I ordered my .30 cal FX Impact back in May and, as per expected, waited a bit over 4 months to receive it. I've had it since October 4th and have been having a fair amount of fun with it. I've read several threads in which other Impact owners spoke of issues like screws coming loose, in particular, the set screw for the pellet plunger. I checked mine, and have had no such issues... Until tonight, that is. I'm just glad no one was standing behind me...
I had no clue that the plunger set screw had come all the way out. *** CORRECTION!! The pellet probe set screw DID NOT work its way out. Upon further inspection, it is still in the probe block. The set screw sheered off where it makes contact with the pellet probe! My allen key goes clear through it. This means that this could happen again at ANY time! No way, that I can think of, to assure safety from this happening again!*** Which, just to be clear, is absolutely NOT something ANYONE who pays $2K for a supposed high-quality, precision air rifle should have to be concerned with in the first place. I'd shot through one magazine tonight and was on the third (correction... second) shot of my second mag. I cocked the rifle as usual and it felt like it always did... smooth as glass as the pellet was pushed into the chamber. I took aim and put my finger on the trigger. But instead of the incredibly quiet shot that I'm used to when I pull the trigger, I got a BANG that was every bit as loud as if I'd popped a round from my wife's S&W 9mm. I felt a significant amount of air blow past my face and my right ear is STILL ringing from the sound of the blast. This occurred at about 6:30pm. The pellet plunger hit my right shoulder as it was sent FLYING out the back of the rifle due to the set screw having come out, leaving quite a welp. The plunger then bounced off the metal door behind me, leaving 2 small dents and small gouges in the paint, and landed about 8 feet in front of me. The plunger is now bent and the clear plastic side of the magazine is cracked as well.
To say I'm furious that I paid $2000 and waited over 4 months for a rifle, just to have a VERY dangerous malfunction after only 3 weeks of ownership is a **** understatement. If my wife or son had been directly behind me and struck when this occurred, I would most DEFINITELY be consulting an attorney. And given the situation as it is, I'm not sure that I won't consult an attorney anyway. This is absolutely unacceptable out of a piece of equipment that's supposed to be such a high quality and precision instrument. Something had better be done to make this right. Will be calling AOA as soon as they open tomorrow morning.
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I had no clue that the plunger set screw had come all the way out. *** CORRECTION!! The pellet probe set screw DID NOT work its way out. Upon further inspection, it is still in the probe block. The set screw sheered off where it makes contact with the pellet probe! My allen key goes clear through it. This means that this could happen again at ANY time! No way, that I can think of, to assure safety from this happening again!*** Which, just to be clear, is absolutely NOT something ANYONE who pays $2K for a supposed high-quality, precision air rifle should have to be concerned with in the first place. I'd shot through one magazine tonight and was on the third (correction... second) shot of my second mag. I cocked the rifle as usual and it felt like it always did... smooth as glass as the pellet was pushed into the chamber. I took aim and put my finger on the trigger. But instead of the incredibly quiet shot that I'm used to when I pull the trigger, I got a BANG that was every bit as loud as if I'd popped a round from my wife's S&W 9mm. I felt a significant amount of air blow past my face and my right ear is STILL ringing from the sound of the blast. This occurred at about 6:30pm. The pellet plunger hit my right shoulder as it was sent FLYING out the back of the rifle due to the set screw having come out, leaving quite a welp. The plunger then bounced off the metal door behind me, leaving 2 small dents and small gouges in the paint, and landed about 8 feet in front of me. The plunger is now bent and the clear plastic side of the magazine is cracked as well.
To say I'm furious that I paid $2000 and waited over 4 months for a rifle, just to have a VERY dangerous malfunction after only 3 weeks of ownership is a **** understatement. If my wife or son had been directly behind me and struck when this occurred, I would most DEFINITELY be consulting an attorney. And given the situation as it is, I'm not sure that I won't consult an attorney anyway. This is absolutely unacceptable out of a piece of equipment that's supposed to be such a high quality and precision instrument. Something had better be done to make this right. Will be calling AOA as soon as they open tomorrow morning.
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