Wondering if there is any particular reason why the abundance of wildcats popping up for sale? To my understanding the WC platform is one of the best!
Fx wildcats in classifieds
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I have one in .25, and love it. Shoots real nice. The only issue I have with it is with safe on, you can bend the lever in there if you pull the trigger to hard. My friend is like.... it wont shoot. And he bent the lever. I actually made one that is better.
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I've noticed a trend in the classifieds regarding higher than normal volumes of one particular item, and it often is due to a WTB ad. In this instance, a user have may posted a WTB for a wildcat in the past couple weeks, and this may have reminded a bunch of people that they had one as a safe queen they were willing to sell causing them to message the buyer. If the WTB buyer didn't buy theirs (because the buyer only wanted one, and not 10 of them), they then just post it to the classifieds.
Not saying that is the case here, but I have definitely seen that happen many times with other items.
Not saying that is the case here, but I have definitely seen that happen many times with other items.
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I have sold a few rifles in the past that were great air guns but as Odoyle stated (I wanted to try somethin new) and dont like to collect a safe full not to mention helping to offset the price of a new gun. at the moment I own 2 wildcats a MK2 in .22 and a MK3 .25. Neither are for sale....at the moment.
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You are correct. Since Wildcats are well known and hot right now, its the time to sell them as their value is solid at this time. Wait a couple of months and they won't be as hot and the price will drop some.
mike
mike
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For my personal situation, I've been casually trying to move my .22 wildcat mkI for a few months. I posted it and took it down after an especially frustrating encounter with a low-baller that just killed my motivation for dealing with this [he kept me on the phone for 30 minutes asking questions about my knowledge of air rifles- then finally told me it wasn't worth more than $450 and then got all heated with me when I said no].
My rationale is that I impulse bought an MKIII in a different caliber, but with a price of a caliber change kit being reasonable- and the superior liner a clear upgrade over smooth twist, it makes sense to recover some of the cost and because I'm not a collector at the moment [yay divorce----- can ya believe it! A charming guy like me?!]
It's worth mentioning that some of the better deals you see on wildcats are ones that have been through several owners. Third, forth and fifth times going through the mail and someone's hands, who may have messed with the settings, internals, or just beat it up.
My rationale is that I impulse bought an MKIII in a different caliber, but with a price of a caliber change kit being reasonable- and the superior liner a clear upgrade over smooth twist, it makes sense to recover some of the cost and because I'm not a collector at the moment [yay divorce----- can ya believe it! A charming guy like me?!]
It's worth mentioning that some of the better deals you see on wildcats are ones that have been through several owners. Third, forth and fifth times going through the mail and someone's hands, who may have messed with the settings, internals, or just beat it up.
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If the sale is to fund another “project”, the other “project” will most likely be out of stock by the time sale is completed. Uj
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Or, the other "project" may already be bought and in hand and the sale will go towards paying the VISA bill at the end of the month.
Ask me how I know...
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Most of them are the prior models, so I have assumed they may want to try the MKIII. You almost never hear anything bad about the Wildcat, is either model, so it explains why so many people have them and want them.
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There could be an outside possibility that a contributing factor could be that some airgunners interested in keeping up with the Joneses could occasionally be prone to succumbing to somewhat fickle propensities. 
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Yep ... still got my old MK1 in .25 cal and it ain't for sale. Had it three years and only had to replace one o-ring ... never messed with the settings. Shoots GREAT!!!!! That means it's a keeper ... to heck with keeping up with the joneses. Only thing I wish was different is the narrowness of the slot for inserting the magazine, makes it a little hard to clean with a patchworm or replace the breech o-ring ... but it can be done.
Shalom
John
Shalom
John
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Yep ... still got my old MK1 in .25 cal and it ain't for sale. Had it three years and only had to replace one o-ring ... never messed with the settings. Shoots GREAT!!!!! That means it's a keeper ... to heck with keeping up with the joneses. Only thing I wish was different is the narrowness of the slot for inserting the magazine, makes it a little hard to clean with a patchworm or replace the breech o-ring ... but it can be done.
Shalom
John
Good lookin gun!
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Can't find any fault in my MK3 .25 Compact. Only thing that could make it better is for it to be semi-auto, but even then, it would be it would be hard for me to justify replacing it. I'll be keeping mine for a long long time!
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I can't get past someone having the unmitigated audacity to claim that a Wildcat in good functional order is only worth 450 skins..........
You displayed goodold restraint not mailing that clown a goodold letter bomb.
You displayed goodold restraint not mailing that clown a goodold letter bomb.
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Yep ... still got my old MK1 in .25 cal and it ain't for sale. Had it three years and only had to replace one o-ring ... never messed with the settings. Shoots GREAT!!!!! That means it's a keeper ... to heck with keeping up with the joneses. Only thing I wish was different is the narrowness of the slot for inserting the magazine, makes it a little hard to clean with a patchworm or replace the breech o-ring ... but it can be done.
Shalom
John
Me likey!
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