Always search the classifieds before buying :)

[stre-tch]

The short and sweet answer.

You can find sweet used guns for great prices in the classifieds so search there before buying. 


Longer story. 


So I was all set to buy a Krale empire X or some other bullpup with a mid mounted side lever. So one night I was purusing the classifieds and I spied a Mk1 wildcat for sale at a good price. Yes it was more than I would have paid for the Krale and it was a Gen 1 wildcat but I didn’t let that dissuade me. I wasn’t going to tinker with it so adjusting the power settings didn’t really need to be a must for me. I am planning on only shooting pellets so swapping the barrel wasn’t a big deal either. 


up shot of it was I got a sweet gun in perfect condition off the classified and got to take it to the range today (Utah Airguns). It’s only 35 yards but so far 35 yards is super easy. Will stretch it legs out to 50 and 75 yards in a week or so when it warms up a bit. 


The group in the circle is 8 rounds if I remember cycling and shooting as fast as I could. 


If I miss, it’s definitely not the guns fault. 

 

[L.Leon]

Good advice and good for you on buying a sweet PCP at a good price. You don't need the latest, greatest to shoot pellets accurately at typical air gunning distances.

 

[biohazardman]

Nice find. I know what you mean I picked up my HW44, a couple of Zoraki pistols, several scopes, barrels, pellets and misc items from the classifieds. All at reasonable prices as well. It is a good place to keep an eye on for those hard to get hold of guns, parts, accessories and things you don't know you need yet.

 

[Ezana4CE]

Nice! The classifieds has some good deals. Careful, you can also spend too much in there. Then you can see a great deal only to be beaten to contacting the seller. 

 

[Ranchibi]

Congratulations! Those are special guns.

 

[mrbulk]

Very nice score!

 

[MoeHofer]

I have a mk 1 wildcat .22 I picked up for 575$ a couple months ago. 

It is an awesome little thumper! Very very accurate.

I tuned it for 16 grain pellets at 820 fps. Gets about 100 shots on a fill. It is definitely a family favorite! 

 

[stre-tch]

Dang I thought my deal was great but yours is smoking. 


how hard was it to tune down? 

Also what are you filling it up to, I’ve been hovering around the 230 bar mark (haven’t got out the air Venturi pump yet and been using my scba bottles and topping it off with a hill hand pump. 

I love the newest and greatest but a better used gun to me is better than a new gun that’s not as good. 

 

[MoeHofer]

It was as simple as slowly turning the hammer spring back as I shot it over the chronograph. Then I applied a drop of blue loctite to the hammer spring so it doesn't back out over time. Works really well.