New gun today!!!

I have like many of you flip-flopped back and fourth trying to make the best purchase with my money to find the airgun that suits my needs as well as my likes. I have tried to just sit back and read all the great post and responses to try to help in that decision, as there is a great wealth of information that is provided by individuals here.( I have pretty much read through most of every post and replies to it.)
So thanks to all in this community I finally made my choice and it came today in the mail. Here are my impressions so far.

Here it is the Fx Bobcat mk2 .30



I purchased this at Precision Airguns and it was shipped on 8/26 and arrived today. After opening the box I set up rifle with the Hawke endurance 30 sf 4-16 that I took off my .25 marauder( marauder may be posted in classifieds in near future) I also charged the gun to 250 bar from starting at 180 bar with my hill pump. This was not as bad as I thought, although I rested the pump in cycles so as not to get it too heated up. If you intend on a lot of shooting in one day a tank or compressor would be a must or you will spend a lot of time pumping instead of shooting. I normally just pest shoot and not target shoot so the shot count is plenty for my needs, and is worth the power gain to me.

I then shot this over my chrono in basement as I established a rough sight in since distance is only 12 yards. I shot one full mag of nine pellets first 3 shots used to get scope close so I know I can put it on paper at 50 yards. Chrono data had first shot low at 865fps and the rest averaged 877fps I don't know if that was due to being new .

Here is the last 6 shots of that string on paper at distance 12 yards in basement.


Here it is again with the 44.75 grain JSB in the hole.


I can't wait till I get this sighted in fully and take her out for a Groundhog hunt. I am not that good at the video thing but I will try and get some clips with my scope cam.

Future plans are to upgrade the scope to sidewinder, mount the atlas rail for bipod and add a moderator or baffle extentions.

I would have to say so far I am very pleased with the purchase and glad I made the jump to the .30 I will try to post updates as I get to know this gun better.

P.S. I have to say thanks to the company I work for and our CEO. It was due to profit sharing bonus that we receive as employees that made this purchase possible.
 
"Michael"We've all heard of one hole shot groups. But that just looks like one shot.

I know 12 yards isn't impressive for shooting a group, but kind of made me grin to see pellet after pellet go in same hole while I was doing the Chrono work. My .22 marauder tightest group at that range is about the same size as the hole maybe even a hair bigger. I know this rifle is accurate at much longer ranges, so I can't wait to stretch her out.

thanks everyone- I am hoping the weather cooperates and I am able to get her zeroed at 50 to 60 yards, as well as get a few groundhogs on camera.

 
"Dave"
"Michael"We've all heard of one hole shot groups. But that just looks like one shot.

I know 12 yards isn't impressive for shooting a group, but kind of made me grin to see pellet after pellet go in same hole while I was doing the Chrono work. My .22 marauder tightest group at that range is about the same size as the hole maybe even a hair bigger. I know this rifle is accurate at much longer ranges, so I can't wait to stretch her out.

thanks everyone- I am hoping the weather cooperates and I am able to get her zeroed at 50 to 60 yards, as well as get a few groundhogs on camera.

I missed the "12 yard" part, which is totally believable... my bad.
I use to own an MK1 Bobcat .30 and it was very accurate. On occasion I could dump an entire magazine into 1 large hole at 50 yards. Slightly bigger at 75 yards.
I look forward to seeing more pictures and reviews.
 
Very nice gun, congratulations !!

You ask:

"Chrono data had first shot low at 865fps and the rest averaged 877 fps I don’t know if that was due to being new"

You are going to see a few stabilizing shots (usually 2-4) at different velocities before the valve in guns with no regulator, or before the regulator in guns that have it...This effect is more notorious at higher filling pressures (240 BAR vs. 200 BAR) 

It is just one of those things part of shooting...You also get 2-3 stabilizing shoots just after cleaning your barrel .

Regards,

AZ
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azuaroVery nice gun, congratulations !!

You ask:

"Chrono data had first shot low at 865fps and the rest averaged 877 fps I don’t know if that was due to being new"

You are going to see a few stabilizing shots (usually 2-4) at different velocities before the valve in guns with no regulator, or before the regulator in guns that have it...This effect is more notorious at higher filling pressures (240 BAR vs. 200 BAR) 

It is just one of those things part of shooting...You also get 2-3 stabilizing shoots just after cleaning your barrel .

Regards,

AZ
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Thanks azuaro- I was kind of thinking it might be something like that. This is my first regulated gun and this thing is so much better that my marauder. I mean the benji is great for what it is and I know a lot of people tune them into awesome shooters but the .30 is a beast.