FX Impact left hand cheek piece

[eodman]

I couldn't find a left hand cheek piece for the impact so I modified the ones on my 2 Impacts. Included are pictures of the modification. If you are interested in how it was done read on .

I removed the cheek piece and Took 4 3 mm screws and cut off the head and turned them to a point on the lathe. I then installed them into the frame with the points facing up. then I took the cheek piece and reversed it and set it in place and taped it with a hammer over where the screws were. This left four nice divots so I could drill the cheek piece in the right place with no mistakes.

I drilled the four holes from the bottom and then flipped it over and drilled out the holes with a square bottom cutter for the screw head clearance to the proper depth. Then I installed the cheek piece and scribed a line for the magazine clearance cut to be made. I then scribed a line from the cut forward to the end of it. I then cut the piece out with a hacksaw and squared everything up with a file and sandpaper. The whole project took about an hour to complete.

The second one I used a mill to cut the magazine cut and remove the forward part of the cheek piece it took about a half hour to complete job. It looks nice and works just fine and all I cut up was the cheek piece cheep and easy to replace.

 

[Spray1Mark]

Great job, did you not think about raising the height also?

 

[eodman]

For me the height is ok I get a great spot weld and don't have to move around to get a sight picture. If you wanted to raise it you could get a piece of plastic at Tap Plastic and 4 longer screws. It would look non factory though. I just went the quick and easy way. 

 

[Spray1Mark]

Do you ever load the lower capacity mag in from the left?

 

[eodman]

no never have.

 

[stonerwinst]

I am also a southpaw. How does the impact feel left handed?

 

[MartinT]

Looks great! Smart use of the existing cheekpiece! For the life I still can't understand why FX doesn't supply these, as Frederik is a lefty himself...

Why did you take off the forward piece of the cheekpiece, the magazine cut would have been enough right?

Is the large magazine not in the way of your cheekbone?

 

[eodman]

The first thing I did was flip it around and cut out for the magazine but it looked weird with 2 magazine cuts and it covered up the serial number didn't look like it was original. After I cut away the material it looked like it was made that way plus you could now see the serial number.

I have no problem with magazine interfering with my face when shooting. I also have a wildcat MK2 compact that I have put a left hand cheek piece on that I got from a company in England and it works just fine.

I agree FX is missing the boat with the lack of accesories available for their products. There is a great market out there for them to tap.

 

[Hynzie]

smw engineering may make u one looks nice good job im also i southpaw