That's a good idea, Jack.K. I wonder if the plastic would be strong enough to stop it from coming all the way though. That's why I was thinking a metal plate.
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TOTALY AGREE"Windmeister"The trouble here isn't that "tinkerer" myself included, cannot find a workaround for now, but this is inherently unsafe for most owners. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a world wide safety recall to replace the probe system (or similar remedy)
I like FX and I am sure they will be quick to rectify matters, but I would caution anyone to "suggest" fixes to an potentially disastrous situation.
FX like any other business would not wait until something "worse" happens before taking action. It doesn't take a lot of errors to cause litigation and a much worse financial woes for a company like them. Besides there is also the fallout of the rumor mill and hearsay that could damage their reputation for years."sharroff"I'm not disagreeing with you, Windmeister, but do you really think FX is actually going to recall all these guns to the distributor for repair or even send new pieces out to ALL owners vs take the stance of 'it's only happened once or twice so it must be a fluke or user error".
TomincoUnique issue. I'm glad no one was injured. I think you're the first to experience this.
You must have a .30 only? I've been back and forth between calibers many many times. It seems, to me, that if this happened over time, you might have felt resistance while screwing/unscrewing due to the threads getting buggered up. Maybe those of us that have multiple calibers would have picked up this if it was a problem that developed over time.
I have also shot 1000's of rounds (both .30 and other) without any issues.
Did the pellet come out of the barrel? Is there any chance you double loaded? My intention is not to point the finger but rather to understand if there was any other influence on this failure. I noticed that the threads look flat all the way around the bottom half of the setscrew in the picture. This should have made it hard to unscrew (if you needed to change calibers).
I also agree that an issue like this could be remedied with a higher grade solid screw. I've see slotted setscrews for applications like this. It would be more difficult to use than an allen screw but, could also be a quick fix.
Tom
Jack.Kmaybe a temporary fix is to replace the M3x6 grub screw with a M3x8 steel grub screw since the threaded hole on the pellet probe block (feedingpin holder) is deep enough that a longer grub screw can still fit in which will not leave the Hollowed out portion of the screw to take the backward force.
MichaelBigTinBoatMicheal - did you see his update at 6:40am? It didn't come loose - it sheared off.......not good."Michael"Can you try to explain how you think this happened. On my Impact (& any others I've inspected) the set screw for the probe must be fully seated before it will cock. Meaning that the tolerances are so tight that if the set screw did become lose (or I forgot to tighten it all the way) that the screw would prevent the probe block from moving at all. Therefore the action could not be cocked. Can your Impact be cocked with the set screw protruding outside of the probe block?
I did not see that update. Although I've never seen a set screw "sheer off" (which i assume means "break") I will take Dave G's word that it can happen.
Pestassasin,
Could you show us some upclose pictures of the actual set screw in question?
Thanks, & we're glad you're ok.
SmaugIt's probably too late, but try not to be too emotional when contacting AoA and/or FX. AoA will probably make it right; not sure what FX's response would be, but I'm sure it'll be better if you just give them the facts and emphasize that you don't want this to happen again, for safety reasons.
GoodtogoDaveG I don't think that is pictures of an Impact? Just examples of what a failed set screw looks like?