Brocock Sniper Vs. Wildcat II ...and help

[Jim81]

I shot 40 rounds through each one after another this morning. I like the compact size of the WC but using the same rest, etc. the sniper I could hold on target significantly better and more accurate. The trigger on the WC is still superior, I like light, and no matter what I have done to the Sniper it is still a stiffer second stage than I like.

Was filling the Sniper this morning and apparently didn't have the foster fitting on all the way. Loud pop and the fill probe and hose left the rifle. That's happened before but this time after doing this it seemed to have hatched out a tiny oring on the floor right below the fill port. I have no idea if that oring fits in the Brocock special fill probe or if it was attached the the fill probe on the rifle. I haven't found a good exploded diagram yet.

 

[ackuric]

Could if be an o-ring belonging to the fill probe? If not I would take a flash light and look inside the guns female insert and look for a groove where that o-ring may sit.



Have you taken apart the trigger pack of the Sniper to see if there are any heavy springs that function during the 2nd stage that could be replaced with softer ones? 

 

[T3PRanch]

The O-Ring probably belongs in the female foster fitting.

 

[Rico_navy1]

I've been able to get my sniper second stage trigger down to a very comfortable 12.4 Oz averaged. Unless your using your rifle for ONLY bench rest testing I would say any lighter is too dangerous. Having a hair trigger on a hunting rifle is unsafe and a accidental discharge waiting to to happen. I also think having a slightly heavy second stage gives you my much better separation between first and second stage. 

 

[JoePolanco]

The FX is a true bullpup design where the Brocock is a semi-BP. The inherent advantage to the semi-bp is the direct connection between the trigger mechanism and the action.
All the true bullpups depend on a linkage system that makes everything more complicated an subsequently touchier, sloppier and more prone to problems. But it's not much of a stretch to surmise that a mechanical linkage is going to be addition point potential issues.

The Wildcat has been wildly successful, amply reviewed and highly rated for a long time. The Brocock just smoked all the competition in two different classes at ERB. They're both obviously excellent choices. However since I've never shot either of these guns everything I'm saying should be taken with a grain of salt.

 

[WaltherV]

What I would really like to know if the winners of EBR used their magazines or single shot trays?

I do know that the trigger feels smoother and a lot better on the Wildcat and the Bantam is a bit gritty out of the box. There is no comparison trigger wise.



Walt

 

[Jim81]

Inspection with a flashlight showed where the oring popped out of the female foster fitting. Never noticed there was one there. Lubed it and put it back on and we're back to 'normal.' Thanks for the info!

 

[bzizzi373]

I have a Bantam Sniper .22 and do not own or have ever shot a Wildcat, I do however own a Crown and I was able to adjust triggers in both guns to a similar feel, my Bantam Sniper was not all that accurate out of the box where as the Crown was and am sure the wildcat is similar. However with a little time, patience and testing I was able to adjust my Brocock Sniper into a very accurate shooter. My advice is if you want a gun that is pretty much guaranteed to shoot accurately out of the box and don't like to fiddle with things buy the Wildcat. If you don't mind testing and adjusting to see what pellet and velocity works best buy the Sniper. The Sniper has a externally adjustable Huma regulator and the hammer tension is easily adjustable. The Sniper has a 480cc CF bottle that will give you a ton of shots per fill. I was able to adjust Snper to shoot Crosman Premiers accurately @ 26 foot pounds while getting over 145 shots from a single fill. I was also able to dial up the power to over 33 foot pounds shooting JSB Exacts 18.1 and was able to get 90 shots from a 240 bar fill. I did turn up the power on Sniper over 40 foot pounds but did like or do not recommend.

 

[Yote]

This is the oring I found that fits the female foster fitting

 

[FukoChan]

The wildcat has the best trigger I have ever seen in all of my airguns including the daystate redwolf HP, fx boss, fx impact, and daystate wolverine b hilite. Just saying . The wildcats trigger is actually superior to my impacts.

 

[heavy-impact]

All the true bullpups depend on a linkage system that makes everything more complicated an subsequently touchier, sloppier and more prone to problems.

The impact has no linkage.