Got this a week ago after waiting for months in bronze. It's getting returned. I have 700 rounds through this in a week and while I don't expect a 35 to be MOA at 100, I expect the groups to better after 700 Shots than what they are and there have been too many "what the $#$$%" shots where the pellet isn't even close to the target to justify this gun and the price. The first day I shot it, things were pretty decent and I was excited. Day two and three with the same settings the grouping was abysmal. Weather conditions all three days were the same. it's not like day one was no wind and day 3 was 30 MPH. Since then, I have tinkered and it's still god awful. Frankly, it's no better than the two Hattsan 35's I owned and sold because I thought the accuracy was very subpar on those.
Observations.
1. Not applicable to me since I live in the country but it's not even close to back yard friendly if you live in town even with a after market moderator on it. (not sure any of us expect a 35 to be back yard friendly but I mention only because some people might be curious) If the rapport doesn't get the cops called on you the target it hits will be loud enough that the impact will.
2. Not sure if I have a defect somewhere or not, but unlike my other impacts the first one or two shots on this are always low as heck which pretty much defeats the purpose if you want to grab this and dispatch a coon or some other pest in your yard... firing two empty shots to then be at zero and asking the aforementioned pest to hold still isn't acceptable . Again, maybe I have a defect somewhere which further exacerbates my disappointment in this unit.
3. I Have fiddled with about every power wheel setting you can and it just doesn't group worth a hoot. I should also mention that this is the only gun I have ever seen where targets a foot to the left or right of center on a shooting board are all over the place and you can move back to center and it's back to zero. This isn't scope cant either. I have mounted dozens of scopes on centerfire rifles, rimfire rifles, and air guns, and I use a bubble level and I have never seen a gun of any kind do this. I can put targets right down the middle of a huge piece of plywood and the grouping is as good as I think this gun will get (subpar) at best 2 or 3 inches. Take cracks on the ones far left and right sometimes the pellet doesn't even hit the 6 inch target!!
4. After a week of this and frustration I am really trying to discern why FX would release a gun that performs this poorly. It's against their MO. My other impacts are the most accurate guns of any variety I own. I love them!! The few owners of this gun I have chatted with on a FB group are also expressing poor performance and results so I don't think I just got a lemon. One of the things I think that is telling to me, is that all the big "youtuber personalities" made one video with their 35's months ago and not a peep since. I have to believe that's not coincidence. I almost wonder if the reason there are so few shot placement and accuracy videos on this gun is because the gun simply won't do it and can't do it and FX doesn't want all these pre-orders cancelled with tons of videos showing 3 and 4 inch groups at 100??? I don't know; maybe that's conspiracy theory talk but one would expect more video content of this gun than there is considering all the hype when it was announced.
I didn't expect a 35 to be sub moa or even MOA at 100 but 3 inches with at least one shot in every mag sometimes 3 flying 7 inches from the 6 shots before it? And that happens every mag. Once in a while I can attribute that to a bad pellet or me as the shooter 2 or 3 out of every 18 something is going on there.
2,000 for a gun that performs this poorly all while the dealer got my money for "free" for months is highly frustrating and disappointing. I have a sneaking suspicion that until FX can make this do what their other impacts do and be tack drivers (if that's possible in this big of caliber) that this gun may in fact be discontinued before the dust settles. I don't think a lot of people are going to settle for how this gun performs once they have it and run 500 rounds through it. I see a lot of these going back to dealers. For what it's worth.
Observations.
1. Not applicable to me since I live in the country but it's not even close to back yard friendly if you live in town even with a after market moderator on it. (not sure any of us expect a 35 to be back yard friendly but I mention only because some people might be curious) If the rapport doesn't get the cops called on you the target it hits will be loud enough that the impact will.
2. Not sure if I have a defect somewhere or not, but unlike my other impacts the first one or two shots on this are always low as heck which pretty much defeats the purpose if you want to grab this and dispatch a coon or some other pest in your yard... firing two empty shots to then be at zero and asking the aforementioned pest to hold still isn't acceptable . Again, maybe I have a defect somewhere which further exacerbates my disappointment in this unit.
3. I Have fiddled with about every power wheel setting you can and it just doesn't group worth a hoot. I should also mention that this is the only gun I have ever seen where targets a foot to the left or right of center on a shooting board are all over the place and you can move back to center and it's back to zero. This isn't scope cant either. I have mounted dozens of scopes on centerfire rifles, rimfire rifles, and air guns, and I use a bubble level and I have never seen a gun of any kind do this. I can put targets right down the middle of a huge piece of plywood and the grouping is as good as I think this gun will get (subpar) at best 2 or 3 inches. Take cracks on the ones far left and right sometimes the pellet doesn't even hit the 6 inch target!!
4. After a week of this and frustration I am really trying to discern why FX would release a gun that performs this poorly. It's against their MO. My other impacts are the most accurate guns of any variety I own. I love them!! The few owners of this gun I have chatted with on a FB group are also expressing poor performance and results so I don't think I just got a lemon. One of the things I think that is telling to me, is that all the big "youtuber personalities" made one video with their 35's months ago and not a peep since. I have to believe that's not coincidence. I almost wonder if the reason there are so few shot placement and accuracy videos on this gun is because the gun simply won't do it and can't do it and FX doesn't want all these pre-orders cancelled with tons of videos showing 3 and 4 inch groups at 100??? I don't know; maybe that's conspiracy theory talk but one would expect more video content of this gun than there is considering all the hype when it was announced.
I didn't expect a 35 to be sub moa or even MOA at 100 but 3 inches with at least one shot in every mag sometimes 3 flying 7 inches from the 6 shots before it? And that happens every mag. Once in a while I can attribute that to a bad pellet or me as the shooter 2 or 3 out of every 18 something is going on there.
2,000 for a gun that performs this poorly all while the dealer got my money for "free" for months is highly frustrating and disappointing. I have a sneaking suspicion that until FX can make this do what their other impacts do and be tack drivers (if that's possible in this big of caliber) that this gun may in fact be discontinued before the dust settles. I don't think a lot of people are going to settle for how this gun performs once they have it and run 500 rounds through it. I see a lot of these going back to dealers. For what it's worth.
