Four Years With a Bobcat Mk2.

[RM100GUY]

I bought a Bobcat Mk2 .25 new from Jim at Precision Air four years ago and thought I would reflect a bit how it has preformed over the years. I don't care for synthetic stocks but liked the reviews (shot count, accurarcy, Bullpup, tube not tank) and at the time was intreged by the new to me .25 calber. My Bobcat has had an easy life only being shot from my deck or porch but shot quit a lot, all the JSB pellets preform well on high or low power...905 on high 650 on low with the 25grs. I have a Simmons Whitetail 6.5×20×50 scope on it and I find it almost IMPOSSIABLE to shoot a bad group with this rig! In four years the Bobcat had been problem free to this day...it is remarkably quiet in factory form and has an impressive shot count 160 low 90 high in factory tune. The Bobcat is an expensive and a quite complex airgun with the trigger linkages and reg gauge stuffed down in the stock and I don't like removing the air tube to remove the stock and the rear stock screw digs into my right hand thumb knuckle during long shooting sessions...I often wished I would have bought a Royale instead for the walnut stock and simpler design but I can't deny the Bobcat being a great reliable accurate platform that I do enjoy shooting. I wouldn't get a .25 cal today because of pellet tin count and availability but I have 13 tins which will last me years anyway. I've owned 5 FX's...2 Wildcat Mk1's a Streamline an Impact X and the Bobcat and had little to no problems with any of them...(all were super accurate) I greatly regret selling my Wildcat Mk1 walnut .22. To this day my Bobcat still holds the record of my best non benched 5 shot group. It's been\is a good one!

 

[Gerry52]

You're preaching to the choir here. I have a Royale 500 (.25) & Boss (.30). They're essentially the same platform as your Bobcat in the breech block & barrel department. Imho it's the most trouble free, dependable, simple & accurate platform that FX has ever produced. There are many others on the forum that feel the same. If I never own any other airguns but the ones I have I'd be satisfied. I just can't say enough about their fit, finish & performance. To know them is to love them!

 

[TxMaligator]

.25 ammo is very easy to find stateside.

 

[tor47]

I have one in .177. What I really like is the magasine holders. Hold 2 mags, which is very nice, and easy to pop out Would be nice if FX got that feature back in newer models also.

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[Mrshosted]

My first Fx airgun is a .25 Bobcat, its one gun I have loved from day one. It never given me a problem and been one of the best gun's I've ever owned. Fact, I loaned it to a good friend in 2019 while at RMAC to shoot the 100 yards after his gun started clipping the moderator unexpectedly hours be for he had to shoot his round. That year he went on to win the 100 yard sportsman class with my Bobcat. My friend would still like to own this gun. Just today he asked me about "Bob" .

 

[prfleetsvs]

Have two (2) Mk IIs, one in .25 and the other in .30. They have given me exceptional service, 6 years with the .25, 4 with the .30. Very accurate, much more than I. Though a bit heavy when compared to today's Wildcat and other modern day bullpups, cannot bring myself to selling them.......they are just too good to let go. For some ungodly reason, the stock on the .30 started getting gooey and sticky so I removed the outer "bedliner" finish and sent the stock out for a hydrodipping job. Soon as I get it back I'll post some pics. BTW, the .30 is just devastating on iguanas, with almost 80FPE using JSB heavies.

 

[TxMaligator]

My old Gen 1 was a great gun,then FX started modding these new style air leaks.

My Bobcat never leaked over many years

 

[Centercut]

Great gun, one of the best. I bought a .30 Bobcat Mk2 in 2017 and shot it in EBR 2018 and 2019, winning Sportsman Class 100Y BR (The Terminator). I ended up selling it in early 2020, but always missed the accuracy and how easy it was to shoot well. So this past Summer I bought another used one in .30 caliber and fixed it up exactly like my one I had, only had the dip done with a different pattern and called it The Reaper. It’s just as accurate, maybe even more so. I won with it at the Xtreme Field Target match in Phoenix this past November. 
Overall a true laser beam, easy to shoot and reliable and accurate as can be.

The Terminator

The Reaper