot of airguns being produced.
I just passed the 400 shot mark on my std .22. Given the features (side lever, magazine, spectacular trigger and regulator, cheek rest, and accuracy) it is a very impressive BP indeed.
Anyone have any failures due to manufacturing? I am contemplating a std .25 bullpup now (before the prices get any higher and since it is bonus time of the year 😀 ) and am trying to get a feeling for both competitors. Also, 30 cals tend to be even louder and a little too powerful for backyard fun. My .25 Condor with the modded valve and Surefires is like shooting s 22 LR. Just too much.
By the performance of mine I would call the quality control outstanding but maybe it is the exception. Even my Daystate arrived with an issue.
Any input/overall experiences from Crickets owners is appreciated. There is tons of stuff in the archives on the Edguns so I have a knowledge base there.
Thanks,
Brant
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Meaning, one certain batch of the old label one would rock but then the next wouldn’t be so good (head sizes being the same0.
The accuracy isn’t as good as the best of the best of the old ones but it is still really good and doesn’t change much between tins.
Right now the new tins will outshoot the old tins I have on hand.
I finished off the 2 year old JSB 18s open tin and just switched to a tin of the new red labels that have a smaller skirt diameter to see what would happen. The POI moved about 5/8″ to the right @ 50 yards but the groups are about the same size maybe a few tenths larger. I am over 500 pellets and am still waiting for the barrel to act dirty. 🙄 It’s still amazingly accurate. The Marauders start losing accuracy after 100 pellets or so.
Ignore my estimate of Crickets. They are making a whole lot more than I thought.
Thats gross dollars – I have no idea what the various markups are yet but I am curious to find out. Good question on the calibers. It looks like the Compact .22s are using the same serial number sequence so I could be a bit high but its over 1000/yr even then.
Yes he is in Europe. He had it up shooting quickly after that video but no explanation. I’ll email him and get no response from him too. 😆
I sent him a private youtube message.
I don’t think they are getting $1800 back to the factory for each one, i’d imagine wholesale is lower than that. Likely under $1600 at that.
Would be interesting to know how many they make a month. And are there different serial numbers for 177/22/25, compact and standard?
What is off? Looks like a genuine problem that was somehow fixed and then he made more videos. Like I said there is not a lot of information. Not sure if it was break in or broken, it certainly looked to be the first problem I have even heard of with a Cricket.
Would be nice to know how it was fixed in case it comes up again. Looks like something had to move just a bit more (which was what the knife blade did), couldn’t tell from the constant camera wiggle and the lighting if there was a way to adjust it…
The guy is also in Europe right?
Something is off a bit on that one. Looks like that was when he first got it 4 months ago. Break-in?
He has some cool Cricket videos since then. His is #000180 and he got it about the end of November. Lets see mine is #000461 approximately 14 weeks later. Making a ton of assumptions that are probably wrong they could be kicking out about 20 per week of the standards. Seem reasonable? Over 80 per month. Maybe 1000-1100 a year at this rate (but I bet they can adjust that). Then add some other models to it since they are coming out as well. Maybe somewhere pushing 1500 per year just for the CZ plant or is that it now? Lets see an average final price of $1800 x 1500 = $2.7M US gross sales. Not too shabby as long as demand consumes capacity. 😉
Looks like he may be having some mag advancing issues…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBVMlD8QLm0
Not sure what came of it, the video is not super informative…
Cool 😎 My old tins are about 26 months old. I put .25 barrels on the guns I was shooting them in and my AA S510C uses 15.9s and PRod 14.3s so they just sat. When I ordered up the Cricket I picked up the new tins recently (and those suckers were backordered for a bit at Pyramyd).
The guy shooting at 130 meters is using red labels. 🙂
Meaning, one certain batch of the old label one would rock but then the next wouldn’t be so good (head sizes being the same0.
The accuracy isn’t as good as the best of the best of the old ones but it is still really good and doesn’t change much between tins.
Right now the new tins will outshoot the old tins I have on hand.
I hit most sparrows out to 105 yards (a tree they like to hang in) with the Cricket so that accuracy doesn’t surprise me but its very good. THe Hawke 20x 1/2 mil dot glass etched reticle he is using doesn’t hurt either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TyMriPvp94&list=UUsFh5E3BdkKfbojk5g_s2lw&index=7
SE, I have found that the new red label JBS (in 177) are more consistent between tins.
Meaning, one certain batch of the old label one would rock but then the next wouldn’t be so good (head sizes being the same0.
The accuracy isn’t as good as the best of the best of the old ones but it is still really good and doesn’t change much between tins.
Right now the new tins will outshoot the old tins I have on hand.
Take a look at this video that shows someone shooting at a concrete wall at 130 meters (142 yards) with his Cricket. The pellet continually hits where the aim point is at, which is the last mil-dot down on the reticle. The shooter even walks to the wall and shows the dimple which the pellets made. Very impressive! Then, he goes and have multiple drinks to celebrate. 😆
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TyMriPvp94&list=UUsFh5E3BdkKfbojk5g_s2lw&index=7
The only one I have handy right now…… 😉
I don’t have a .22 PCP that shoots .22 Predators well except the Cricket is now an unknown. Has anyone grouped them in the Cricket? I kind of wrote off the .22s.
On the other hand the .25 Predators seem to shoot great in everything I have in .25. Thats one reason I am thinking .25 BP while my portion of the bonus lasts. 🙂
Try inserting the pellet, skirt first from the mag front side. At least in my case the skirt isn’t even touching the mag….
Remove the O-rings on the mag, and the 5.52s will fall straight through…
Maybe my mag is different from yours ….???? 😀
I get 5.64mm for the mag hole diameters and 5.66mm for the JSB 18.13 skirt diameters with a caliper. Mine all catch at the skirt without the o-rings. Both mags are identical.
Well we have made a discovery. 😮 I am using an older tin of JSB 18 pellets way before the label change to red. I just opened a new red label and this is interesting. The skirt diameter is 5.62 and they fall right through. I have roughly 6000 JSB 18 pellets. All are 5.52. Approx 2000 are the old pellets and I have 8 tins of 500 of the red labels. I’ll be sick if I lose accuracy with the red labels. 👿 I remember some comments on other forums about the JSB pellets changing a bit. Anyone want to buy some red labels? 😛 I’ll test them out tomorrow. We are supposed to get 10″ of snow.
The only one I have handy right now…… 😉
He is probably feeling the pellet on the o-ring. 😉
Funny you post the image with the Predators… The bane of magazined air rifles! 😆
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Have look on this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzhgQUt1voc This is our guy from Czech. He is testing pellets 38000012 (very good) and 32000013 (good)
I have only 32000013 🙁 Maybe older are better than…