I had the chance to look over a new .25cal FX Wildcat last week and it not a bad little rig even though it has a few weak points.
If you researched the known issues you would see and know about them before you purchase one so it wont exactly be a surprise when it breaks.. and trust me.. it will break.
Over all it is a well made pup with the exception of that terrible creepy and weak trigger linkage.. it is the worst trigger I have EVER felt. Unfortunately the Wildcat was built to be one of the best priced and featured pups on the current market, and they certainly got the price down (at least in Sweden and the states) but it came at the cost of cheep un-reliable components and clearly a lack of testing and quality control. The current wildcat trigger system should not even be released to the market, the engineering is out right disgraceful and Fredrick you need to revise and fix it for future production.The forums are littered with " I broke my wildcat trigger" complaints and I can clearly see why. It is a very week point in an otherwise very well made bullpup. Here's some classic examples:
http://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=106283.0
https://youtu.be/dNX-2y9XyFU
https://youtu.be/NQ3K7n__AJ8
https://youtu.be/CoXRtXwQV9Q
The piece the guy on the GTA forum is referring to is the trigger actuating part that converts the normal rearward pulled FX trigger unit to a forward pulled bullpup trigger and it is made from aluminium instead of the normal steel used in FX's other guns. The alloy is just over 1mm across in the section that the return spring seats so when the safety catch blocks the rocker for the seer all the trigger load is transferred to this part resulting in breakage. Bullpups actually need a forward trigger blocking safety catch so no load is transferred to the linkage rods or rear trigger assembly.However this is not the case in the Wildcat so I beefed up the sloppy fit, tacky little linkage clip pins with larger close tolerance press in titanium pins with zero play and made a new trigger actuator out of hardened tooling steel with a little more meat where it needed it. The trigger adjustment screws run directly into this part so all faces were polished like a mirror creating a very slick and strong trigger unit with a smooth first stage and a crisp predictable second stage break. The original trigger adjustment was enough to drive a man to drink, the grub screws cut into the soft alloy and the parts flexed like crazy which left me chasing a "sweet spot" for 15 mins before I gave up settling for the factory squishy feel.. the best thing that happened during the chrony session was the crappy part finally broke forcing me to make it better
Not only is the trigger a sweet little match grade number now, I adjusted the safety catch to work correctly with the new steel parts and there is no awful "what am I bending inside" feeling now.. it is rock solid and reliable. Once clean and tuned up to 900fps the reg was on song with an ES of 6 FPS over 65 shots and accuracy at 50
meters with JSB made Edgun pellets was as good as any other L/W BSA or CZ barrels Ive tested at this range.
Good fun little rig and a very usable hunting tool so I hope FX sort out the week points..
If you researched the known issues you would see and know about them before you purchase one so it wont exactly be a surprise when it breaks.. and trust me.. it will break.
Over all it is a well made pup with the exception of that terrible creepy and weak trigger linkage.. it is the worst trigger I have EVER felt. Unfortunately the Wildcat was built to be one of the best priced and featured pups on the current market, and they certainly got the price down (at least in Sweden and the states) but it came at the cost of cheep un-reliable components and clearly a lack of testing and quality control. The current wildcat trigger system should not even be released to the market, the engineering is out right disgraceful and Fredrick you need to revise and fix it for future production.The forums are littered with " I broke my wildcat trigger" complaints and I can clearly see why. It is a very week point in an otherwise very well made bullpup. Here's some classic examples:
http://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=106283.0
https://youtu.be/dNX-2y9XyFU
https://youtu.be/NQ3K7n__AJ8
https://youtu.be/CoXRtXwQV9Q
The piece the guy on the GTA forum is referring to is the trigger actuating part that converts the normal rearward pulled FX trigger unit to a forward pulled bullpup trigger and it is made from aluminium instead of the normal steel used in FX's other guns. The alloy is just over 1mm across in the section that the return spring seats so when the safety catch blocks the rocker for the seer all the trigger load is transferred to this part resulting in breakage. Bullpups actually need a forward trigger blocking safety catch so no load is transferred to the linkage rods or rear trigger assembly.However this is not the case in the Wildcat so I beefed up the sloppy fit, tacky little linkage clip pins with larger close tolerance press in titanium pins with zero play and made a new trigger actuator out of hardened tooling steel with a little more meat where it needed it. The trigger adjustment screws run directly into this part so all faces were polished like a mirror creating a very slick and strong trigger unit with a smooth first stage and a crisp predictable second stage break. The original trigger adjustment was enough to drive a man to drink, the grub screws cut into the soft alloy and the parts flexed like crazy which left me chasing a "sweet spot" for 15 mins before I gave up settling for the factory squishy feel.. the best thing that happened during the chrony session was the crappy part finally broke forcing me to make it better
Not only is the trigger a sweet little match grade number now, I adjusted the safety catch to work correctly with the new steel parts and there is no awful "what am I bending inside" feeling now.. it is rock solid and reliable. Once clean and tuned up to 900fps the reg was on song with an ES of 6 FPS over 65 shots and accuracy at 50
meters with JSB made Edgun pellets was as good as any other L/W BSA or CZ barrels Ive tested at this range.
Good fun little rig and a very usable hunting tool so I hope FX sort out the week points..
