Winchester Wildcat 22 LR REVIEW
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
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The fact that it takes ruger 10/22 mags is an awesome feature. Ive seen these for $200 or less in my area
I would have aimed for that fly! I know no fly's were harmed in making of this video!😎
oh yeah man that fly would have been target practice!
😂😂
Now how am I to know if the gun is accurate? 🪰
@@divine308 lol 😆
I for real said shoot the damn fly its huge... then looked in comments to see if anyone else thought the same way
I've put thousands of rounds through mine over the last two years and i love it. I had one magazine break, but it was my fault. Other than that I've had no issues with it aside from some malfunctions with the bx25 mag. BUT i think we all know those bx25 mags tend to malfunction untill they are broke in good.
Getting my Winchester here in Canada for $120 less than a 10/22 was a no- brainer. Great rifle.
damn brother this comment aged like milk, trudeu really fucked you guys, hopping for the best for you guys
I've just bought one ( Black Friday Sale) after viewing this review Chris, you've explained what I need to know on this Wildcat, thanks very much.
I imagine, I'll soon see just what most folks are saying, that is, that this rifle is worth having a closer look and some shooting time.
Nice video. I purchased one approximately 1 month ago. In addition to a scope, I also added the Wildcat Length of Pull extension and the Wildcat compact Cheek riser to make mine more ergonomic as I feel the stock is a bit small in my opinion. It now feels great. For reloading the magazine quickly, I purchased the Maglula 10/22 LULA loader & unloader set. This allows me to reload twice as fast with no thumb soreness and works perfectly on the Wildcat magazine. Cheers.
My wife won a Wildcat two weeks ago in a sportsmans club raffle. As our old eyes can't see either close or 18 inches away I put on a small 22 scope, so I can't say anything about the factory sights. We ran 250 rounds of two brands through the factory mag and two BX25 mags without a problem. Fit and finish was good for a polymer rifle. The strata camo looks good. As far as comfort, I'm 5'8" and she's 5'2" and we both were able to use it comfortably.
Cleaning did require a polymer safe solvent for the action, but was not a problem. Cleaning the barrel was remarkably easy for a semiauto 22. Cleaning and lubing the bolt and recoil spring, I pushed the bolt back onto the recoil spring for lubricating and cleaning.
Barrel is so free floated that there was no question about it.
Will it last 20,000 rounds like an old Marlin 60? Time will tell. I'm gonna try.
The sound of a suppressed 22 never gets old 🥰
Gotta love a quality whisper pickle
@@PeterReid1993m m😢
You missed one clever feature for cleaning. With the action removed, there is a hole in the rear of the receiver that a cleaning rod can be inserted through so the barrel can be cleaned from the breech end.
Straight forward and no bullshit, amazing review
Thank you, Shame the other reviews don't make 600,000 views😏
Just got my wildcat a few months ago. Got about 500 rounds through it so far. Lovin it. can't wait to get some attachments.
How's the accuracy for 50+ yards ?
@@Nezfitness777 haven’t shot that far out yet. Furthest I’ve gone with the iron sight is about 75 feet. My local range is a small indoor one.
@@Litboge Ahh gotcha , you like the gun ? Anything break on it or still perfect?
@@Nezfitness777 still great no issues yet
I got mine and I love it. It is super easy to use and very accurate. I have the woodland camouflage version and I purchased two additional 25 round Ruger BX magazines. It is very easy to run through these rounds quickly. This is a fun rifle and once you have the iron sights zeroed don't forget too put loctite on the screws or you can lose the rear sight.
I burn through rounds fast because this thing will shoot incredibly fast. Idk if it's the polymer in the action or what. It'll fire as fast as I can pull the trigger.
Pretty cool rifle. I bet it was fun to review. With a little more ammo testing you can tighten up those groups too. A couple there it did not like. And the Winchester being one of them. I’m sure it probably likes faster ammo.
Love it! Thanks for the info.
That RWS Dynamit Nobel performed well.
2:20 I would forget the group and try to pop that fly .
You must buy the Wildcat "SR" version of the 22lr rifle, If you want to install a suppressor. Not all versions of the Winchester Wildcat 22 semi-auto come Suppressor-Ready
I think the innovative design is good and that Winchester deserve a pat on the back in this respect.
But... given that Chris is a good shot, (arguably above average), I think the accuracy is a bit of a let down. Personally, (I stress personally), I would rather spend the extra £75 and get a polymer CZ bolt that you know is going to be well engineered and circa 1/2" groups at 50 meters.
I accept I may be missing the point here and also that £75 is more to some than to others.
Eitherway, it's good to see a sensible review on a low cost entry rifle. This stuff is often overlooked.👍
It's subsonic ammo in a semiauto rifle. Think about it. Shouldn't even run subsonic in it, might as well get a pellet gun.
