FX liner system, what's the point?

Yeah about $500.00 total or more with the magazine and shipping.

Donald

Yeah its insanely crazy expensive chunk of waterpipe with glampping wheel rifling seeing you can actually buy shilen match grade hand lapped barrel and have it machined to fit for same money lol. 

It saves buying a whole second rifle and scope, rings, etc.

To buy the liners and put in different guns

Just sell the caliber shroud/probe your upgrading from to recoup some of the $$$$. I don't like the price either but I knew it was expensive before I decided on the platform, its not like FX waited until YOU purchased your gun and jacked the price up. It was always thus.

Could also be related to gun laws in some countrys. A complete kit is regarded a barrel which might require lisence, while a liner is regarded accesories. 

Yes it is expensive but very cheap for fx to make so-big profit. 

It's FX. Overpriced and planned to be obsolete is how they do things.

It's an overly complicated and expensive system.

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Isn't that the title page to most of their owner manuals? 

It's FX. Overpriced and planned to be obsolete is how they do things.

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Oh so that is what they mean by innovation, innovative ways to keep the fx fans spending...

You mean to tell me they can't build a gun to stand the test of time *cough* streamline *cough* fx impact *cough* fx impact mkl * cough* fx impact mkll *cough* fx impact mkll power plenum *cough* fx impact mkll power plenum with superior stx barrel! *cough*....nearly all the updates on the fx impact could have simply been upgrades, but due to both internal and external issues they've seem to opt against upgrades and don't like to sell customer their updated parts, they nearly force the fan club to keep opening their wallets, almost quarterly like clockwork...

A new caliber kit plus a magazine and a moderator (the empty FX moderator is a POS) is over $600. About half the price of a Dreamline. Slug liners? Who needs them. Pellets are fine for me as my shooting never exceeds 100 yards.

It's saves a lot of weight in addition to allowing for easy twist rate change. My 27" barrel assembly is something like 14oz. Nuts. 

A lot of backwards thinking on this thread. FX is improving things all the time and works hard to make sure things are backwards compatible. I can, and have, ordered a $110 liner for my Impact that will allow me to shoot MKIIs, Hybrids, and most of the NSA slugs (and many other brands as well, I'm sure) with one liner. That's better than having to buy a new gun every time there is an improvement in technology. Look at where airguns were five years ago. If FX took the same approach as the other manufactureres, we'd still be shooting 10-15 year old technology.

A lot of backwards thinking on this thread. FX is improving things all the time and works hard to make sure things are backwards compatible. I can, and have, ordered a $110 liner for my Impact that will allow me to shoot MKIIs, Hybrids, and most of the NSA slugs (and many other brands as well, I'm sure) with one liner. That's better than having to buy a new gun every time there is an improvement in technology. Look at where airguns were five years ago. If FX took the same approach as the other manufactureres, we'd still be shooting 10-15 year old technology.

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I think a lot depends on the individual's approach to the hobby, and exactly what one enjoys doing. For those who like to tinker and tune, FX offers a lot of options. A lot of folks go to the gun club or back porch, unpack their chrono and tools and commence to fiddling (technical term). They chase their goal, have a good time, then pack up. That person has a great partner in FX. Other folks like to get their rifle set up, and after the initial set up and tuning, they want nothing but pellets and air and time to shoot or hunt. My rifles that fit the latter category are 10-year old technology rifles. They offer all I need, and not much that I don't. One thing I know for sure, if something is absent, it can't fail and never needs adjusting. FX is a fine company, and I appreciate its innovation, but it's products are not perfect for everyone. 

I'm not sayng they are perfect for everyone. I'm saying it's illogical to criticize FX for being innovative because they may not meet a particular persons shooting style.