well had my gun for 7 months. Had to send it in for warranty repair. Received it back and took it out to shoot for the first time. Charged it up and now it’s leaking air out the right side hole. Great. Sorry I every spent the money on this piece of poop. Two repairs and not even 150 rounds through it.
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Fix impact repair
- Thread starter Jasmaz7
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the warranty period is a great time to learn how to work on the gun. Later on it will be too late
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all pcps will leak sooner or later and it is part of maintenance to change some o rings anyway. so you cant avoid getting in.
impact is not easy to work on, but when you take it apart the3rd time sure, it will get easier.
many say, DIY is a part of the pcp hobby.
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all pcps will leak sooner or later and it is part of maintenance to change some o rings anyway. so you cant avoid getting in.
impact is not easy to work on, but when you take it apart the3rd time sure, it will get easier.
many say, DIY is a part of the pcp hobby.
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I agree that changing a few o rings is a part of owning pcp's but when you pay that much for a gun it should work when you get it and certainly after they fix it and you get it back.
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It does get discouraging when you have to send your gun in for repairs. I agree that when you spend that much money, it should be right. The seller should make this right for you. And if they don't, you have a legit beef. Learning to do repairs IS part of the PCP experience and even fun once you get the hang of it. Unfortunately, this could have happened to you no matter what brand of gun you bought. FX, over all, makes a really good gun.
Once you get things ironed out with this gun, you will go back to enjoying the hobby. Hang in there.
Crusher
Once you get things ironed out with this gun, you will go back to enjoying the hobby. Hang in there.
Crusher
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I feel your pain.My Impact is shooting about 200 fps slower in .25 for no apparent reason. Been back to AOA twice for repairs (for different reasons) and I haven't owned it for six months.
Other than the power wheel, I don't mess with the settings. For the thousands of dollars I have tied up in this gun, it would be nice if it worked as advertised - at least for a couple of weeks in a row.
Tom
Other than the power wheel, I don't mess with the settings. For the thousands of dollars I have tied up in this gun, it would be nice if it worked as advertised - at least for a couple of weeks in a row.
Tom
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I wish all my Impact had was a leak. Even after sending it in for repairs, I could not consistently hit a soda can at 35yds.
The best way to describe how my Impact shot is to compare it to a cheap spring-piston air rifle with very loose stock screws :-(
The best way to describe how my Impact shot is to compare it to a cheap spring-piston air rifle with very loose stock screws :-(
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I had problems with my Impact as well. When deciding whether or not to send it back to AOA, I opted to go to Ernest. I forfeited the warranty to get things done right. It had to go to him because the valve seat broke after I got it back the first time. This appears to be a design flaw which I hope FX will correct. Ernest recently put out a couple videos and at least one video shows him holding the broken part from my gun. I’m a Hollywood Star now
Warranty repairs usually fix the one thing that’s wrong, and often not even that. I got a polished barrel, enlarged transfer port, beautifully adjusted trigger and other adjustments in exchange for my warranty. The gun now shoots like a laser, I got some of my best 100 yard groups to date the other day. Haven’t measured but looks to be sub MOA. (Need to measure). ES is around 8-12 FPS. And reaches a top speed of almost 920 w/ Heavy MKII. I’m down around 830 for best groups.
Though I had hardware issues, I’d argue that even a Ferrari owner needs to pay have a specialist bring out its full potential. Rare to get that performance “out of the box.” So to me, money well spent. Now I just enjoy shooting it.
Warranty repairs usually fix the one thing that’s wrong, and often not even that. I got a polished barrel, enlarged transfer port, beautifully adjusted trigger and other adjustments in exchange for my warranty. The gun now shoots like a laser, I got some of my best 100 yard groups to date the other day. Haven’t measured but looks to be sub MOA. (Need to measure). ES is around 8-12 FPS. And reaches a top speed of almost 920 w/ Heavy MKII. I’m down around 830 for best groups.
Though I had hardware issues, I’d argue that even a Ferrari owner needs to pay have a specialist bring out its full potential. Rare to get that performance “out of the box.” So to me, money well spent. Now I just enjoy shooting it.
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Interesting comments here. Im on a waiting list for an impact. Hope im not making a 2,000.00 dollar mistake
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Had to go and measure....so 100 yards 15 shots in 1.25" with one flyer. I always do that ....last shot always flies...so most likely me. Not sub-MOA but still my personal best. Before the work by Ernest it was like 4-6" groups at 100. I think an average Impact out of the box would do better than that.
Cheers
Cheers
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Sirk, I hate quoting someone else’s price as it might have changed. I paid 150.00. Worth it in my opinion.
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Jasmaz7, you might check out some of Ernest's videos. Normally he'll give of demo of what part to take dismantle to fix a leak if it's coming out of particular weep hole. Usually not a complete tear down.
Jimmy
Jimmy
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