Introducing the FX Impact M3

Introducing the FX Impact M3

The FX Impact defined what a modern airgun could be: A rifle truly without limits. It is a “once in a lifetime” rifle. A rifle that advances and evolves to push the boundaries of what compressed air can achieve. The Impact M3 once again redefines this high standard, with groundbreaking advancements, upgrades, and a sole unwavering focus on creating the most advanced, most accurate, and most capable airgun you will ever shoulder.



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The improvement within the M3 begins with its dual regulators. The 1st regulator, built inside the bottle-connection to the rifle, pre-reduces the air pressure in preparation for the 2nd regulator. This provides less stress on the 2nd regulator and achieves a more constant output pressure with less standard deviations.







The FX Power Plenum 720 is the new energy source of the Impact M3. This larger diameter plenum and its 72cc volume of compressed air, provides both the precise amount of air and the power needed to propel the projectile. This new plenum works in coordination with the M3’s porting and valving to deliver the best power and efficiency available.





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One of the most substantial upgrades to the Impact M3 is the user interface to the rifle: The FX Quick Tune System. This (essentially) tool-free system, encompasses everything a shooter could use to fine tune their rifle’s accuracy, allowing unlimited possibilities. You can adjust the air pressure the rifle is using via the dual regulators and how long the valve stays open with the front valve adjuster. Now you can also adjust the strength of the hammer with the completely redesigned micro and macro power adjustments. The Rear Macro Power Wheel is a 16-step power wheel that adjusts the strength of the hammer in increments of 5-15 FPS (depending on caliber and reg pressure). This works in conjunction with the Micro Fine Adjustment. This tunes the hammer strength in incredibly small increments of just 1-2 fps with each click of the barrel roller, all at your fingertips. The combination of these are unrivaled in the airgun world! Truly the Quick Tune System will redefine the ease of tuning an air rifle.





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Other improvements are vast and include an ambidextrous short throw cocking lever with enlarged handle, dual transfer ports on most calibers and tightened barrel housing tolerances to provide a tighter fit and better accuracy to the rifle. The breech tolerances have been tightened to house the Side-Shot Magazine, an updated trigger that provides a crisp second stage break (while also allowing the trigger post to move forward or back), 20 MOA built into the scope rail, and Wika manometer gauges now standard.





There are an abundance of forthcoming optional accessories to be announced later today including the revolutionary new FX Integrated Harmonic Barrel Tuner, FX Carbon Fiber Barrel Liner Sleeves, FX Digital Chronograph Display, FX Barrel Chronograph, and more. Will post about these accessories separately today so you can digest things in spurts!



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The FX Impact is widely accepted as the greatest airgun ever made. The proof is undeniable. Shooters flock to the FX Impact, competition lines are dominated with the presence of this rifle and shooters continue to expand what an air rifle can do with the FX Impact. Why? It performs like no other air rifle. It delivers and it continues to provide the foundation for innovation. The FX Impact M3 advances this legacy. The FX Impact M3 is the most advanced, most exciting and most accurate air rifle available today.





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My timing is impeccable. Bought a used MK1 about 2 months before the MKII's came out, Bought a MK2 in January, just a couple months before the MK3's come out.

Next time I buy a gun, I'll let you all know so you can keep your powder dry and wait for the MK4 or whatever the next version is.

The MK3 looks good, but also looks like we are really down to refinements of an already advanced design. Incremental improvements unlike the major advancements of the original Impact or even the power plenum and such on the MK2.

Good times we live in, who'd have thought you could this accuracy and power out of a "Pellet" Gun.


 
No US price? Or ETA?


Impact Compact (500mm / 300cc Bottle) $1999.99

Impact Standard (600mm / 480cc Bottle) $2099.99

Impact Sniper (700mm / 580cc Bottle) $2199.99

Impact .35 (800mm / 580cc Bottle) $2249.99

A lot of units at dealers now, more coming every two weeks into the US as unlike the Maverick, this is an existing line and they are up and running at full steam. Upon launch there were fairly low pre-paid preorders in the US, so waiting times shouldn't be horrible (depending on how demand spikes today)

Hope this helps!

- Jonathan
 
Wow! Looks like FX has hit another major home run with this new Impact M3! They hit this one clear out of the ball park! 😁 FX improved every aspect of what was already the world's most versatile and popular air rifle. Congratulations FX on your new baby! Job Well Done! Can't wait to get my hands on one! 😂 

P.S. The new dual-regulator system is a stroke of genius that will virtually eliminate the old creep problems, because now there will only be 20-30 bar pressure sitting on the high end of the regulator instead of 100 bar or more. And to accomplish this with such a small unobtrusive design on the primary regulator is fantastic! I am just flabbergasted! 😆
 
No US price? Or ETA?


Impact Compact (500mm / 300cc Bottle) $1999.99

Impact Standard (600mm / 480cc Bottle) $2099.99

Impact Sniper (700mm / 580cc Bottle) $2199.99

Impact .35 (800mm / 580cc Bottle) $2249.99

A lot of units at dealers now, more coming every two weeks into the US as unlike the Maverick, this is an existing line and they are up and running at full steam. Upon launch there were fairly low pre-paid preorders in the US, so waiting times shouldn't be horrible (depending on how demand spikes today)

Hope this helps!

