Used mk2 FX bobcat

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Some folks seem to like the simplicity and handling of the original BC over the Mk2 model (or maybe that's just internet chatter from those who have an original one, and are mad they didn't wait until the Mk2 came out?).

Anyway there seems to be a nice one (Mk1) on UA's pre-owned page in .25 cal right now.

https://utahairguns.com/fx-bobcat-25-used-package/
 
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I've had a few Bobcats, and I'd stay away from the Mk1. They are extremely hard to work on, if you've ever had one apart you'll know what I'm talking about with the copper tubing and Home Depot engineering from the tube to breech area, with the fittings and run of tubing from there back to the gauge and fill foster. VERY easy to break those solder joints, and if you're trying to tune the gun by disassemble, change reg. setting, reassemble, rinse and repeat it'll get broken no doubt. The Mk2 has none of that piss poor engineering and is much easier to work on, although for both you do need to remove the pressure tube to remove the stock... None of the above comments change the fact that the Bobcat is one of the most accurate guns I've ever shot. For pellets, I think the old solid barrel ST is still one of the best barrels ever made for pellet accuracy...
 
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I've had a few Bobcats, and I'd stay away from the Mk1. They are extremely hard to work on, if you've ever had one apart you'll know what I'm talking about with the copper tubing and Home Depot engineering from the tube to breech area, with the fittings and run of tubing from there back to the gauge and fill foster. VERY easy to break those solder joints, and if you're trying to tune the gun by disassemble, change reg. setting, reassemble, rinse and repeat it'll get broken no doubt. The Mk2 has none of that piss poor engineering and is much easier to work on, although for both you do need to remove the pressure tube to remove the stock... None of the above comments change the fact that the Bobcat is one of the most accurate guns I've ever shot. For pellets, I think the old solid barrel ST is still one of the best barrels ever made for pellet accuracy...
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Thank you for that in depth insight based on real experience.

Sometimes what you read elsewhere on the internet... well it is difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff, so to speak.
 
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Some of the best groups I've ever shot were with my Bobcat .25 dead accurate on both power levels astonishingly quiet out of the box, high shot count, and for me anyway very easy to shoot accurately...had mine for 3 years with no issues, I did have a mag faceplate crack, FX replaced it with out any hassles. I always though a .22 Cal with the big air tube and the same length barrel as the .25 would be an interesting gun...
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If you have a unregulated mk1, I think it will be without the copper tubing. At least that is how my mk1 bobcat in .177 is. Mine could have been a early mk1. Probably all the later model mk1 had copper tubing, as it is the only way to fill the gun from behind the grip, when there is a regulator in it. I have since installed a huma reg in mine. In my case I needed a new endcap for the tube, with a quick fill, just the way the mk2 has. Having the option to choose, if having a regulated bobcat, the mk2 is probably a better choise.
 
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