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Couple questions for FX USA

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cmatera

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Before I ordered my Impact M3, I called my dealer about the gauges. I told him I heard the gauge for the 1st regulator was FX but the one for the bottle pressure and 2nd regulator were WIKA. He assured me that all 3 gauges on the new M3's were WIKA. Gun arrives today, with 2 of 3 gauges WIKA, and the 1st reg one FX. Here's a picture of the reading on the gauge when it arrived: 195 bar

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Here's a pic about 5 hours later: 173 bar the dealer says it was set at

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Why, on a $2200 dollar gun would you cheap out on ONE of three gauges? The other two gauges have not moved in that same time, a hair under 180 bar on the bottle gauge, and 140 on the 2nd regulator. Can you see why FX gauges are considered junk and usually switched for WIKA's?

Second, please find whoever thought it was a good idea to reverse the safety and fire them. Luckily, my dealer will take care of the gauge, and a third party may come up with a way to reverse the safety. It would be nice to buy a new gun and just use it instead of having to re-engineer it.

Although this video is about the Maverick, if you watch the entire video, you will hear Orion the Iguana Hunter state the common misconception that all the gauges on the M3 are WIKA, and you can read my comment as I try to save others the hassle and cost I am experiencing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=220W-Q1vRqY


 
To be honest since this is technically a competition gun and for the speed comps having the selector switch the way it is makes a lot of sense. I wondered why it was switched to until someone explained it and the losing seconds during comp by an accident can mean win or lose… and let’s be honest if you can’t remember to put the safety back on during bench shooting or plinking in general, and not shoot someone or yourself you probably shouldn’t be holding an Airgun in the first place. This isn’t an ar 15 on the range where your going safety on safety off for combat or stress test lol. The person that thought if it had a good idea for the purpose of the gun, probably should take a breath. 

In regards to the gauges you should either be mad at your dealer for promising you that or they actually all are Wiki guages even though that one in the picture says FX. Cause if he assured you and you’re not the first person SPAW gave a an M3 to then it’s his fault for assuring all the guages were the same. I got my M3 the first month it came out and my guages look the same way. So it’s not like FX just changed out the 3 guages recently. 
 
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The problem is largely FX, in my opinion. If it's a competition gun, I have not seen it marketed that way. Maybe you can post a link to it advertised that way. I have shot guns with all kinds of safety positions and I certainly can remember to put the safety on. Most competition guns are heavily modded anyway, so they can mod the safety too. Guys on here who think the stock looking guns used at EBR and all other sorts of competitions are the guns they will receive from their dealer, are delusional. They probably think they can go to their car dealer and get a car just like the ones in NASCAR. Better yet, if these guys are using air guns for cross training and competition, why not make the safety exactly like the one on the AR and make it ambidextrous? How many Impacts do they sell as opposed to how many people are involved in competition? Another factor is FX's "rolling upgrade". Simply put, when you order a gun on April 10, and get it on July 29 (or later usually), you never really know what you will receive until you actually receive it. If FX was smart, they would use all WIKA or better gauges, lose the grey book they've included since at least the year 2000 that I know of that contains zero information about the gun purchased, if they must, to cover the cost of the 3rd gauge omit the fill probe that most replace with and extended one, design the safety like the AR (reversible from L to R too), and ensure that any AR grip can always be used on it.

All FX dealers are at the mercy of FX, as are the rest of us. The gun is shipping back to the dealer today for the gauge to be replaced. I am a daily UPS pickup, and the cost to fully insure the gun and send it back was $94. I'm sure it will cost that much to return it to me. I will be about 2 weeks with transit time and $250 because FX wanted to save what would probably cost $20 a gun to do right. I see no reason for me to install the $600 in Saber Tactical accessories which are arriving today, then scope and sight in the gun only to remove it all to send it in to correct later. I am neither an FX hater, nor fanboi. The purpose of this post was, they say FX listens to their customers. I'm not sure they know who their customers are. It's not the ones they GIVE their guns to for the purpose of going to competitions and on YT to push them, but the people who actually take their own money and PAY for them, like I did.
 
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