Winchester Wildcat

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I am happy to say I am the proud new owner of a Winchester Wildcat .22lr Target/Varmint Bull barrel. It seems like a extremely well put together rifle, with quality that would rival a Winchester Centerfire Rifle. This rifle comes with a heavy Bull barrel, a adjustable 2-Stage trigger, and 4 detachable Magazines (3-10rounders, 1-5rounder).

The ammount of quality, and detail that went into this Rimfire actually puts it into a different league as my Carbine Ruger 10/22, although I still love the Ruger very much. I still can't believe that this rifle cost me only $50 more than my Carbine Ruger. It does'nt bother me one bit that this Rifle is made in Russia, especially after seeing what you get for the money, absoloutely incredible. I just hope it shoots as good as it looks, but from some of the other reviews out there on this rifle, it sounds like a tack driver.


I have just one question to anyone else out there that has one of these nice Rimfires. Do you guys install a Weaver style base and rings, or would you guys just through on a couple of rings that would fit nicely on the provided groves.

Since the recoil of a .22 is'nt exactly shoulder breaking, I would think that using a set of Rimfire rings would be fine. What do you guys think?

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These are the mounts I have put on, just to try them out. They seem solid, and considering the amount of recoil a .22lr puts out, I would assume they will be fine for the Scope Mount. Opinions, and past experience would be more than welcome if anyone has done the same to there Wildcat.

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Confess. You just wanted to show off that rifle:D I don't blame you - the Wildcat is a nifty little piece.

I bought one for my wife and mounted a compact Burris scope with rimfire rings that clamp into the dovetails. No problem whatsoever. The scope stays put.
 
I bought it from Lebaron's in Missasauga for $274.94 They still had several in stock. I think it costs only $20 more than a Bare Bones Carbine Ruger 10/22. I could'nt believe my eyes when I saw the price online. I pretty much rushed out there, once I noticed it online. I would of been kind of pissed if I did'nt notice a deal like that.

What do you guys think about mounting a scope they way I was demonstrating it with the rings I put on there? The rings are from a $80 Bushnell Rimfire scope that came with the rings, that I never used on my ruger because the ruger would'nt accept them. The Winchester Wildcat I just bought fits the rings like a glove, and although they were not expensive, they seem quite solid. I will be mounting a Burris Fullfield II 3x9x40, and everything seems to fit together quite well. I just wanted to hear what the fellow CGN had to say about mount a scope that way on a .22 ??
 
Please post a review once you've shot it. One of the guys at Le Baron in Montreal tried to convince me to buy one, but I decided to go with a Kid barrel for my 10/22 instead. Even ended up spending $5 dollars more than you, for the barrel alone!
 
I mounted my scope just the way you have pictured (dovetail/ b square) and it hasn't budged after 1190 rounds. I'm sure you'll like this gun once you get shooting it, It is a tack driver for sure.
 
I own the same rifle, love it. I threw on high Millet rings with Bushnell Banner 4x12x40 and no issues at all.
 
Ya, it is a TOZ 78-14. It is stamped on barrel actually. Its just imported by Winchester with a Wildcat stamp on it.

Well I ended up putting on my Burris Fullfield II 3x9x40 with the rings that I have from the pictures. I used a couple of drops of loctite just to be safe, but everything clears perfect and feels really solid. I am confident that it will be staying put !

Hopefully I can get it to the range within the next week. I am going away for the weekend, but hopefully on Monday or Tuesday I will post some results.
 
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Comrades....Don't let gun fall on trigger guard/mag. housing, if it's like the one I saw, the plastic breaks easily, unless they've changed from plastic.
 
i just bought my second one for my son to go gopher hunting with me and I mounted a tasco 2.5-10x40 and took about 20 rounds to bring it to tack driving accuracy.
 
Those dovetail rings will work fine. I use dovetail mounts on my spring powered airguns (which actually have significantly more recoil than rimfires). The loctite is a good precaution, I use the blue stuff. The red loctite needs heat to get it off...
 
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