Does anyone here hunt with a Crickett .22lr?

[Guvnor]

I bought one of those "youth" Crickett rifles last year. Was pretty much an impulse buy and I thought it was a nice little gun. Its been sitting in my safe ever since and im trying to figure out a practical use for it.

Their website has an adult size stock that is a direct swap with the youth stock, as well as a scope mount. I was thinking of perhaps putting a 4x scope on it and using it for small game hunting. It only weighs like 3 pounds so it would be a joy to carry around in the field.

Im curious as to what sort of accuracy the gun is capable of with a scope, I know it probably wont be a tackdriver but is it accurate enough for headshots on small game (squirrel, etc.) out to 25 yards?

Thanks!

 

[taliv]

my daughter could hit shotgun hulls at 20 yards or so with it when she was 6.

 

[Shadow 7D]

Wow, all I could say, it's like a fat man in little coat sketch.

 

[Butler]

i got one and i am tryin to sell it but it is a nice lil gun but i got a ruger 10/22 3 years ago and i can get head shots from 100yd easy but i bet 50 wouldnt be to far for a davy cricket but all i do with it is mess around if i were u i would get a rugar 10/22

 

[Guvnor]

Well, im not a big guy so it wouldn't look too comical with the adult stock.

I have other .22's but I would like to figure out how to use this gun for something productive rather than relegating it to gun safe oblivion or to have to sell it for a loss.

 

[desidog]

I'd wait til Christmas, and then give it to some deserving kid.

 

[rugerman]

I don't have a cricket but I have a chipmunk that was my kids first 22, it is a tack driver but its a bit hard for a full sized adult to shoot. My kids used it til they got too big for it then I loaned it to a friend of mine for his son who kept it for about 4 years then I loaned it to another kid for a couple of years then a buddy of mine with two sons had it for about 3 years now I've got it back again and I'm looking for the next kid so I can be a hero again.