Greetings,
I have an Impact that's just over a year old, and it's been excellent. I have the .22 and .30 barrels for it, and it shoots both pretty darn well. I've been interested in shooting slugs, which of course you can't (by most accounts) do with the original smooth twist barrels. Now of course there are smooth twist x barrels available as an upgrade, and there are slug liners becoming available.
My primary question is about the difference between the original Impact, and the newer Impact-X rifles. Aside from the barrels, I've read that there are changes to the regulator, and trigger. The question is whether the new regulator actually increases power, or is it maybe just more reliable, or consistent? For slugs, I've read that higher speeds are desirable, so more power is also desirable. If you had an earlier Impact, and a new Impact-X, and they were both shooting the same barrel/liner/slugs, would the new version of the rifle shoot them faster?
I understand that you can upgrade the older Impact to the new regulator and trigger assembly, though it's not cheap. If that's actually a necessary upgrade for slugs, I might have to consider just selling the current rifle and buying a new one depending on how the cost and difficulty works out.
Thanks,
Rusty
I have an Impact that's just over a year old, and it's been excellent. I have the .22 and .30 barrels for it, and it shoots both pretty darn well. I've been interested in shooting slugs, which of course you can't (by most accounts) do with the original smooth twist barrels. Now of course there are smooth twist x barrels available as an upgrade, and there are slug liners becoming available.
My primary question is about the difference between the original Impact, and the newer Impact-X rifles. Aside from the barrels, I've read that there are changes to the regulator, and trigger. The question is whether the new regulator actually increases power, or is it maybe just more reliable, or consistent? For slugs, I've read that higher speeds are desirable, so more power is also desirable. If you had an earlier Impact, and a new Impact-X, and they were both shooting the same barrel/liner/slugs, would the new version of the rifle shoot them faster?
I understand that you can upgrade the older Impact to the new regulator and trigger assembly, though it's not cheap. If that's actually a necessary upgrade for slugs, I might have to consider just selling the current rifle and buying a new one depending on how the cost and difficulty works out.
Thanks,
Rusty