Recent content by RossBrown

It's been a couple of years since I had this same problem with the set screw bending, so this is from memory. At the time I came to the conclusion that the reason for this bending was that the shear load on the pellet probe and probe block was transmitted through this part of the set screw that...

Have to agree with Frank2533 & 7deuce. Sure there have been some early gun issues that have been addressed but I can't understand why people say the 3 adjustments are so complicated. FX can't win, they produce a great gun that is very user friendly to make adjustments, then people (probably...

+1 Tom. Ive had mine about 2 months and love it. The Impact is my only gun and I can't see that changing anytime soon.

Ernest another way for FX could fix this thumbscrew loosening problem on future guns would be to make the thumbscrew length exactly that required to apply the correct tension on the barrel. Then cut an Oring grove on the inside face of the thumbscrew head and fit a large diameter Oring in the...

Great Ernest, thanks again. I removed my OEM thumb screw and replaced it with an Allen headed grub screw which I torque down each time with my Fat Wrench inch/pound torque driver to achieve exactly the same tension on the barrel each time to avoid the possibility of the barrel moving to the left...

Thanks spinj, great.

Verve thanks for the heads up on replacing the regulator adjuster screw O rings. I have never had my reg apart but have an idea of it's make up from Ernest's video. Now if I read you right the problem is the O rings can only be fitted from one end of the adjuster screw. Once the first O ring...

Verve, one of the major reason for me buying an Impact is the way it is all bolted together, this in conjunction with Ernest's great videos anyone with an inkling of mechanical aptitude and minimal tools can completely strip and rebuild their Impacts if necessary in the future. This is very...

Thanks Ernest for your explanation, and that is what I understood. Referring to the image above, what confuses me is the difference in coloration between the barrel thread and the threaded section of the Smooth Twist. I would have thought that if the area that becomes the Smooth Twist section of...

Very interesting, Ernest I had it in my mind that the Smooth Twist was actually hammer forged into the barrel itself. Is the silver section on the end of the barrel separate from the barrel. If so, how does FX actually attach to Smooth Twist section onto the end of the barrel?

Thanks Verve great information and pics. And thanks again Ernest for your great videos.

How to tell visually if your Impact is cocked .... Have you ever been in that situation of not being able to remember if you cocked and reloaded your Impact after the last shot and don't want to double load a pellet? Sure you can cycle the cocking lever slowly feeling that the action is cocked...

Thanks Txboy, I was aware of the off-spec spacing of the picatinny rail slots on early Impacts, and that issue was addressed by FX on the later guns. I had read Sharroffs comment below regarding the problems he was having fitting his Atlas bipod to his Impact. "The Atlas bipod has a button to...

sharoff .. My Australian delivered Impact (2 weeks ago) has the recessed bottom plate making attaching the filling fitting easier. My filler attachment is FX with the grippy knurled surface and by reaching over the gun an placing a thunb nail on each side of the fitting and pushing down it...

Impact Picatinny Rail I have read that some owners have had problems attaching accessories to the picatinny rail, I haven't found this to be the case so far. My Atlas bipod fitted with their standard ADI quick release lever mount attaches and unattaches from the picatinny rail easily. Also, my...