Winchester Wildcat Target/Varmint heavy barrel

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rustysdream

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I just bought one today. Looks like a decent quality rifle and the three 10 round magazines are a really good bonus.
Anyone has the same rifle? Any range reports?

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I took mine to the range last week and it shot really well. It fed perfectly and had 1 FTF with YellowJackets which when I get FTF's its always Yellowjackets...lol I shot about a 1/2 inch 5 shot group with yellow jackets on the last clip. Seemed like the more I shot the better it got :) I had a savage mark II BV before this and I never used it very often, It shot very well but something about it always had me grabing for the 10/22 instead. Maybe it was the weight, I dunno. I definitly like the wildcat better.
The wildcat is a few inches shorter and 1 lb lighter then the markII bv, and the safety is in a better spot and the clip release is nice also.

Here is my target that I last shot
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Top Left;
Velocitor's
Top Right;
Segmented
Bottom Left;
CB Long
Bottom Right;
SJB
Middle;
Mini-Mag
5 Round Shot's
25 Meter's (3 rounds were to sight in the scope)
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50 Meter's
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10 Round Shot's
50 Meter's (*After figuring out that there is a tool that come's along with it to adjust the trigger*)
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Oh ya, my excuse this time is...
I been up since 6 am after drinking last night tell 2am to watch the world cup & the guy to my right had a noise AR plus I had new-bee's to the right trying to shot.
:p
 
Great shooting!
I put a scope on the rifle and went to the range this morning. After sighting in, I was getting similar groups. I did not adjust the trigger (I'd measured 4.03 lbs out of the box) but tried 6-7 different brands of ammo. I had a few more brands to go but I was also shooting my 452 Lux and simply ran out of time before I could finish. The Winchester liked the CCI Blazer best. I did not find any difference between the accuracy of the two rifles. No FTF, no FTE.
My only concern is closing the bolt with round in the chamber. You really have to push the bolt down. Other than that, excellent shooter, great value for the money.
No camera this time but I will take pictures on the next trip.
 
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Did you guys go with bases or use dovetail mounts ? I had some high bases from the savage that fit, they were weaver #45 I believe.
 
egmike said:
Did you guys go with bases or use dovetail mounts ? I had some high bases from the savage that fit, they were weaver #45 I believe.
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One piece dovetail mount.
I just took off the scope and mount from another rifle.
However, I tried a set of Durasight bases (made for CVA inline black powder rifle) and they also fit. :) I just ordered a new scope for the Wildcat so I'll figure it out later.
 
Mine has a pair of Weaver #15. I unscrewed the 4 little set screws and added these in. I got to agree with rustysdream that it is hard to chamber the round with lead rounds and that the trigger does need a little getting used to. But since it's based on a Mossin Nagant design a little trigger job shouldn't be that hard to do. I geuss that's what next weekend is for ;)
 
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