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I've been bitten by the airgun bug pretty bad. LOL! Here's my latest acquisition
It's called a "Cricket" by Kalibrgun. LOL! It's a .25 caliber Pre Charged Pneumatic (PCP) shooting machine. We're talking 12 shot groups of 1/4" at 40 yards. Thanks to a built in Regulator, on a single charge of air (210 Bar) it'll give 60 shots with only a couple feet per second difference between each shot. This one is set at 950 FPS and is really quiet. Except when it hits the target, then it generates a loud smack! I foresee a lot of fun with this outfit. Oh, it's topped with a Hawke sidewinder (No relation to Jerry? :laf:) 6.5 x 20 x42 Tactical scope. Gotta wring out all the accuracy I can out of it. Years ago I would have never dreamed of dropping this kind of $$ on air rifle. What the heck happened to me? :shrug: Check out some of the Cricket hunting and shooting videos on youtube. Pretty impressive.
HuntnCarve
Dave
Sweet looking gun, Dave.
Uh oh! I REALLY LIKE that. Bullpup design no less, a a favorite of mine which adds to the great spec info you posted. What a grouse getter that would be. We shoot their heads off with .22's and this would be superb for that.
BTW... in the Native Indian cultures of our area, when someone says he likes something, you give it to him... :hahaha: :innocentwhistle: :alscalls:
I have some stories of that going both ways. :huh:
Fun toy. Enjoy it. I told my son recently when he was surprised at the price of a new outdoor toy I bought, that though we're not rich I probably have more money than time left in life, so bought a quality item I would use immediately. Good on you.
Wow, fancy schmancy :congrats: Sweet looking rig and you deserve it Dave. Cant wait to see some blood shed :eyebrow:
Dave,
That is one nice looking rifle you have. Accurate, sleek, and will be fun to shoot. What is there not to like about it. :biggrin:
Jerry
P.S. Hawke is the family member that made it big time. Then there is the Hawk who never made it anywhere.
edit: I went to their website: http://www.kalibrgun.com and it is a little hard for me to read.
Stealth for the Honey Holes, way to go Dave, No powder to buy, no Dies, no primers, I can hear it now " Honey its a lot Cheaper to shoot" :laf: :laf: cc
Thanks guys!
Unfortunately here in PA according to the game laws, you are not allowed to use a air gun for hunting. :huh: So technically, the Honey Holes are off limits. :innocentwhistle: Nuisance non game animals are eligible for eradication. :confused: But when the laws change, I'll be prepared. :wink:
Jerry, I figured you to be able to speak Czech? LOL! Oh, and sorry about the relative making it big, and abandoning the rest of you "Hawks" simply by adding an "e" onto the end of the name... :holdon: You did make it here, and that's what matters. :congrats:
After I spend some trigger time on this rifle, I'll give you all a report. I did shoot five shots at 25 yards for a group off the deck rail. A single hole! Can't wait to bench rest it and sight it in for 50 yards.
Dave
Quote from: HuntnCarve on June 19, 2014, 06:17:12 AM
Thanks guys!
I did shoot five shots at 25 yards for a group off the deck rail. A single hole! Can't wait to bench rest it and sight it in for 50 yards.
Dave
Zowie!!! Not bad for a blinged up BB gun!
Nice!! I have the Benjamin Marauder in .25 cal.. It shoots great too!!
Jim
Nice!! I have the Benjamin Marauder in .25 cal.. It shoots great too!!
Jim
Hey Dave, just to be sure I want you to know I've been razzing you, nothing serious and I'm tickled for you. Your .25 air rifle is the coolest toy any of us have picked up this year and we're merely envious!
I know it's all good fun Clyde. You never razzed me in the slightest way. If you were ever looking for a rifle to pick off grouse, the Cricket would be a sweet choice. It does become boring however watching pellet after pellet go into the same hole. :laf:
Wow Dave,
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and I'm pretty sure that's good.
Very nice!
