FX Crown .22 700 mm barrel kit

LSoft · Jul 29, 2020

Hello,

I own FX Crown "classic" (not Continuum). FX provides 700 mm long .22 cal. barrel kit for Continuum. Please, is this barrel kit applicable also on "classic" Crown?

Thank you all in advance.

LSoft · Jul 29, 2020

I believe it's possible, since "The Airgunnero" on YouTube uses his .22 @ 700mm Crown without picatinny, so it shall be "classic" Crown.

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baloo · Jul 30, 2020

Ya it is the same. I have a Crown Classic (not Continuum), and I bought a 380mm Continuum barrel for it and it stays on the gun, I love it.

LSoft · Jul 30, 2020

Thanks a lot baloo!

Spierings · Jul 30, 2020

You can use the 700mm barrel in the older crown, it will fit. But the newer crown got a improved barrel support for that longer barrel.

LSoft · Jul 30, 2020

Correct, I'll have to be very careful... Ordered. Let's see

Blackpaw · Jul 30, 2020

The Crown Continuum uses 4 screws to secure the barrel, and the STX barrels used on the Continuum are lighter than those used on the Crown. The barrel combo and updates to to the Crown Continuum (CC) are one of the reasons I bought it over the regular Crown.

LSoft · Jul 30, 2020

That's true, but considering findings and experiences of the guys above, Continuum barrel shall fit to "classic" Crown anyway. Continuum has better fixation of the barrel in the iron, no question about it.

Jld1969 · Jul 30, 2020

You absolutely can add the 700mm kit to the crown classic but I would recommend a barrel band to take off the stress on the breach because the continuum has the extra set screws to hold it a little better. So yes you can but it will shoot a bit better with a barrial band.

Long_Gun_Dallas · Jul 30, 2020

I can't see the continuum set screws being that much improved..... I could be wrong. I see improvement in holding the barrel in place, but holding it up? I can't hardly see a difference. I had an older crown and a new one. All barrels are interchangeable. 700mm complete barrel is like 13 or 14oz. Hardly anythibg for its size

Blackpaw · Jul 30, 2020

Well, I look at it this way....for $100 / 100 euros between the Crown and the Crown Continuum. For the extra money you get the upgraded mounting set up, more screws and an additional barrel, for me that is worth the price difference. And 4 screws is better than 2.

Jld1969 · Jul 30, 2020

The longer the barrel is and depending on what moderator you are using causes barrel droop from the weight of the moderator and the length of the barrel that's why FX come out with the Super light barrel system and the 700mm size because the older crowns was 600mm the continuum line now has 700mm. Because of the new system.

LSoft · Jul 30, 2020

Yeah, I've ordered Superlight 700 mm barrel. It shall come next week. Looking forwards to it

LSoft · Aug 6, 2020

So, I received the FX Crown STX Superior barrel kit in .22 @ 700 mm. Just one question: usually the former FX barrels have just one groove (to set the position of barrel in the iron) and one air intake on the brass end. But this guy has two grooves (oposite each other) and two air intakes (oposite each other, one smaller, one bigger).

Could anybody explain the purpose of two grooves and intakes instead of just one? Obviously you have an option to choose smaller or bigger air intake, but why? Since bigger intake is better (I believe) for higher muzzle energy and lower muzzle energy it's possible to achieve by transfer port and/or hammer spring setting, no? So I guess to have only one bigger air intake in barrel would be sufficient.

Having these things twice, to me it looks nice from marketing perspective, but useless from design and performance perspective.

JonasW · Aug 6, 2020

I believe I read recently that his is a new thing from FX. Users that has tuned their air rifles for slugs at high speed can rotate the barrel to lower the speed for increased accuracy when shooting pellets.

If you have a high powered tune, transfer port and hammer spring settings might not be enough to slow it down enough.

LSoft · Aug 6, 2020

I see. Then is there a recommended "border" (or how to call it) to which muzzle energy to use small intake and from which muzzle energy to use large intake? I mean, roughly. FX Airguns web pages are very poor to any kind of such information. They don't even have barrel kits provided as available accessories

Blackpaw · Aug 6, 2020

Hi Lsoft, first I am glad to see someone from Europe has received their FX parts

...I am waiting on my Crown C. In regard to your two grove vs. one grove question maybe it deals with the mounting screws, but I don’t know, I am just guessing

Here is the AEAC Vlog video on tuning the FX Crown Continuum in .22 cal. Trust me I am going to watch this again and again when I get my CC. This should give you some direction on the tuning.

https://youtu.be/Dzs_muWHE5s

LSoft · Aug 6, 2020

Blackpaw, thanks for reminder. I put this YT video to my "see later" folder a time ago, but I forgot it

Btw, availability of FX stuff in Europe, it's a disaster... Originally I've ordered .22 @ 600 mm barrel at our official local retailer in April 2019!!! So after 15 months I decided to order a bit longer one from Mundilar Airguns...

Funny is that each continent cries that another continent is fed by FX in advance

Jld1969 · Aug 6, 2020

You have the new dull transfer port so now you can use it as a slug gun or just a pellet gun by simply turning the brass port. But I believe in Europe the smaller hole is for sub 12 and the larger is just the standard size for pellets I can't tell you wich one till I see it but am pretty positive you have the sub12 one.

LSoft · Aug 6, 2020

So, I used the bigger intake eventually, because the small one looked really really small to me

But one more thing to ask: please, there is a grub screw (M8x6) at the beginning of the barrel, which has to be sealed. Originally there was a "beige" sealing applied on the thread, which crumbled after I have loosen the grub screw (due to barrel change). So temporarily I put there a PTFE tape as a sealing, but I believe there shall be used something else (liquid at the beginning, solid at the end). What sbould I use guys? Thread locker (blue loctite)? Or?

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