Fx wildcat .22 power question

[arkangel]

Hello Airgun nation J
I just got my first PCP and i went for the FX Wildcat .22 looks great but dosent seem to have much power, At 10m it go's through my paper target and into a 20mm piece of foam but my Remington Express .22 spring powered at 10m will go through the target and four pieces of foam. Any suggestions !!! 

 

[HatsanHunter]

Without a chrony you will be kind of like a blind man, however there is one thing you can do to calculate velocity: Using the Chairgun app set all the input data (zero, scope height, pellet weight and BC, and scope magnification) You are going to be missing the velocity but since you already have your pellet BC, you can type an estimated velocity and check the graph chairgun gives you, then test your gun (example set a target at 10 yards and 50 yards and check the holdover) if the holdover in chairgun is different then try with a different velocity. 

 

[JoeWayneRhea]

Or you can download ChronoConnect for free from the app store . It uses the microphone on your phone as a chronograph .

 

[Mr.Gadgets]

Arkangel,
On a side note, where did you find a Wildcat?
All the places I've called said they were out of stock and wouldn't receive any till November.

thanks

 

[mark404]

Mr Gadgets, Precision Airguns and supplies has .22 and .25 in stock phone number is 248-969-0377
he does not have that many though

 

[30cal]

How are you filling the gun? How much air pressure is in it? Have you filled it since you got it? These are basic questions I know but as you are new to pcp's we should start with the basics.

 

[Zephyr]

How accurate is the ChronoConnect?

 

[DuncanHynes]

I got my Wildcat from Precision AirGuns and Supplies...I STRONGLY suggest getting the Huggett if you want it backyard friendly. 3 shrouds didnt do it for me for my .22 Massive difference and well worth the money. Now if I can just figure out how to remove the stock off the action...

 

[arkangel]

Thanks for all the suggestions, 30cal when i first got it the gun had 50 bar i fired some pellets and it didn't have much power so i used a hand pump to 200 bar.

thanks agin for all your help

 

[Gunnertrones]

I 'm wondering if this WC is ment for the US market, or if the power is dialed down from the factory, as for the British market for example?

 

[arkangel]

Hi Gunnertrones i live in the uk got it chorny today and only putting out 6.50 ft/lb so i will be send it back to FX as it should be around 11.5 ft/lb thanks again for all your help.

 

[Gunnertrones]

Ach so....... In fact that WC was meant for the Swedish market I would say. They have a strict policy when it comes to velocity, around 7 ft/lb if I am not mistaken.

 

[arkangel]

Sorry I typed it wrong 2.5 ft/lb the gun shop thinks that a screw has come loose inside. Can't wait to get fixed. Thanks again everyone i'm new airgunnation and can't believe how friendly everyone is. 

 

[DuncanHynes]

thats barely enough to move the pellet, heehheh. Have fun when you get it back.

 

[DuncanHynes]

I got the chrony out and got it to tell me some real numbers. My scale's batteries died so couldn't weigh a set of shots exactly. But the shots I got were 21gr H&N Baracuda 824fps and 826fps. I didn't want waste alot of those after a few chrony errors so I stopped. 

Switched to JSB Exact Heavy 18.13 got 897fps and 900fps. The JSBs 15.98gr (many I weighed in the past were 16gr plus) shot string of those was 931, 931, 924, 921. I got errors on the chrony next shots. Indoors it wigs out. I KNOW the batch of 15.89 varies WILDLY in weight. But at least I got numbers. I started out at 175bar and got down to just under 150bar. Its definatly 30ft lbs