950fps from a .25cal airgun isn't too shabby. What grain pellet are you slinging? Enough umph to take out a cat or coon at say 40 yards? :confused:
FOs,
I'm shooting JSB Exact Kings at 25.39g. I also have Eun Jin 43.2 grain pellets that shoot real well in my Benjamin Marauder .25 cal. I have not tried them in the Cricket. The thing with air guns is that the pellet needs to be kept under the speed of sound, otherwise they lose stability. Accuracy then suffers. As for feral cats and coons at 40 yards? It would be no problem.
Dave
Quote from: HuntnCarve on June 20, 2014, 06:35:03 AM
As for feral cats and coons at 40 yards? It would be no problem.
My view is every cat is feral. Especially the one that has found my flower bed out front and likes to visit there for short periods of time. Sooner or later, it will depart. :innocentwhistle:
Jerry
Quote from: Hawks Feather on June 20, 2014, 09:35:20 AM
Quote from: HuntnCarve on June 20, 2014, 06:35:03 AM
As for feral cats and coons at 40 yards? It would be no problem.
My view is every cat is feral. Especially the one that has found my flower bed out front and likes to visit there for short periods of time. Sooner or later, it will depart. :innocentwhistle:
Jerry
nice lookin gun, and for that price it had better shoot well... when I was up north and doing a lot of night hunting for fur, we could always tell the feral cats, their eyes would glow under the lights... ;-)
I see they'll be coming out with a 9mm Cricket soon. That'll thump whatever is on the receiving end pretty good.
Dave, are you refilling with a scuba tank or using a bicycle type hand pump? If hand pump, how long does it take to recharge?
FOs,
I bought a "Great White" carbon fiber tank http://www.airtanksforsale.com/ I get it filled to 4500 PSI ($6.00 at a nearby dive shop), and I'm good for about 40 - 65 fills depending on which rifle. This Cricket gets about 60 shots on a fill. So that's a lot of shooting.
I did pick up a Hill brand High pressure pump a while back. Using the hand pump it took about 60 - 65 pump strokes to go from 2000 PSI up to 3000 PSI. It did not require a lot of effort.
Dave
I have a huge supply of .22 pellets and no concerns about the .22 lr shortage, air guns rule :yoyo: There are some interesting pellets out there if you dig around.
Sabot pellets!
You really have to respect the power of these rifles. At 100 yards this one was punching through 3/4" plywood. Because of the shrouded barrel they are really, really quiet. So it's deceiving when you fire it. A fellow at the range yesterday was teasing me about a little "pop gun"... Well, after watching the dirt kick up, behind the plywood backstop, and sticking his finger through the hole in the plywood at 50 yards. His quote was "Damn"!!! :laf:
Quote from: HuntnCarve on June 21, 2014, 06:43:56 AM
You really have to respect the power of these rifles. At 100 yards this one was punching through 3/4" plywood. Because of the shrouded barrel they are really, really quiet. So it's deceiving when you fire it. A fellow at the range yesterday was teasing me about a little "pop gun"... Well, after watching the dirt kick up, behind the plywood backstop, and sticking his finger through the hole in the plywood at 50 yards. His quote was "Damn"!!! :laf:
You have to enjoy having things like this happen.
Jerry
Yes, it's definitely true that most folks haven't a clue as to how powerful an airgun can be. If memory serves correctly, the Austrian Army used airguns against Napoleon. Louis and Clark had airguns on their expedition and they were used to provide meat.
There was a gentleman I met several years ago that was from Kentucky (I may be wrong on his location) that built high caliber airguns. He went to a friend of mine's place and killed a bison with it. One shot.
.25cal Cricket with a JSB Exact 25.4grain pellet at 35 yards....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGjabSx501Q
40 yards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSlRkt9wOdQ
We call them javelina here in Texas. Typically 40-60 pounds on the hoof.
Yes sir, the .25 Cricket flat out performs! :eyebrow: Pretty much like a 1/4" spike being driven through what ever it is aimed at. :wink:
Oh man, I just went to the Kalibrguns web site and drooled all over my keyboard again.
