You come on Weatherby, you need to get your facts straight! The majority of problems with FX rifles being sent back for repair are the regulators. Period! They may be OK when a rifle is brand new, but eventually they begin to fluctuate badly up and down and most also suffer problems with creep. For the record, I work for a living and wouldn't even know what a sponsor looks like. But when I find a product that actually performs up to the standards of Huma products, I will gladly tell the whole world about it with all the excitement and enthusiasm I can muster. No one could possibly love their FX rifles more than I love mine, and if you take the time to go and read all of my posts you will find that the only thing I love more than Huma products are my FX Air Rifles and Athlon Scopes! I just hate the fact that they use such an inferior problematic regulator when they could be using the worlds finest.
But since you are the one who brought it up...did you choose your pseudonym based on the fact that you are sponsored by Weatherby, or did you just like their products enough to name yourself after them?
Always the best, Chuck
Hi Chuck, the wholesaler for FX in my country happens to be a good friend of mine, so you can consider this as inside information. From all the FX guns sold last year, none of them came back with a regulator issue. I think I honestly can say I do have my facts straight. There are 2 spare royale regulators in stock, but they have been on the shelf for years. Never needed one.
However, due to the information shared on the forums, people are tending to put their standards to a higher level. For instance, the first shot low POI "issue". I think 99% of the people encountering this "issue" never would have noticed it, or would be bothered by it when it hadn't been shared on the forums. Now, all of a sudden it became a "real issue" and the regulator definitely must be replaced, because it creeps a bit overnight..... This is just one example.
Long story short, when you feel the need to change the regulator of any FX, please do so if you like. But stating that FX has serious regulator issues is just not true. Heck, there are even stories on forums from people who have over 40000 shots on their Royales which only needed a breech seal replacement every now and then...... Not too shabby for a "bad regulator".
Quote from the HuMa website:
"The output performance of the Huma Impact regulator won't be very different compared to a
good functioning FX factory regulator, but we have some other benefits available"
Well stated if you ask me. The big advantage of the HuMa regulator is that when you screw it up, the Delrin seal can be replaced with one of the 3 spares instead of having to replace the whole regulator piston of the stock regulator.
B.t.w, I am not sponsored by anyone, I have a wallet made of onion leather, makes me cry everytime I look in it, and I used to have a Weatherby mkV deluxe in 300wby mag, which I really liked, hence my nickname
Again, this is definitely not to offend you, I just don't agree that you are making it look like FX is a brand with structural regulator issues, because this is simply not true.
Kind regards,
Gijs
