{"id":4272,"date":"2017-04-17T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/?p=4272"},"modified":"2017-04-17T06:39:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T13:39:58","slug":"fx-wildcat-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/fx-wildcat-22.html","title":{"rendered":"FX Wildcat .22"},"content":{"rendered":"

By my own admission I am not a great shot, and I believe Fredrik Axelsson has discovered a secret he builds into his air rifles.\u00a0 I\u2019ve shot a number of the FX models and they are so easy to shoot accurately it seems like they have the built in ability to correct the shooter\u2019s shortcomings.\u00a0 That is conjecture on my part, but the facts of the Wildcat are it is a sleek bullpup, side-lever cocking design weighing in at slightly over 6 pounds and sporting a 19.7 inch match winning Smoothtwist barrel, all mounted in a very handsome thumbhole stock.\u00a0 My particular sample came in the gray laminate wood variation and it is impeccably executed, right down to the logo that is laser cut into the forearm.\u00a0 A walnut version or synthetic \u201csoft touch\u201d coating version are also available.<\/p>\n

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Another classic from FX<\/p><\/div>\n

Atop the black anodized receiver sits an 11mm rail for mounting optics.\u00a0 FX sells their own brand of scopes and my sample was the 6-18x44mm unit with illuminated duplex reticle.\u00a0 The scope is also adjustable for parallax via a side turret which can be fitted with a large sidewheel.\u00a0 30mm FX No-Limits adjustable scope mounts provide independent vertical adjustments for the most precise bore alignment when mounting the scope.<\/p>\n

A number of companies produce bullpup designs and the biggest obstacle was coming up with a trigger that wasn\u2019t\u2019 really heavy or gritty because of the extra linkages, etc. necessary to place the action so far behind the trigger.\u00a0 The trigger on the Wildcat was a thing of beauty \u2013 crisp, smooth and light.\u00a0 The curved, smooth-faced match trigger is adjustable for length of pull, pull weight and cant.\u00a0 The trigger trips the valve driven by a precision air regulator designed to give consistent shots and deliver a large number of high power shots per fill.<\/p>\n

The Wildcat uses an 8-round rotary magazine redesigned for easier loading.\u00a0 The magazine will not accommodate the longer hunting pellets such as Predator Polymags.\u00a0 Its barrel is fully shrouded, reducing the sound signature to a mild \u201cpop\u201d, which still might be a touch too loud for backyard plinking\/hunting in a suburban environment.\u00a0 The solid rubber buttpad is fixed, and for a gun in this price range my thinking is an adjustable buttpad should be standard equipment. The non-removable air reservoir is mounted below the barrel with a manometer gauge mounted in the end.\u00a0 A fill port is covered by the rotating collar on the end of the air reservoir.\u00a0 A male fill probe inserted into the port will give a fill to 3300psi (230 bar).<\/p>\n

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Business end of the Wildcat<\/p><\/div>\n

The side lever is directly above the trigger making for easy cocking without having to fully remove the shooting hand from the pistol grip or raising the head from the cheek weld.\u00a0 \u00a0Because there is no double-feed prevention on the Wildcat, the owner\u2019s manual recommends leaving the bolt open and only closing it when ready to fire. \u00a0A minor detriment from my point-of-view is the manual safety being situated at the rear of the rifle.\u00a0 I prefer to snap the safety off once the gun is mounted which is awkward to do with the FX.<\/p>\n

The Wildcat retails for $1599 without optics.\u00a0 The FX scope retails for $379 and the No-Limit rings for $80.\u00a0 It comes with a one year warranty and well done owner\u2019s manual illustrated with multiple quality photographs.\u00a0 For more information please contact www.airgunsofarizona.com<\/a>.\u00a0 Otherwise, stay tuned for part two where I will put the Wildcat through a few paces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By my own admission I am not a great shot, and I believe Fredrik Axelsson has discovered a secret he builds into his air rifles.\u00a0 I\u2019ve shot a number of the FX models and they are so easy to shoot accurately it seems like they have the built in ability to correct the shooter\u2019s shortcomings.\u00a0…»<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4272"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4275,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4272\/revisions\/4275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}