Thoughts on FX?
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I've been on this forum for a couple of years. I've seen the Impact, in particular, bashed pretty heavily, Even so it was still on my short list when it came time for a new airgun purchase. I was all set to get one of the competing brands but a friend of mine intervened and said he was going to get an Impact and told me why I should get one too. He said many of the things bigHUN said above regarding the problems aired on this forum.
I figured I'd give it a try and if I hated it I could sell it on the Classified section. Well, I got it and I love it! I've shot it nearly everyday since it arrived in May. Every little thing that has come up has been easily addressed. There is so much good advice on this forum and so many great "how-to" videos on YouTube. And yes, I do change and experiment with all the adjustments and have had stellar results. In fact I'm looking forward to getting home tonight for more trigger time with the Impact!
So, if some asks me I say GO FOR IT!
I figured I'd give it a try and if I hated it I could sell it on the Classified section. Well, I got it and I love it! I've shot it nearly everyday since it arrived in May. Every little thing that has come up has been easily addressed. There is so much good advice on this forum and so many great "how-to" videos on YouTube. And yes, I do change and experiment with all the adjustments and have had stellar results. In fact I'm looking forward to getting home tonight for more trigger time with the Impact!
So, if some asks me I say GO FOR IT!
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FX products have a great reputation in the competition world. I own three; a 1st gen Dreamline, a 2nd Gen Impact and a current 3rd gen Impact. They are accurate shooting rifles with great features. My main criticism is that they introduce new products that have not been fully developed. Earlier generations do have more problems. If you look at their parts catalogs, you’ll see how many parts have been upgraded for good reason. Then you have to spend your own valuable time and money to upgrade these rifles. Yes, FX may pay for the parts or even perform the repairs under warranty, but the shipping costs and downtime are on you.
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I had a friends cousins brothers friends father who was a race car driver told me fords have motor issues...I also dont know why they invented disk brakes , Drums worked fine.
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I agree 100%. I got mine in June (Impact Mk II PP .25 cal) and absolutely love it. I now have a .30 cal barrel kit and hard as it was to believe, that was even more accurate than the .25 cal. I love the flexibility to change calibers, the adjustability and the tunability! The aftermarket is vast and you can sell it in the Classifieds for almost what you paid for it even after shooting it for 6 months. The market doesn’t lie. Try and find one new from a dealer. Sold out everywhere. As for those who claim its all marketing, that is simply rubbish. Do they have good marketing? Yes, absolutely. So what? I don’t think there is anything out there that matches it at the price. There are simpler guns, cheaper guns, different guns. If the others float your boat then go for them, but if you are thinking about an Impact I say “Do IT”. You won’t be sorry. If you are, you’ll recover your investment pretty easily.
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But guise theres that thread where a dozen people "voted" and turns out the impact is the most unreliable gun ever. So move aside Benjamin wildfire you got a challenger.
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I did have an issue with a gun three weeks old, but they were very efficient and informative and sent me the parts as soon as possible! That’s over a year ago and no other problems since. That is my third FX and last year was the only one that I had an issue with. Right now I do not believe any other manufacturer and with all the things going on in the world can keep up with all the specific needs based on shipments and full working capacity because of the virus. So I cannot say anything bad about FX , but everyone has their own opinion and or problems. My experience with FX has been very good!
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I don’t think FX is the most unreliable, but other people did in that thread. I can post another thread by the same name and give people another chance to think of a gun more unreliable. Reliability doesn’t mean junk though, it just means that FX is not the type of gun you put in your truck at work.
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well actually I probably do think FX’s Impact is the most unreliable, but that is only because of how many points of failure there are. Not junk though.
https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/vote-most-unreliable-gun-2/
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The Impact to me, I don't have one but read about everything, Is the AA fuel car of the airguns. Everyone has to hot rod them right away beyond what the disign is. Is it any wonder why the have problems. It's like turboing an old ford or chev 300 HP and pumping out 700 HP, think something might break. Also how many write about it just doing it's job as is. IS anyone interested? Or for that matter how many threads do you see of any gun saying it just does it's job. JMO
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I have had several fx airguns, along with about every other rifle made. Fx is a company that strives to put forth the best products. Do they have some problems, yes. But so does all of the other airgun companies. The reason you hear so much about fx is because they are the most innovative and hottest company right. So yes , I am saying fx all the way
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Every person who's shot my impact loves it and wants one....... until they hear the price of the gun plus the accessories you want to shoot a pcp. Then they look at me like I'm insane.
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FX make really good guns. So do lots of others, but with great adjustability comes great responsiblity.
So of course you'll get more issues stemming from ill- informed tuning attempts etc in addition to the expected occasional problem gun that slipped QC.
Also consider that once things have gone awry, a lot of guys then completely misdiagnose the problem and fix what isn't broken several times to no effect, after which the gun is labeled a lemon. I'm guilty of that on my old FX Crown, which simply had a junk barrel (granted we were all initially told that was impossible and that they were all absolutely identical internally by certain youtubers, but my common sense should have prevailed sooner), but I ended up changing regs etc etc like an idiot before figuring that out. Learned more with that gun than in all the rest of my airgunning years put together, so no regrets.
A lot of the identifiable weak points (eg C3 in the impact and the original regs in the impact and crown) have been sorted now. All of my other FX guns have been great and trouble free.
Choice is great. Unlike an above post I'd venture to say FX is less 'Apple' and more the 'PC with Dos or an early version Windows' - open and highly flexible but easy to muck up if you don't do things right. There are a lot of 'Apple' guns out there - plug and play without worrying about the internal workings. No right choice for everyone.
