Got my .177 Crown today

[paulemar]

My .177 Blue Laminate FX Crown came today. I've been wanting this gun ever since they came out. I finally pulled the trigger, so to speak, and got it from Ken Hicks at SPAW. It's even more beautiful in real life that it looks in pictures. Ken asked how I wanted it set up & I told him which pellets in .177 I've had shoot good in several guns. (10.3 Air Arms and JSB's) This is my 3rd FX gun from Ken & all have been excellent shooters. Sometimes I can hardly believe that they are so accurate. 

 

[Metalmaniac]

I have a FX Crown in .25 composite and it is very accurate. The blue laminate is my favorite. It is a beautiful gun. Good luck with it and have fun. MM

 

[allenbowles]

post targets please,,good luck.

 

[Yo]

BEAUTIFUL! CONGRATS LETS HOW SHE SHOOTS!!!

 

[intenseaty22]

Congrats! I had the same experience with my HW97k in blue laminate. In person it’s stunning (well, it was before it cracked) much nicer than pictures reveal. Now, let’s see what she can do  

 

[mrzip]

Very nice. 

 

[paulemar]

BEAUTIFUL! CONGRATS LETS HOW SHE SHOOTS!!!

Targets set at a measured 30 yards.

All shots taken prior to sight-in except final 10 shots at center bull.

GUN— FX Crown Blue Laminate .177 superlight barrel liner.

Scope—Athlon Optics , Argos BTR , Riflescope , 6-24 x 50 First Focal Plane (FFP) 30 mm

Wind left to right at 2-3 mph.

Left Target

Left 5 shot group aimed at center bull—8.44 gr. JSB Exact Diabolo CTC. .500 IN.

Right 5 shot group aimed at right side small bull—9.57 gr. H&N Baracuda Hunter Extreme CTC .472 IN.

Right Target

Left 5 shot group aimed at center bull—10.3 gr. Air Arms Diabolo Field Heavy CTC .382 IN.

Right 5 shot group aimed at right side small bull—10.34 gr. JSB Hades CTC .456 IN.

Center 10 shot group aimed (after rough sight-in) at center bull—10.3 gr. Air Arms Diabolo Field Heavy CTC .435 IN.

9 shots into .314 IN. lowest hole opens it up to the .435 IN.

 

[Yo]

Very nice groups and very good choice with stock color that many had mentioned as well! VERY SLICK INDEED!

 

[tdhouser1964]

Waiting on my .177 Barrel kit for my recently acquired Crown.. Great to see it shoots .177 so well. What length barrel and which scope rings are you running?

 

[paulemar]

Barrel is 500mm, set up at: Avg fps. 989 with 3.5 std dev. shooting 10.34 Air Arms Field Heavy pellet . 135 Bar reg. setting. Hammer spring adjustment was left alone as received but reset to #5 for most accurate & above fps setting. I'm happy with this as it now shoots dead on at 30 yards and 2 mil dots down at 50 which is my extreme max range with this gun for small game. The group opened up a bit at 50 to just over 1-1/2 inches but the wind was becoming a factor at 5-10 left to right & I did not try to compensate. I still need to level & plumb everything up to eliminate any inclination to cant as I tend to do for some reason. Lots of excellent potential here for a .177 short range pellet gun from Ken Hicks. I tried some Griffin 10, 11, 12 & 13 grain slugs out of this barrel & it didn't like any of them. We'll see if FX ever makes .177 FX hybrid slugs & Superior barrel liners for us to try. I did not get a chance to try the older/present version of the 15.5 NSA .177 slugs that I have as of yet. I'm not hopeful with this barrel. Scope rings for now are just Lepers or UTG 30mm High picatinny. They seem OK, are secure & are working well as far as I can tell.