FX Crown Tact Compact(tube version)

gendoc and darylm,

Thanks!



Covid_hunter,

Sub 12 ft/lb with 15.89g is quiet, 35 ft/lb with the 21g slug not so much(that takes a full moderator to quiet down.



Long_Gun_Dallas,

It's the Saber Tactical chassis, so it's top notch. Tight lock-up with no play, easy push button release, buttery smooth movement, and it magnetically snaps into place and stays put(unlike the Dream Tact folding stock, which flops open with gravity while folded) when folded.

jcdavis1281,

I kinda hope FX USA or Utah Airguns Custom shop sees this setup. qball's prices are correct "new", but you may have some components or be able to find some used for cheaper. It will be less expensive for the shooters who already have a Crown with a 380mm barrel and find the Dream Tact.... well, less than perfect? Just buy the Saber Tactical chassis ($575) and you can make the "bottle version"(see previous thread) of the Crown Tact Compact, with no need to buy a "whole new compact gun". Pickup an FX170cc tube w/valve for about $200 and you can make this "tube version". This particular incarnation is a Crown MK2 with a 380mm barrel, which Utah Airguns(and maybe Pyramyd Air?) sells for about $1699. Ken at SPAW offers a "naked" Crown MK2(no stock) for about $1400 and an ST chassis for $575. He will assemble them if you buy them together. 

I think this setup is having " the best of both worlds". It is very compact(backpack or "truck gun"), lightweight, hand pump friendly, delivers a lot of shots using low power tunes, VERY accurate, and HIGHLY adjustable- You can go from sub 12ft/lb to over 35ft/lbs with a just turn of 2 knobs(if you set the reg appropriately), as well as, being able to change calibers(from 177 to 30) in less than 5 minutes. It will shoot pellets or slugs equally well. The more I use it; the more I like it

It's not for everyone for sure. I had a Crown and was very happy with it, but wanted a more compact version that I could use as a truck gun. So I ordered a Dream Tact Compact from UA. When I got it, I was VERY underwhelmed. Don't get me wrong though, it is a VERY fine airgun, but after having enjoyed the Crown, I found so many things about the DTC to lacking. If I hadn't used a Crown, I would have LOVED it! Same way with the Airmaks Katran Compact which I recently purchased. So the DTC got sent back to UA and I sold the Airmaks.

These are some of the targets that I used to determine how many shots per fill of each projectile I wanted to use. I shot these back to back to back in the same "real world" conditions:

88 shots off a 230bar fill:



70 shots off a 230bar fill:



2 targets with 30 shots each of a 230bar fill:



I simply couldn't get this kind of performance out of the DTC.

Thanks, Tony! I think I may have put myself out of the pesting business at the nursery thru my own efficiency(I've taken over 50 pigeons and over 250 squirrels in the last 2 years); haven't seen any pigeons and only 2 squirrels so far. But the season is young and it's a long winter. Things are bound to improve

qball,

I'm equally as surprised that someone would find that a DTC would perform every bit as well as a Crown. I guess it has to do with what each person is looking to do with their own airgun, and personal preference. For a low- medium power tune, I can definitely see your point of performance being similar. To each his own. I'm not gonna include my list of reasons I prefer the Crown because I don't wanna come off as disparaging what is a FINE airgun in the DTC. And some of them are definitely just personal preference. Some are not. A closer look at the last target I posted will reveal at least one bit of objective data to compare.

Thanks for the tip on selecting the "no-tune" for faster shipping. I usually end up re-tuning my airguns after the first shooting also