I have the MK I in 177. I am really pleased with it.
Most, if not all, may have been stated by now but here are my observations. i don’t think there is a dark side to these pups but there are some areas that could be improved.
Love the simplicity of the magazines. Down side is low magazine shot count. A nice round number like 10 would have been better than 8 shots especially in 177. Also the sharp edge of the pawl that advances the magazine needs to be addressed before it leaves the factory. It drags across the mags and gouges them.
No external way to adjust the HST without modifying the stock. Such a pain to remove the action to dial in the HST. The other gripe is that the whatchamacallit that you turn to adjust the HST doesn’t stay put unless it’s thread locked or somehow modified to NOT go out of adjustment. I have 3 FX rifles and they all do this same thing.
No 3 position power adjuster like the Royale series and Streamline guns. I have found this to be a VERY useful feature to get three repeatable power settings with a simple turn of the dial. I think the Wildcat would be the cats meow if it had this option.
One more thing would be a bottle option for the gun for more on board air. Its not really a problem the way it is and the looks are much nicer with the cylinder but a larger capacity bottle would be a super to have.
I love the side clocking lever location by the trigger hand. Very easy to get to. It would be nice if the gun was made to be able to swap the lever to the other side for shooters that would prefer it (lefty). A magnet or some other keeper to hold the cocking lever back when the gun isn’t held level or pointing up when changing a magazine. If it’s shot from a horizontal position on a bench all the time it’s not an issue but out in the field doing mag changes with the muzzle pointing down, gravity causes the side lever to fall forward bringing the pellet probe forward either holding the magazine in the rifle or keeping the new mag from being inserted into the gun unless the lever is held back.
I like the original ST barrels from FX. I have owned 4 FX rifles and still have three of them. All have had the ST barrels and shot great. I personally don’t like the way FX has gone with the barrel liner system. It’s just not my thing.
It’s like most any gun there are Going to be quirks to work around but these are some of the ones that I thought of as I have used my Wildcat. Seems like everything was negative but I really like my Wildcat. I think it can be refined and improved to make a great gun MAGNIFICENT!
