Wildcat mk3 reg. creap?

The best way to say something that makes sense is to shoot those first 2 shoots over the chrony and compare with the others shots you believe are less “wild” ...and let us know what your findings are.

Does your regulator gauge indicate a stabil setting each time you start shooting ?

What does the gage show on the reg pressure after the gun sits for awhile, compared to what you know it to be set at? Have you checked that to see if the pressure has dropped or increased? After a few days or even hours of the gun sitting idle?

Reg creep (not creap) is seems to be very common with FX guns. I’m fighting it right now with my Impact. Most people just deal with it by burning the first 2 shots, then shoot for groups. Very frustrating IMO, especially for how much these guns cost. I’m surprised the big name you tubers haven’t talked about this...Ted, Matt, Air Hunters, etc. I’m sure they have dealt with reg creep as much as they shoot, yet never mention it on their videos.

That sounds creapy ...!

My Dreamline did this to a much lesser degree, and it seemed like it slowly went away. After shooting it for a while the SD tightened up quite a bit. The regulator may need to be broken in more. When i first got my Dreamline, the deviation from shot to shot was somewhat high, and settled down after a few hundred shots.


I agree with Bigragu, check the reg gauge after it’s sat for a while and compare it with what it shows right after shooting it. It does sound like your reg might be creeping a bit. If you can tell a difference, you might need to email FX and send your gun in for them to replace the regulator, or buy one from Huma.

Nothing wrong in popping off the first few shots with the factory FX reg. Not only FX brands creep. I seem to experience overall good results in general just filling to 3000psi no matter what the max fill is rated at.

I have used 2 FX guns with huma and FX regs. Both creep while sitting for longer periods. So i would believe most pcp does. Even if it does not, you will have the same behavior with temperature increase. So you will never be without it. One or two dryfire shots, before you start the shoiting session, and it is not a problem.

With most regulators, you can smooth the mating surfaces of the valve seat to remove the machining marks and other surface imperfections that are allowing air to slowly weep through and drive up the output pressure over time. I have remedied quite a few creepers this way, including the cheapest of the cheap paintball regulators from overseas.

The other key piece of the puzzle is to tune to the velocity knee (95 – 97% of maximum velocity) by way of adjusting the hammer spring tension. This step makes the airgun less sensitive to small variations in pressure, much as a traditional unregulated PCP maintains a stable velocity over a wide range of pressure in the middle of its bell curve.

It's normal to be creepy after a few days in a cabinet.

Perhaps so, but normal does not have to mean inevitable. 

If you shoot in cold weather, and store the gun in warmer temp, the regpressure will increase, without creep. So if you absolutely will be sure you shoot with regulated pressure, dryfire is nescesarry. As long as pressure does not creep up while shoting in relative short time, it is not an issue.

It can also be nornal the first shoot after a refill, going a litle slower. If you shoot below regpressure, and refill slowly, the reg will close slower, than while shooting, so some more air might get the chance to sip in.

also can be that your HST is to low for that reg pressure, try to go up with the hammer spring tansion adjustment.......

also can be that your HST is to low for that reg pressure, try to go up with the hammer spring tansion adjustment (HST and reg pressure needs to be balanced)....it is not normal that in such an expensive rifle, you have to take dry shots every time you leave the rifle in standby for a while