Crickett keyholing problems

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SCElkHunter

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Any help would be appreciated. I purchased a Crickett 6061 precision for my 7yr old son because of the adjustable LOP. All of the ammunition I have tried is keyholing severely and wildly inaccurate at 20yds (10"+ groups). I have tried 7 different types of varying bullet weight and velocities.

CCI quiet 22 40gr 710fps
Federal suppressor 45gr 970fps
CCI suppressor 45gr 970fps
Remington subsonic 40gr 1050fps
Remington golden bullet 40gr 1255fps
Remington thunderbolt 40gr 1255fps
Winchester SuperSpeed 37gr 1330fps

Does anybody have any suggestions or know what could be causing this problem?
 

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#2
Check if the rifling is barely there, got left out, or whatnot...

There was this thread on another forum wherein someone's Ruger GP100 was devoid of any rifling, no joke.
 
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DFOOSKING said:
Cricket make a smoothbore option gun? Lol
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Henry still does:
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SCElkHunter said:
Bingo Edsel!! No rifling at all. Didn't consider that to be an option haha. Bought it new, so I'll be contacting the manufacturer tomorrow.
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I know, right?

Of all the things…

And since it’s inappropriate for our “culture” to point a gun at our own heads, much less our eyes, this little detail often gets missed - nobody likes the idea of “peering down the barrel of a gun.”

Take pictures of the bore, and save that target for posterity :ROFLMAO: (y)
 
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DFOOSKING said:
Cricket make a smoothbore option gun? Lol
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Back in the olden days, smooth bore .22’s were not all that uncommon. built specifically for using “rat shot”. I remember one article in Gun Digest (64 edition I think, maybe 69) about using one for sporting shooting of Dragon Flys.

NOW, being an adult, and realizing that Dragon Flys are a major consumer of Mosquito larvae, I think they should be put on the protected list, even if the little critters aren’t endangered and even if the government normally oversteps its bounds in any and everything it does.

I have sorta given Crickets a bit of a recommendation, after this thread, I might have to pull my recommendation back.
 
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SCElkHunter said:
Keystone fixed this very quickly once I contacted them. They paid shipping both ways, swapped the barrel, and it was back in 10 days. Very accurate now and my 7yr old son killed his first 2 squirrels right after christmas.
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Very cool they took care of you, still….
How many steps after they received the blank did that barrel go through and this didn’t get caught in production?
And it’s not just them, I have my own beef with several manufacturers.
 
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Man that's messed up, I have one of the Cricket rifles I bought years ago for my boys to goof off and shoot.
I think I have used it more than them since it's so small and I stuff it in backpacks for a small game getter when I don't take my AR7 that needed to be assembled when needed.
 
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