Nothing is as black and white as you'd think reading posts from haters and fanboys on the forums, or indeed watching YouTube. FX may pump a lot of money into fairly questionable marketing on YouTube, but they are also genuinely trying to make and sell a good product, rather than selling junk and cackling like Dr Evil in his lair as some would like to believe.
So of course you'll get more issues stemming from ill- informed tuning attempts etc in addition to the expected occasional problem gun that slipped QC.
Also consider that once things have gone awry, a lot of guys then completely misdiagnose the problem and fix what isn't broken several times to no effect, after which the gun is labeled a lemon. I'm guilty of that on my old FX Crown, which simply had a junk barrel (granted we were all initially told that was impossible and that they were all absolutely identical internally by certain youtubers, but my common sense should have prevailed sooner), but I ended up changing regs etc etc like an idiot before figuring that out. Learned more with that gun than in all the rest of my airgunning years put together, so no regrets.
A lot of the identifiable weak points (eg C3 in the impact and the original regs in the impact and crown) have been sorted now. All of my other FX guns have been great and trouble free.
Choice is great. Unlike an above post I'd venture to say FX is less 'Apple' and more the 'PC with Dos or an early version Windows' - open and highly flexible but easy to muck up if you don't do things right. There are a lot of 'Apple' guns out there - plug and play without worrying about the internal workings. No right choice for everyone.
Nothing is as black and white as you'd think reading posts from haters and fanboys on the forums, or indeed watching YouTube. FX may pump a lot of money into fairly questionable marketing on YouTube, but they are also genuinely trying to make and sell a good product, rather than selling junk and cackling like Dr Evil in his lair as some would like to believe.
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Oh yeah totally true, it's not like the main events are 75 and 100y benchrest. The speed shooting event is the highlight.
My impact was simply was not as accurate as my other guns at any range but if I were to choose one gun to shoot to the tightest groups in variable windy conditions at 75 and 100 yards, I would choose the impact, Why, because it can shoot quickly , so it’s much easier for me to adjust POA on the fly as I would only be compensating for wind drift variation of a few seconds rather than compensating for wind changes every 30 + seconds with one of my more accurate single loaders.
Shooting my impact quickly over the chrono and the consistency was as good or nearly good as my other guns, shoot more slowly at different time intervals and the consistency was rubbish by comparison.
There is no other airgun shooting competition I can think of where you would choose to use a magazine over single loading a pellet. I still believe the extreme benchrest competition is dominated by the impacts because of it ability to quickly shoot large calibres at high speed.
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Oh yeah totally true, it's not like the main events are 75 and 100y benchrest. The speed shooting event is the highlight.
My impact was simply was not as accurate as my other guns at any range but if I were to choose one gun to shoot to the tightest groups in variable windy conditions at 75 and 100 yards, I would choose the impact, Why, because it can shoot quickly , so it’s much easier for me to adjust POA on the fly as I would only be compensating for wind drift variation of a few seconds rather than compensating for wind changes every 30 + seconds with one of my more accurate single loaders.
Shooting my impact quickly over the chrono and the consistency was as good or nearly good as my other guns, shoot more slowly at different time intervals and the consistency was rubbish by comparison.
There is no other airgun shooting competition I can think of where you would choose to use a magazine over single loading a pellet. I still believe the extreme benchrest competition is dominated by the impacts because of it ability to quickly shoot large calibres at high speed.
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I've never seen an Impact on a Field Target course. I think you may be onto something!
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I am considering an impact for my next purchase but all the negative has at times changed my direction a few times over. From reading around it would seem that FX has picked up on their customer a good amount. Ill give them that.
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@bob_o I think it only gets personal when very condescending individuals try to diminish someone else’s legit issues by saying things that attempt to invalidate their complaints. My WC2 is relatively simple, straight forward PCP & has been a nightmare to deal with. I don’t hate FX as a brand. I’m thrilled that many of y’all have awesome shooting FX guns. Love watching those incredible shots you make with yours. Mine, thus far sux. I’m am very thankful to all the constructive advice, tips, & help many here have offered.
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This is what gets me. Hard core fan boys that attack individuals if they have an issue with a FX saying well they must not be doing something right or you must have done something to cause this. Or my favorite of they sell thousands upon thousands of guns of course there's gonna be some with issues thinking that'll make them feel better but in all reality who the hell does that help? No one. And if they were in there shoes they wouldnt be happy either. Lastly this is an opinion thread and people defending the FX guns when people state there opinion on how the gun had issues for them just makes it seem like someone's personal negative experience doesn't matter cause many others have had great experiences. They all count equally.
And not bashing FX here as I had a Royale 400 which was quite a nice gun. Far from the best gun I've owned but a nice gun. Was hold sensitive which for a .22 PCP didn't think it should have been but oh well.
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The last three new FX I have purchased have had issues. 2017 Impact shot like a chinese springer with lose stock screws and after a trip back to AoA still shot the same so I returned it to the dealer for a refund. Two Crowns, .177 & 25 both had first shot POI problems. The .25 I traded back to the dealer straight from FX repair so never had it back in my hands. With the .177, FX could not figure out the problem and after 4-5 months, sent me a new gun which I sold the same day it arrived without shooting it so I could sell "as new".
Before these three rifles, FX was hands down my favorite airgun manufacture.
I will say FX was very polite but unfortunately, it didn't make their product any better.
FX Impact @ only 35yds. Also, the POI would constantly wander by several inches. I am not exaggerating to say it could not be relied on to hit a soda can at 35yds.
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Before these three rifles, FX was hands down my favorite airgun manufacture.
I will say FX was very polite but unfortunately, it didn't make their product any better.
FX Impact @ only 35yds. Also, the POI would constantly wander by several inches. I am not exaggerating to say it could not be relied on to hit a soda can at 35yds.
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