It's not a target rifle by any means in my opinion. I use mine for squirrel hunting. I have the Strata SV model that I use for squirrel hunting. Accuracy is more than good enough at 25-50 yards (which is on the long side of the type of shots you'd take when squirrel hunting) using sub-sonic ammunition. For me, this is a perfect small game gun. Extremely light, durable, reliable, semi-auto, suppressor ready, and inexpensive.
I say well...You can ABSOLUTELY use a .22LR for ANY kind of rat control. Also, the shooshiest .22 round?? Primer charged only. No practical atall, but super cool 😎
Its not dusty ammo. Its because the powder doesn't burn completely and is generally more dirty because of this and if to much gets between the bolt face and barrel the rim fire firing pin wont be bale to set it off reliably
I was waiting for you to get the fly.
Best 22 Winchester ever made
1895 pump action
Model 61 pump 20 inch barrel back when the were made in America Now Turkeychesters are made in Turkey and are plastic JUNK!
shout to the brave fly that stuck around longer than I would have…
Sweet. But it seems like a fair-weather firearm. Beautiful tool, but it seems to have lots of small parts to lose, & lots of plastic-on-metal spots to wear out. That said, I totally want one. "I have become Death, destroyer of gophers...")
Nice video, man.
Today's polymer often wears less than metal!
@@Hankman23 totally, but my old-timey tropes die hard. Keep it up.
2:19 how ya not gonna take the fly shot?
Also notice how quite and precise this gun is the fly didnt even scare off with rounds hitting right beside it.
That fly was askin' for it!!
Why didn’t you shoot the horsefly that would’ve been really cool!! Good video would’ve been a great video !! Great production!!
Thanks 🙏
At least shoot it's wings off.
Here in Brazil, ostead of saying "Bullseye!" we use to say "Na mosca!" ("On the horsefly!"). It would make a lot of sense for us to try for the fly! :D
That mag release is different that a Ruger 10/22 would have liked to see how those mags work in the rifle.
WOW very nice , Thanks dear
As long as it’s reliable and we’ll shoot minute of squirrel, I’m happy with it.
Nice looking rifle..what kind of scope are you using?
Looks like a tidy little starter rifle
Sling loop on the forearm is actually a bipod mount for Harris style bipods . Which has its own slingloop built in.
Yes
@@chrisparkin431
If you ever have the time and a safe place to try , I believe you will find the ultra velocity .22lr very good at close range. The added velocity and engineering done to the bullets themselves mean they don't ricochet or splash nearly as much as standard velocity plinking loads. In my expert they totally flatten on impact looking more like a flat off round blob of solder than a projectile . It may be the old guns 24 inch barrel that allowed it, but I seriously doubt it. What sorts of results ,along those lines, do you typically get with the subsonic loadings? Speer put much effort into making rimfire projectiles that elevate ( as much as possible)
The old ricochet issues . This was around the late 1990s. They started using pure lead that was copper plated and annealed so it would splatter and stick when the bullet hit the ground or backdrop.
Do they have many .17 caliber offerings in rimfire these days? I am far out of the loop these days.
@@coreymerrill3257 I have no use for it and enjoy the quieter subsonic ammo anyway
@@chrisparkin431 ok
@@chrisparkin431 then stop reviewing rifles. Subsonic rounds do not perform as well as standard rounds and you blame it on the gun.
It is super easy to take down to clean.
I'm gonna have to get some of that sk ammo seems great
I already have 2 Ruger 10/22s. Will wait till the 16" barrel version is available, then I'll buy one.
That day has arrived. Just head on over to gun broker & check them out… 🤣
@@boomstick4054 lol its arrived for quite awhile now.
@@KaidenJacob 🤣.. like ever since there’s been a 10/22, almost
Very good review
Hitting everything but the target for a second now
I have a Marlin 795 that is about 10 years old that has the bolt lock after the last round. Its a great plinking rifle
I have one too. Marlin is super accurate.
@@ramargate my 795 is a true tack driver. free floated the barrel and put a 2 lb trigger in it... amazing little gun!
@@nelsonm5032 i agree with that. I hope i can find a 2lb trigger for it... I also have a Remington 597 22lr and I think Marlin 795 is much accurate.
you can’t purchase a complete trigger persay, i should have worded my comment differently. I bought the mcarbo trigger and spring kit then i polished the sear, result was just over two pounds.
Its an interesting alternative to a 10/22. I like the stock shape. Be interested in a long term reliability test as well.
how deuce you need to be to use sound moderator and not suppressor?
Was thinking of buying until I saw the accuracy... thanks for the warning!
it's a cheap semi auto, be realistic
An inexpensive rifle (or a semi-auto) is not inherently innacurate.
its a plastic Turkeychester
Clever neat rifle. Like you, I like it.
I am commenting just because of that fly.
That fly was a boss..
I hope there customer service is good because my bolt just broke by pulling a gun sock off of my gun looks to be made of pot metal I hope they will fix or replace it
Good luck--Turkeychester inhales greatly when you try to get something fixed.
Can you get it without the red bits? One group you had seemed no larger than the fly!
