Rangur1’s Wildcat is sweet running now at the speeds of in the 880’s and for 36 shots, using the 34 grain JSB’s heavy’s. 120 BAR set with the Ernest Rowe plenum.
Such a fine looking gun with its custom dipped stock. It’s too bad this gun led an early life of abuse by over pressurization. Signs of that are simply pulling out the reg for a change of reg pressure, re install, and the entire air tube leaked at every point an o ring was to be found upon refill.
Upon close inspection of the old o rings pulled out, not only did they appear flattened, but tilted to one side, the outwards side. The Huma regulator that came with it was also compromised, as it would not seal with new o rings on the outside along with a new reseal kit. I would t doubt if I had the proper test equipment I would find a hairline crack or two on the aluminum body of the reg.
I understand fully that some like to slightly over pressurize a gun past it’s factory spec requirement like an additional 20 BAR for additional shot count, but it was very obvious this was pushed way past its limit, like maybe 70 BAR, repeatedly.
There was nothing wrong with the original tune of the gun, 160 BAR Huma reg set and speeds close to 960 with the 34 grain JSB’s, as I like that type of power. But, with that power I also know shot count will be at around 18-24 shots max out of an air tube gun such as the wildcat. But my hunch shows that thing was probably getting way way more shots, like close to 40, and proof of that was just the condition of the o rings from over filling.
its on its way to a good, loving and caring home, now. A life free of abuse, ha ha!!