I was up at HnC's and took some shots with the Cricket.
Incredibly accurate and very cool to shoot!
And FOs says you can hunt buffalo with it.
I want one. :sad2:
Quote from: Dave on February 28, 2015, 07:07:27 AM
And FOs says you can hunt buffalo with it.
With the Cricket, no.
There was a fella from Kentucky that built his own big bore air rifles that killed one [bison] at my friends ranch many years ago. I'm thinking it was something like a .60 or .70 caliber slinging a huge chunk of cast bullet/sabot of 300gr. or more.
My friend said the guy shot it behind the shoulders and the bison didn't even appear to flinch. Just kept walking about grazing while blood was gushing out. Finally after a substantial loss of blood, it staggered and dropped.... then they broke out the knives.
Quote from: FOsteology on February 28, 2015, 01:15:57 PM
With the Cricket, no.
There was a fella from Kentucky that built his own big bore air rifles that killed one [bison] at my friends ranch many years ago. I'm thinking it was something like a .60 or .70 caliber slinging a huge chunk of cast bullet/sabot of 300gr. or more.
My friend said the guy shot it behind the shoulders and the bison didn't even appear to flinch. Just kept walking about grazing while blood was gushing out. Finally after a substantial loss of blood, it staggered and dropped.... then they broke out the knives.
I did see that about the guy building his own air guns. My mind just fused everything together. :doh2:
Amazing how it took down those Javelina, though.
My Benjamin discovery is hands down my favorite squirrel hunting rifle. The kids love shooting it to no recoil cheap ammo what's not to love about an air rifle.
Well I broke down and bought a Benjamin marauder, started with a 22 caliber could not get it to shoot very well. Sent it back and got a 25 caliber it is a tack driver. I live in town and ha e seen a ton of groundhogs got 18 last year with a RWS model 52 in 22 caliber. Now that I have this gun the whistle pigs have gotten all shy open a door they are gone. Pumping it up is not the most pleasant thing to do but 16 shots between fills is not bad. Am hoping to get in some squirrel hunting with it this year.
You pretty much went the same route that I did buying the .22 Marauder first, then the .25 Marauder. Both of my Marauders were very accurate. Still are for that matter. I would say the .25 is slightly better overall than the .22 version. But they do not come close to the .25 Cricket. It is a flat out precision shooting rifle. As for pumping them up. I started with the Benjamin hand pump. Got tired of having to rebuild it all the time. Then bought a Hill brand pump. - Very good pump! Then finally bought a Great White Carbon fiber tank. Costs me $6.00 at the dive shop up the road to fill it. Lasts a long, long time. Bottom line is the rifles are a blast to shoot!
Yes they are haven't had any trouble yet with the Benjamin pump. My nephew was playing and shot an inch and a half group at 100 yards he was impressed. It was rough spending that much on a pellet gun but after shooting it you wonder why you didn't do it sooner.
Well my Daisy Red Ryder still shoots as good as any of this new modern day stuff, killed a coyote at 300 yards with it and had a stiff cross wind. No sir, not getting any of that new fangled stuff. You youngsters just don't appreciate the good stuff.
Dave - need to see some pictures of dead stuff. Good looking gun and scope.
Quote from: JohnP on October 03, 2015, 11:47:14 AM
Well my Daisy Red Ryder still shoots as good as any of this new modern day stuff, killed a coyote at 300 yards with it and had a stiff cross wind. No sir, not getting any of that new fangled stuff. You youngsters just don't appreciate the good stuff.
Dave - need to see some pictures of dead stuff. Good looking gun and scope.
Well John, all I can say is that I normally was shooting sparrows with my Daisy Model 25. I liked it because you loaded the BBs into a spring loaded tube so there was no noise when you turned the gun. But I don't think that any of the sparrows would have heard it anyway. I never took a shot under 100 yards and always shot for their eye. Anything under 100 yards just ruined the meat.
Jerry :eyebrow: