I recently picked up a Webley & Scott Xocet and wanted to give a quick review. The Xocet has a price tag of ~$180 depending where you shop for it. I’m lucky enough to have an FFL buddy that could get me one for a good price so figured I would give it a shot.
Online specs say it weighs 7.5lbs but upon arrival, it weighed in at 5lb 10oz’s on my scale. Pretty comparable to the average rimfire despite having a carbon fiber barrel. It is hard to describe how it feels in hand. It balances excellent with the balance point being centered in the rifle.
The best way I can describe the feel of the rifle is, a quality built cheap rifle. The bolt is smooth, but the knob feels cheap. The stock has great ergonomics, but feels like your typical Tupperware stock. Trigger is crisp, yet heavier than my liking. I would estimate it to be about a 5lb or so trigger. The trigger has an Accu-Trigger look to it but the center “blade” does not press into the center of the trigger. Kind of odd feeling but crisp as previously mentioned.
The rifle comes with two, 10 round magazines that lock in and drop freely, as a quality rifle should. The rifle feeds flawless and extracted every round flawlessly. When cycling the bolt, at times I would reach and miss the bolt due to it having a much more flush fit to the stock versus a typical bolt rifle that has the bolt extruding from the stock a bit more.
Now for what everyone came here to see, how does it shoot? I robbed an SWFA fixed 10 power scope off an AR15 I had so I had to deal with rings that are too tall. With a less than ideal cheek rest (or should I say, chin rest) due to the tall rings, I am blown away by accuracy thus far. We have had loads of snow here so I only tested 25 yards, but so far things look promising.
Shown above is a 5 round, 25 yard group shooting CCI SV. (For reference, the dot I was aiming at is about the size of a match head). I do not believe in 25 yard groups for proof of accuracy, but it still says something for a $180 rifle. Groups like this were easily repeatable. Once it warms up a bit more, I will shoot some 50 yard groups and feed it some higher quality ammo to see what it is truly capable of. If it deems a shooter, it may fall info my wife’s hands for an NRL22 rifle. Stay tuned for more groups.
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