Cricket .25 won’t shoot

[MP_usa]

For some reason my cricket first gen stop shooting
Feels like the hummer doesn’t have enough power.. does anyone has experience with Crickets? Or may be you know who do I talk to?
This happened to me 2 times after Derrick Wall has power toned the gun (it’s shooting 44 grain slugs at 900 fps).
First time I took it apart and put it together and it fixed itself somehow..
Now I have no idea - need help

 

[Emu]

How much pressure does the rifle have?

 

[Airgnr_Ind]

For some reason my cricket first gen stop shooting
Feels like the hummer doesn’t have enough power.. does anyone has experience with Crickets? Or may be you know who do I talk to?
This happened to me 2 times after Derrick Wall has power toned the gun (it’s shooting 44 grain slugs at 900 fps).
First time I took it apart and put it together and it fixed itself somehow..
Now I have no idea - need help

Hii.
Is the rifle getting cocked easily ???
Is the hammer spring intact ??
The problem shouldn't be very difficult to be assessed and rectified.
You have tuned your Cricket to max pressure handling levels, Reg set to 170... perhaps. You may reconsider that later. But, firstly should degas the rifle, open it, may have to check the regulator also.

But, as per senior members in the forum and also Mr Charles Frear, this much high pressure tuning not recommended.

Anyways, hopefully the fault is located and rectified easily.

Regards

 

[MP_usa]

How much pressure does the rifle have

How much pressure does the rifle have?

200

 

[Airgnr_Ind]

And, what's the Reg pr at....

 

[MP_usa]

Hii.
Is the rifle getting cocked easily ???
Is the hammer spring intact ??
The problem shouldn't be very difficult to be assessed and rectified.
You have tuned your Cricket to max pressure handling levels, Reg set to 170... perhaps. You may reconsider that later. But, firstly should degas the rifle, open it, may have to check the regulator also.

But, as per senior members in the forum and also Mr Charles Frear, this much high pressure tuning not recommended.

Anyways, hopefully the fault is located and rectified easily.

Regards

This is actually make sense.. It was set to 170 but I have changed it to 155 because it was not accurate at all..

 

[MP_usa]

This is actually make sense.. It was set to 170 but I have changed it to 155 because it was not accurate at all..

But is was shooting great and all of the sudden it start loosing power and now it not shooting at all. But I will try lowering the pressure to 135 - just to see it it will start shooting

 

[Airgnr_Ind]

I don't think it should be difficult to be rectified.....,and that's what Cricket is famous for.
As you have done earlier also, you should open the rifle, check the parts, service the reg also ....
It should work if everything else less the regulator is okk.

Best Regards

 

[Airgnr_Ind]

Also, check if the valve spring retenion plate is in tightened or loosened state as per the HS tension.

 

[Airgnr_Ind]

..... also, do check the breech seal, for any air not getting wasted.

 

[MP_usa]

Also, check if the valve spring retenion plate is in tightened or loosened state as per the HS tension.

Will do

 

[zx10wall]

Hello Mikhail. Your .25 Cricket was tuned for maximum power last February, as you requested. It was producing 75 FPE. You may not remember but I did mention to you that the poppet of the valve may not hold up!

You have a Huma and I’m confident the new in Febuary Huma is healthy as well as your other components. I’ll text you.

 

[zx10wall]

As I suspected, it’s a failed poppet. The metal valve-stem and head is moving with a hammer strike and the Delrin material is staying on the valve-seat. It’s failed!

This is what a healthy factory poppet looks like:

We’ll get you fixed up friend. I’d like to get a custom poppet that my buddy John Hagan has made in the past. I’m not sure if Hagan makes custom PCP parts any longer. He was having health issues last I heard, unfortunately! It sure is a great poppet. Has a Titanium stem which he coped for better flow and had a full Delrin head: