Cricket .35 groups

[wyshadow]

I took my .35 cricket to the shooting range yesterday morning. A few clouds in the sky with light winds for this area. Facing north, the winds were coming in from my 4 o'clock at 5 to 8 mph with guest to about 12 mph. I had to zero the cricket at 100 yards and to shoot for the 150 yard target I had to use the last holdover mildot and I had to place it at the very top of the target. I think the pellet dropped 12 inches. I also took my brother's savage 243 to burn some shells so I can reuse the cases.

Cricket .35 at 100 yards with 6 shots


Cricket .35 at 150 yards 6 shots


If you don't count that flier, I thought the gun did really good. 2 shots fell short of the target. I'm thinking the 2 shots that missed the target just barely missed.


Just to compare the cricket to my brother's 243, here are its groups for 100 yards and 200 yards.


I know the groups for the 243 are not good with factory loads. I was just there to fire off the bullets so I can collect the brass. I wish I could use my scopecam for the cricket but the recoil of the cricket is too much for the camera. When I reviewed the footage, its really hard to make out the pellet

 

[FearnLoading]

2 inch group at 100 yards with a 35 cricket in the wind..... is amazing wyshadow. That's some good shooting right there.

Have you tried to increase the power a bit ? I think a slight increase in power should help get tighter groups at 150 yards. 

Once you get a feel of this gun your groups will become tighter. Keep us posted on progress. 

 

[wyshadow]

I actually had to turn the power back to get good groups. When I got the gun, it was pushing out the 81 grains around 830 fps. I have the velocity set at 715 fps and I'm getting great groups. If I were to go out hunting, I won't go over 80 yards and I think its far enough for me. I'll have to see if my groups open up or stay the same if I increase the velocity over the next few weeks. I posted these pictures just for info if anyone was interested in this gun.