I believe I have been late with the PCP guns by three years. The only pcp guns I bought new were the disco (.22) and the mrod (.25) and I believe they both have been out at least three years. After these two guns, I have come to own a prod (.22), cricket .35, a couple of edguns (matador and morana both .25), a sumatra (9mm), an R-10 (.22), and now an FX wildcat (.25 synthetic); all of them pre-own.
The cricket was really under powered and the reason that gun was so under powered is I have read Kalibrgun modified a .25 cricket to shoot the heavier .35 pellet and they should've developed a gun from the ground up. For target shooting the cricket was very very accurate but for hunting, I had a lot of missed shots. So I sold that gun.
After the cricket, I bought a matador. Now this gun was amazing. An almost perfect hunting gun. It was accurate, trigger was great, it was built like a tank, very reliable, and easy to work on. The only reason I sold this gun was it was missing one thing that would make it perfected; it needed a mid-cocking lever. I sold this gun when the R5M came out.
The morana is hands down the most accurate gun I have ever own. The best trigger I ever felt. I only sold it because the gun was meant for one purpose and I like to hunt more then benchrest shooting.
I have been saving money and waiting for someone to hopefully sell a partially used R5M but came across an excellent deal on a wildcat and couldn't pass it off. There are many guns I want to try but just don't have the funds to buy them all. If only I could win the lottery, I would try every pcp gun but since I didn't win, I need to be picky on my next purchase. I've been curious about FX guns for years and have shot a couple of them but not long enough to become familiar with them.
After owning this wildcat for several months now and putting several thousand pellets over the chronograph and down range, I can comment on a few things about this gun. For one, the wildcat was very light and after mounting a fixed 10x scope on it, the gun felt really top heavy. I actually started to wish the stock was heavier to counter balance the scope but after a few days, I was use to gun. The trigger was on par with the cricket and matador and the matador and wildcat was on par with shot count. For hunting, I prefer a faster fps and felt the wildcat was a little weak as compared to the matador even though they both had the same shot count. Where the wildcat shines is the butter smooth cocking and location of the cocking lever. It is sweet to cycle the mag but if there is one thing I wish is the cocking lever could be switched on the other side of the gun like how the vulcans are.
Today I took the wildcat out target shooting to 75 yards. I have taken the gun shooting at further distances but that was just playing around with the gun and getting a feel of it. So far I'm very impressed with this gun. It's almost as accurate as the matador but I contribute that to longer ownership. In time, I should get better at the gun.
Each of these groups are 8 shots.
Here is an 8 shot group at 75 yards with 5 to 8 mph winds.
As the day got cooler, the wind started dying down and soon there was no wind which is rare here.
both the last shots would have been hole in hole if it wasn't for that one flyer. The stars aligned for those last two groups. I'm not sure if I will ever shoot those groups with this gun again. I would say the hype on the wildcat is true and it was far ahead the competition three years ago. Just lately companies are starting to catch up to FX. Since I'm three years behind, my next review will be the crown, the impact, or the edguns. I don't think I could afford a daystate even in three years. Sorry if this is already information you all know but felt I wanted to comment on a gun thats three years old and still shooting very good. This is more a reassurance to those who are hesitant on buying used. I believe most of us who buy a gun in this price range will take very good care of there guns and so far every used gun I bought has been great. Just three or more years behind everyone else.
The cricket was really under powered and the reason that gun was so under powered is I have read Kalibrgun modified a .25 cricket to shoot the heavier .35 pellet and they should've developed a gun from the ground up. For target shooting the cricket was very very accurate but for hunting, I had a lot of missed shots. So I sold that gun.
After the cricket, I bought a matador. Now this gun was amazing. An almost perfect hunting gun. It was accurate, trigger was great, it was built like a tank, very reliable, and easy to work on. The only reason I sold this gun was it was missing one thing that would make it perfected; it needed a mid-cocking lever. I sold this gun when the R5M came out.
The morana is hands down the most accurate gun I have ever own. The best trigger I ever felt. I only sold it because the gun was meant for one purpose and I like to hunt more then benchrest shooting.
I have been saving money and waiting for someone to hopefully sell a partially used R5M but came across an excellent deal on a wildcat and couldn't pass it off. There are many guns I want to try but just don't have the funds to buy them all. If only I could win the lottery, I would try every pcp gun but since I didn't win, I need to be picky on my next purchase. I've been curious about FX guns for years and have shot a couple of them but not long enough to become familiar with them.
After owning this wildcat for several months now and putting several thousand pellets over the chronograph and down range, I can comment on a few things about this gun. For one, the wildcat was very light and after mounting a fixed 10x scope on it, the gun felt really top heavy. I actually started to wish the stock was heavier to counter balance the scope but after a few days, I was use to gun. The trigger was on par with the cricket and matador and the matador and wildcat was on par with shot count. For hunting, I prefer a faster fps and felt the wildcat was a little weak as compared to the matador even though they both had the same shot count. Where the wildcat shines is the butter smooth cocking and location of the cocking lever. It is sweet to cycle the mag but if there is one thing I wish is the cocking lever could be switched on the other side of the gun like how the vulcans are.
Today I took the wildcat out target shooting to 75 yards. I have taken the gun shooting at further distances but that was just playing around with the gun and getting a feel of it. So far I'm very impressed with this gun. It's almost as accurate as the matador but I contribute that to longer ownership. In time, I should get better at the gun.
Each of these groups are 8 shots.
Here is an 8 shot group at 75 yards with 5 to 8 mph winds.
As the day got cooler, the wind started dying down and soon there was no wind which is rare here.
both the last shots would have been hole in hole if it wasn't for that one flyer. The stars aligned for those last two groups. I'm not sure if I will ever shoot those groups with this gun again. I would say the hype on the wildcat is true and it was far ahead the competition three years ago. Just lately companies are starting to catch up to FX. Since I'm three years behind, my next review will be the crown, the impact, or the edguns. I don't think I could afford a daystate even in three years. Sorry if this is already information you all know but felt I wanted to comment on a gun thats three years old and still shooting very good. This is more a reassurance to those who are hesitant on buying used. I believe most of us who buy a gun in this price range will take very good care of there guns and so far every used gun I bought has been great. Just three or more years behind everyone else.
