FX - What will they think up next?

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Maybe they could consider partnering with Henkel and doing a merger between FX Airguns and Loctite? 

That would be a beneficial business deal for both parties, and the consumer might get a gun that doesn't fall apart? Loctite is expensive, I can see why FX doesn't use it. Especially since the guns are such a bargain at only $2000. The profit margin has to be very low.

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Maybe they could consider partnering with Henkel and doing a merger between FX Airguns and Loctite? 

That would be a beneficial business deal for both parties, and the consumer might get a gun that doesn't fall apart? Loctite is expensive, I can see why FX doesn't use it. Especially since the guns are such a bargain at only $2000. The profit margin has to be very low.

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you need to chill out a bit. While I'm not an FX fan , the OP was directed at potential developments coming from an innovative company. Would the other companies push to put costly improvements to their line of guns if FX was not threatening to leave them in the dust? Good , bad , or indifferent , FX has pushed the airgun boundaries again and again. This has forced others , to keep on their game or be relagated to obscurity. For that , I thank FX. I may not be a fan of the brand , but I respect what they have accomplished , especially over the last 3 years. You seem like a serious shooter , put together a more constructive , thought out position and leave the cheap "locktite" comments aside. Most all of us are out of high school. Therefore , I will ask you again , but I will phrase it this way , " what would you do if FX was YOUR company" ? As the OP was put , what do you think they will come up with next?
 
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Maybe they could consider partnering with Henkel and doing a merger between FX Airguns and Loctite? 

That would be a beneficial business deal for both parties, and the consumer might get a gun that doesn't fall apart? Loctite is expensive, I can see why FX doesn't use it. Especially since the guns are such a bargain at only $2000. The profit margin has to be very low.

:)
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you need to chill out a bit. While I'm not an FX fan , the OP was directed at potential developments coming from an innovative company. Would the other companies push to put costly improvements to their line of guns if FX was not threatening to leave them in the dust? Good , bad , or indifferent , FX has pushed the airgun boundaries again and again. This has forced others , to keep on their game or be relagated to obscurity. For that , I thank FX. I may not be a fan of the brand , but I respect what they have accomplished , especially over the last 3 years. You seem like a serious shooter , put together a more constructive , thought out position and leave the cheap "locktite" comments aside. Most all of us are out of high school. Therefore , I will ask you again , but I will phrase it this way , " what would you do if FX was YOUR company" ? As the OP was put , what do you think they will come up with next?
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Maybe they could consider partnering with Henkel and doing a merger between FX Airguns and Loctite? 

That would be a beneficial business deal for both parties, and the consumer might get a gun that doesn't fall apart? Loctite is expensive, I can see why FX doesn't use it. Especially since the guns are such a bargain at only $2000. The profit margin has to be very low.

:)
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you need to chill out a bit. While I'm not an FX fan , the OP was directed at potential developments coming from an innovative company. Would the other companies push to put costly improvements to their line of guns if FX was not threatening to leave them in the dust? Good , bad , or indifferent , FX has pushed the airgun boundaries again and again. This has forced others , to keep on their game or be relagated to obscurity. For that , I thank FX. I may not be a fan of the brand , but I respect what they have accomplished , especially over the last 3 years. You seem like a serious shooter , put together a more constructive , thought out position and leave the cheap "locktite" comments aside. Most all of us are out of high school. Therefore , I will ask you again , but I will phrase it this way , " what would you do if FX was YOUR company" ? As the OP was put , what do you think they will come up with next?
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Well since you singled me out, and no one else that mentioned quality control.....

And I was 100% serious. 

There are several topics on the first few pages from guns having issues because screws fell out or came loose. The fix for all of them? A drop of LocTite. All prevented. 

Be innovative AND produce a quality built, sturdy product with excellent quality control and reasonable delivery times. 

They would have the market covered then. It's something they can work towards and make it "the next big thing" to leave the competition in the dust. 

Personally the only thing I'd like to see them make would be a better built traditional styled gun like the Royale, with a REAL two stage trigger (not the wheel and spring ball thing they used) and a sturdy barrel mounting arrangement.
 
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How to get more haters? These dog pile threads are always good for a laugh, same guys chime in with the same venom. 

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Totally agree! Might as well change the title to FX haters ball! 
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@thumper: while QC and loose screws are arguable but due to personal experience would strongly disagree with use of loctite. There are some very small screws so even a drop of weakest loctite could cause them to strip and create far bigger headache. At the very beginning I also believed someone like you suggested to use loctite, fortunately I only tried it on couple of bigger bolts and damn near had to buy a new action. Please stop suggesting loctite as it could cause people to permanently damage their gun. Only part that could use a tiny bit of loctite is the preload adjustment screw as it is free floating and subjected to vibration every shot. Also easily replace if stuck but that’s the only screw I would use loctite on.



if anything FX could do better in that respect is to use and publish the torque spec for each screw/bolt!


 
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They could standardize the size of many of their grub screws so I don't have to have a pile of Allen wrenches to sort through to get the right one for the job. As far as Loctite, they use the green stuff on the brass transfer port and, in order to remove and change it, you have to heat the hell out of it to get it to loosen. I think the blue stuff would be adequate here.
 
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They could standardize the size of many of their grub screws so I don't have to have a pile of Allen wrenches to sort through to get the right one for the job. As far as Loctite, they use the green stuff on the brass transfer port and, in order to remove and change it, you have to heat the hell out of it to get it to loosen. I think the blue stuff would be adequate here.
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That would make a ton of sense. I like the idea. 
 
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They could standardize the size of many of their grub screws so I don't have to have a pile of Allen wrenches to sort through to get the right one for the job. As far as Loctite, they use the green stuff on the brass transfer port and, in order to remove and change it, you have to heat the hell out of it to get it to loosen. I think the blue stuff would be adequate here.
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There are very few fasteners on any of my rifles that I believe should have any type of locking compound on them. And, most do not need to be nearly as tight as they are often assembled. In general, locking compound is handy on a very small screw that cannot accept much torque, but is subject to a lot of vibration or stress. For example, a small grub screw on a hammer assembly. Although, I left that very screw out of my HW100, forgot about, and after a lot of shooting, it never moved at all. I've also seen a few small adjustment screws in some trigger assemblies that might need it. But in general, it's used way too much. Just my opinion.
 
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