So, how often do you need to work on your FX Impact MkII?

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Vana2

Vana2

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I am asking about maintenance (not tuning) ...seen comments that the FX Impact is a (more) complicated gun and it (seems) to need a lot of service. I have one on order (waiting impatiently) and am trying to get a feel for what is involved in the up-keep.

Tons of information on this forum and out on the web on tuning and repairs which implies that a high level of maintenance is required ...kinda like if you want to keep your Lamborghini running well you should marry a Lamborghini mechanic. The flip side to that is that with the amount of Impacts in use and volume of shooting done with them, it is not surprising that there is so much support information available.

Any mechanical thing that is used will need maintenance and the more heavily it is used the more maintenance will be required. The posts about replacing the C3 bumper or resealing the Impact never give any indication of whether the maintenance was required after 1,000; 10,000 or 100,000 pellets. I have a couple of Weihrauch HW100 (.177 and .22) rifles that have seen a lot of use (~ 30k pellets) and other than air and pellets need little more service than cleaning the barrel occasionally, how is the Impact?

I have been servicing rifles since I was a teenager (retired now) and enjoy taking things apart to work on them. I'm just curious what your experiences is and would appreciate any comments about the servicing aspect of owning an Impact.

So, maintenance wise, relative to other PCPs, how would you rate the FX Impact? 

Thanks in advance!

Hank
 
I have a mk2 got it the first week of July and it had two major problems, but i shoot a lot! I was afraid at first to dig into a new gun, but i was glad that i did it was not as bad as I had once thought. When I say dig in i mean complete disassembled,but when I received my new parts from FX it was only a matter 25-35 minutes to reassemble the gun and shoot it . So I am going to tell you in my situation with my gun you better be prepared to do it you’re self! Also FX was very helpful and friendly getting the parts to me and the gun is still under warranty.
 
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@willy

I have 5 PCPs and the my .22 HW100 FSB is my go-to favorite for general shooting. The .22 FX Impact with a 700mm barrel is going to be my long-range rifle set up for slugs. Should make quite a team.

The FX dealer is within comfortable driving distance (cheaper for gas than shipping - like I need an excuse to visit the biggest airgun dealer in Canada eh?) but I would rather do any and all maintenance myself. 
 
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It is the most Complicated , The most complex air gun on the market ,

So I have read, I have also been told it has almost twice the o rings of other PCPs , Its not a gun for beginner air gun shooter, 

For the price I think its a little over rated, The Priest is looking pretty good or maybe wait until they release the Impact # 3, 

I am wide open to suggestions, 

Mike


 
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I have a 2018 Impact X in .25cal, clean the barrel after every 700 shots (2 tins). Not one o-ring issue or C3 bumper. Everyone comments on this gun like you need to have an engineering degree before purchasing which is just plain wrong. I have somewhere around 13k pellets thru mine easy. If you want to fiddle you can, if you dont want to that is an option too. I have 9 PCPs and wish I bought this one first. Would have saved a lot of money. 
 
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With any product that needs repairing, you are going to hear about it on the internet moreso because that is where the answers are. So don't shy away from the Impact because of those rants. Should you decide to get one they are not that difficult to get fixed if an o-ring or regulator goes bad. The customer service is top notch there at FX USA. They will either fix it if you send it in or they will send you the replacement parts if you are willing and able to do the work yourself.

As far as maintenance goes, you can not hardly lead up these barrels to effect accuracy too much. Clean and polish the barrel when you get it and that is all these X-barrel's really need. Then shoot a few magazines through it to season it with lead and she's good to go. I've gone probably a thousand rounds before thinking that I should be cleaning the barrel. But that was just throwing lead across the chronograph and 10 yard shooting in the basement so I wasn't seeing an accuracy loss, and it didn't take much to clean back up to a polished bore again either. That said, keeping it a long range tack driver does require a bit of bore cleaning once in a while. Other than that, they are pretty much maintenance free if you want them to be.
 
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Thanks for asking this question, I had the same one myself. I have one coming... end of this week.... early next week after many delays and three months later I had the same questions... especially since there is NO ONE within 400 miles of me that is certified to repair these.... should be interesting. Gun Smiths are a dime a dozen air gun smiths are hard to find.... 
 
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Thanks for asking this question, I had the same one myself. I have one coming... end of this week.... early next week after many delays and three months later I had the same questions... especially since there is NO ONE within 400 miles of me that is certified to repair these.... should be interesting. Gun Smiths are a dime a dozen air gun smiths are hard to find....
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Once you get it you will see that they are pretty strait forward to maintain and work on. No need to be sending it to an air gunsmith, as members here will help you out.
 
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@ steelo32

I'm in the same boat as you, I have a .22/700mm MKII on order and it is due to be delivered in "two weeks" (two weeks from when was not specified LOL!). As Bob_O points out, there is a lot of information to be had in the FX Masterclass videos - I've watched enough of them to feel that I could do a major tear-down without a problem! - presuming I had an Impact in hand to actually disassemble.
 
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@ steelo32

I'm in the same boat as you, I have a .22/700mm MKII on order and it is due to be delivered in "two weeks" (two weeks from when was not specified LOL!). As Bob_O points out, there is a lot of information to be had in the FX Masterclass videos - I've watched enough of them to feel that I could do a major tear-down without a problem! - presuming I had an Impact in hand to actually disassemble.
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Palm Beach Airguns has a silver one in stock https://palmbeachairguns.com/product/fx-impact-mkii-700mm/
 
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@heavy-impact

Thanks for that link but I am in Canada and will have to buy from the Canadian distributor - The FX Impact needs to be the "Canadian Version" with no baffles or moderator because no sort of silencing device is legal here.

Appreciate the thought - a silver Impact would have been nice but only black ones are imported! I will see if I can make a wood cheek-piece and hand grip to fancy mine up :) 

Hank
 
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