I’m pretty happy with how it looks and sounds at least. It started when I found a Wildcat Mk1 in .22 locally for $300. Cosmetically it was in pretty good shape, but it was without magazine or fill probe. This was somewhat of a red flag, but the seller had some history on the site where I found it (firearms related) and was very forthcoming with all contact info and other identifiers. I took a chance, bought it, and took it home to air it up. As I half expected, it leaked some and wouldn’t shoot properly. I identified the leaks and corrected them, and found that the barrel had been twisted out of position enough that the transfer port was no longer lined up. An O-ring kit and simple re-clocking of the barrel had me holding air and shooting again. I bought 3 magazines for it, made 3 magazine holders out of black acetal, and mounted a short section of picatinny rail to the stock for bipod use. I also milled a female 11mm dovetail into a longer section of picatinny rail to serve as an 11mm to picatinny adapter for the scope rail. This was done so that I could hurriedly mount my thermal to it for a ratting opportunity that fell through. Originally I thought I would source an factory picatinny version of the scope rail, but I’m very happy with the fit of my home brew adapter. I soon snagged a new scope for it, shot it for groups (albeit at only 30 yards) and was super happy with it.
Then I saw Ernest Rowe’s and Airbucks’ versions of their ”ultra compact” Impacts and the wheels started turning. I really liked the idea of a small(ish) gun with huge moderator potential, and I’d just bought an M3 from member @Squirrelmageddon. Plans began to put it under the knife for a similar gun, but things started to go a little sideways. I started thinking that it might be silly to squander the avaliable power my M3 had by turning it into something I knew wouldn’t require such capability, so I began looking at the Wildcat. Hours of lathe and mill time later, my Wildcat has a shorter barrel, two regulators, a 170cc removable air tube, a modded stock, a new picatinny railed trigger guard, and a Ronin/extension (with its own non discussable magic bits inside) and a new scope. Some finishing pieces still need to be done, but it’s ready to shoot. It’s very quiet. When I get the chance, I’ll see how how badly I screwed up the accuracy I was getting before all this cutting went down.
Before and after photos.
Then I saw Ernest Rowe’s and Airbucks’ versions of their ”ultra compact” Impacts and the wheels started turning. I really liked the idea of a small(ish) gun with huge moderator potential, and I’d just bought an M3 from member @Squirrelmageddon. Plans began to put it under the knife for a similar gun, but things started to go a little sideways. I started thinking that it might be silly to squander the avaliable power my M3 had by turning it into something I knew wouldn’t require such capability, so I began looking at the Wildcat. Hours of lathe and mill time later, my Wildcat has a shorter barrel, two regulators, a 170cc removable air tube, a modded stock, a new picatinny railed trigger guard, and a Ronin/extension (with its own non discussable magic bits inside) and a new scope. Some finishing pieces still need to be done, but it’s ready to shoot. It’s very quiet. When I get the chance, I’ll see how how badly I screwed up the accuracy I was getting before all this cutting went down.
Before and after photos.
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