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Maybe you should try to shoot it to 350yds instead of 35yd? #submoa200yd#alldayallnight#Matt
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Thoughts on FX?
- Thread starter bowtieguy66
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Fx is good manufacturer but it leaves feeling like they are trying to economy money in production. metal quality is not as good and solid as european and russian pcps have. I had feeling that my dreamline was going to break in my hands. And the thing which i hate the most in FX is their liner system! nothing is better than old, solid barrels which wont bend ever.
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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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With no details and having to guess, it sounds like the erector tube in the scope was moving around semi-loose or the parallax was way off.
With my .22/700 mm Impact and JSB 18.13 pellets, at 35 yards I can easily hit the plastic push-pins that I use to pin up my targets.
I don't think that your experience is typical - something is seriously wrong somewhere. Hope that you figure it out!
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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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With no details and having to guess, it sounds like the erector tube in the scope was moving around semi-loose or the parallax was way off.
With my .22/700 mm Impact and JSB 18.13 pellets, at 35 yards I can easily hit the plastic push-pins that I use to pin up my targets.
I don't think that your experience is typical - something is seriously wrong somewhere. Hope that you figure it out!
The same scope and rings went on the new Cricket that I used the refund from the Impact to purchase and there were NO issues. I even took the scope off one of my other airguns to try on the Impact before asking for a refund with the same result, large, moving groups.
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I'm happy with mine. I have noticed that people tend to be more vocal when they have problems than when they don't. So the number of problems reported would be directly proportional to the number of products sold.
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Most certainly, if all the reported problems were different then this would be expected due to manufacturing and assembly variations but many of the problems are broadly speaking the same.
Reg creep, sticking mag, shroud/mod clipping, c3 bumper and zero shift are commonly reported.
My impact was accurate enough but would not hold zero from one day to the next, even if I left the gun unattended for a few hours the POI would be off. I tried 3 different barrels of different calibres, different scopes, different power and settings but nothing I did completely solved the problem. There was something inherently wrong with my gun.
My impact behaviour was like a spoilt child, sometimes it would play nicely other it would throw its toys out of the pram. It was without doubt the most frustrating gun (child)I have ever had and I couldn’t wait for it to pack it’s bags and leave home.
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I view FX as a very marketing driven company, generating demand through continuous new product development, with a hard focus on features for ultra adjustability. None of this is bad, and it offers a certain customer profile lots of options. But, IMO, it has resulted in taking some cakes out of the oven before they are fully cooked. I had a Crown for a short while, became disappointed in its wandering POI, which, I attribute to the complex barrel/sleeve/liner/shroud design. I still own a Royale 400, which is about the antithesis of all the current FX products, with its solid barrel and simple design. As with most FX rifles, the trigger is an odd piece of work, but I installed a Boss match trigger, which adds a traditional lever design and omits the spring-and-ball weight adjustment, an improvement. So no, I don't view FX as "bad" at all, but different. If playing around with tuning is something your air rifle hobby requires, then FX might be your favorite.
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It seems like in the recent past FX had issues with in the US market at least. But as of late they seem to be going a positive change.
like I’ve said before one bad experience in the social media world will never be worth 1000 good.
most people go back to the doom and gloom probably some sort of biological programming.
for me I have an FX Dreamline to sorta test the waters haven’t had a single issue now I want to up grade to a Crown or royal line for me. I aim for the simpler designs.
if reliability is an issue get a tiapan vet or Ed gun. Each brand will have an issue if you don’t trust customer support get a gun one can repair ones self.
like I’ve said before one bad experience in the social media world will never be worth 1000 good.
most people go back to the doom and gloom probably some sort of biological programming.
for me I have an FX Dreamline to sorta test the waters haven’t had a single issue now I want to up grade to a Crown or royal line for me. I aim for the simpler designs.
if reliability is an issue get a tiapan vet or Ed gun. Each brand will have an issue if you don’t trust customer support get a gun one can repair ones self.
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These are typical 60 yard groups with my fx rifle... not sure if its from my wildcat MK2 .22 or wildcat MK3 .25 as its typical from either. Haven't had any leaks or needed to change any orings yet.
I owned a Impact for 5 years without needing any repairs either, guess I'm just lucky.
No complaints here.
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I love my FX Wildcat MK1. I never tinkered with the settings, I only load and shoot, spot on every time. I just bought an FX Impact MK2, and won’t be changing a thing either.
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great guns have had many at least 20 fx guns from impacts to royale wildcats bobcats crowns never a problem except a gauge and service was fantastic
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