That is a good looking rifle !!!
The little clip on cover for the lug/rail? Might as well throw that shit out with the packing material, it's already gone. And I would like to see how tight it shot with supersonic ammo unsuppressed. If its not together it shouldn't be on the market. There's a hole in the market right now with Remington all blown up, it would be nice to see Winchester step up and be Winchester again. A lot of us would enjoy that.
The clip stays in fine. Weird assumption
Turkeychester needs to make things in the USA and NOT in Turkey!
This is a nice little rifle. Also would like to see it in 22magnum.
AR-15.
Very nice!
Looks like Winchester's answer to the Ruger 10/22
i have one, love it
Everyone who has one loves it except one guy in the comments who probably got scolded for spending the milk money
Great review. To be clear, it DOES SHOOT SUBSONIC rounds?
2 years ago and I'm not even sure these are even available in the UK now anway
Should have shot the fly @ 2:18 that would have been awesome! 🤣😎🎯
Animal cruelty is not cool.
Manufacturer’s stickers on guns reminds me of those goofy fucking stickers on ball caps
The fly was the hero of the day ...
Супер обзор хорошая спортивка 👍
Just got these in, was wondering how good they were
They're not
Excellence. 👍
This is a pretty cool .22 I miss shooting lol
Why dont u shoot anymore. Never to late to start again.
It's just the little fact that I'm going blind I just didn't want to say it lol but it is what it is you know
Machine the bolt face 2-3 thousandths and replace with 2-3 thousandths of carbon fiber to quiet the bolt.
hai, model ini menggunakan angin atau tidak ya? semestinya nampak ringan dan ringkas, i like this.
Have you ever got your hands on the mossberg plinksters. Around here in Ohio they are generally a little over 100 bucks so fun haha
We dont get much Mossberg gear here
@@chrisparkin431 sorry to hear that they are pretty good and pretty affordable for the value received
@@tomsrandomness takedown with the Winchester is a breeze compared to that Mossberg I heard!
I order one set?
Fly : what's going on dude? I'm wandering around lmao
I'm there to shoot groups for videos, I cant even see the flies as I'm much further away than the camera is anyway
@@chrisparkin431 the bullet itself so smoothly
Nice!
Crazy question, would this magazine allow my Ruger 10/22 to have last round bolt hold open?
No. The hold open feature works only in the wildcat.
@@monkeypaw4408 And only with wildcat magazine, isn't it? Ruger magazines doesn't lock bolt hold open. Am I right?
Bună seara cât costă o armă?
I can't believe you didn't try to shoot that fly!
Lindo y entretenido rifle
how could you resist shooting thatfly?
Take it this is UK legal?
What is the theme of ownership for a suppresor in England? How it it treated, if i was not clear.
they are considered additional firearms to go on your license in the UK
Was the gun reliable?
Loved the video, hated the fact that I was 1 minute into the video and had to sit through two ads. UA-cam.... Great platform, Scummy practices.
If UA-cam didn't pay me, I wouldn't be taking time away from other work contributing sadly
@@chrisparkin431 I get it, man. I didnt mean any disrespect. keep up the good work. thanks for doing what you do.
Soooo silence... is it really not an air rifle?.. its seems have no recoil at all.. i wish it can be sold in my country.. really can be used as a self protection weapon
Io sono indeciso dalla Winchester e la 10/22 ci devo sparare hai corvi a 100mt non so cosa comprarmi tato in Italia costano uguali
Y no shoot fly!?
Good 👍
Q chulada de rifle 😍😍😍😍😍
Big 👍👍 for U
This could also be a review on beautiful sod. I want to move wherever you live.
It's a mystery to me
Looks like a decent starter rifle
Hold the dumb comment
Hey Jeremy!!! Question for you mr noble … why is vinces statement a dumb comment? Most folks would agree… it is a decent starter rifle!!
Como comprarlo en chile.
Why didn't u shoot that fly on the target
Good 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thompson Center R22 also comes with the last shot hold open mag. Not quite unique.
Yeah and it's twice as expensive and you get to completely rebuild it on day one because the barrels are canted. Neato
Do you need a special license for the sound suppressor?
No
I really don't see much advancement from the Ruger 10/22, but thanks for the review.
Less than half the price
@@guerom1367 you only get what you pay for--pay less and get a plastic Turkeychester
17hmr ?would be good
Everyone already asked my fly question. But if he was focused at the top he might not have seen it
Verygood i from พัทลุง...
Who here on this page while watching the video and saw the fly,,, Was hoping he'd got the fly? raise you hands
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Amen 💟
Bença!
Yes, thanks,
Amen
can I buy this rifle sir....how to send indonesia..?
That fly should of had it 😂
this is futuristik but firsttime with sence
Bonita 👍🇧🇷
Nice gun for small games.....and my question: why not shot the fly, man? Hehehehehe
Waiting he will shoot the fly 🤣
😍💥😍💥😍