- Jonathan

$2200 for the new M3 w/ 700mm barrel and you’re saying some dealers already have them in stock ? 
Guess I know what I’m doing today!
 
Wow! Looks like FX has hit another major home run with this new Impact M3! They hit this one clear out of the ball park! 😁 FX improved every aspect of what was already the world's most versatile and popular air rifle. Congratulations FX on your new baby! Job Well Done! Can't wait to get my hands on one! 😂 

P.S. The new dual-regulator system is a stroke of genius that will virtually eliminate the old creep problems, because now there will only be 20-30 bar pressure sitting on the high end of the regulator instead of 100 bar or more. And to accomplish this with such a small unobtrusive design on the primary regulator is fantastic! I am just flabbergasted! 😆


Check out the actual first regulator Chuck. What will really blow your mind is that it's got two way flow as it still allows the bottle to be filled from the gun. It's so incredible but I know most people won't quite understand how brilliant it really is. Take a look, yep, there's a regulator inside of that!

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The new FX Impact M3 and all its new features are show at the sGUNkWerks lab on AIRGUN SCIENTIST.
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We've only got a few left with the Titan scope, etc., just like in the video. CALL www.TopGun-Airguns.com at +1 (714) 907-0067





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Interested to hear more about this harmonic tuner. It looks just like a fancy silencer to me?

That was one of our design approaches to make it LOOK sleek and refined and not take away from the beauty of the FX styling and can be used with ANY suppressor. More to come on how to tune with it, but a lot of research went into it drawing parallels to how precision powder burner shooters reload their cartridges and tune for accuracy in PRS - ELR - F Class - and Benchrest.

Basically our approach is to use the new FX Quick Adjusting system to velocity tune the gun to find the most precise velocity deviations much like how powder burners use powder charge and primer combinations to find the tightest velocities. In the powder burner world they use "barrel time" to tune for accuracy by controlling seating depth working in concert with the velocities created with the primer and powder charge, very similar to how we control these factors with hammer spring tension and regulated plenum air volume. So in my research I found they were ALSO running barrel tuners in F Class - ELR - PRS and I was intrigued. 

After many interviews I found that barrel tuning is at such a microscopic level that attempting to control this with velocity alone was like measuring a grain of sand with a yard stick. There needed to be a more microscopic way of controlling this variable. Thus the rotating weight. I worked with FX to develop a specific weight using specific metal alloy to allow for a slim profile and being able to impart shifting of the center of gravity of the overall barrel's harmonic signature that was controllable and repeatable.

We took it to the next level by baking in dampening properties into the shroud to draw upon the results I have been getting for the last few years with the long range shooting I have been doing with big bores to quiet down the barrel harmonics and control them more easily. Throw in the stiffening properties of the FX Carbon Fiber Sleeve and now you have the most advanced and adjustable barrel system in our sport. 

At 50 yards I can make groups close down to hole and hole and continue to rotate the weight to make the groups open up and even change orientation and dispersion horizontally - vertically - and diagonally - and then back to one hole groups. Barrel harmonics in reality aren't like what we see in drawings of this clean wave up and down. During the tuning process you will see your barrel actually oscillates and moves up and down.

These 50 and 100 yard groups are with the FX Impact M3 totally wound out at 170 bar shooting 34 grain Patriot Javelins at over 1000 FPS and ONLY tuned for accuracy with the FX Integrated Harmonic Barrel tuner after finding a super tight velocity with the Macro and Micro adjusters on the hammer spring / power wheel and with the dual regulators on the M3. Being able to control all of this is a game changer! 

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Check out the actual first regulator Chuck. What will really blow your mind is that it's got two way flow as it still allows the bottle to be filled from the gun. It's so incredible but I know most people won't quite understand how brilliant it really is. Take a look, yep, there's a regulator inside of that!

That reg is amazing...! Not only the small size, but the fact that it can be filled from the low pressure side. Great job!!!
 
Interested to hear more about this harmonic tuner. It looks just like a fancy silencer to me?

That was one of our design approaches to make it LOOK sleek and refined and not take away from the beauty of the FX styling and can be used with ANY suppressor. More to come on how to tune with it, but a lot of research went into it drawing parallels to how precision powder burner shooters reload their cartridges and tune for accuracy in PRS - ELR - F Class - and Benchrest.

At 50 yards I can make groups close down to hole and hole and continue to rotate the weight to make the groups open up and even change orientation and dispersion horizontally - vertically - and diagonally - and then back to one hole groups. Barrel harmonics in reality aren't like what we see in drawings of this clean wave up and down. During the tuning process you will see your barrel actually oscillates and moves up and down.

I think this piece hasn’t been discussed enough. I have been surprised that tuners haven’t been more common place coming over from 22lr and seeing the effects. In airgunning, we just swap moderators all over the place and assume it has no effect on consistency. Having used a tuner on a 22lr, and watching the groups change as you noted above, it is a final piece that can allow you to really dial in a rifle. 

I’ll take my CZ 455 as an example. The factory barrel was nice, but even with quality ammo, it was only 0.5” gun at 50 yards. Swapped in a Lilja barrel and groups dropped into 0.3s. Added a Harrell tuner, and groups dropped into 0.2s. I’m not taking cherry picked but 6x5 cards. That little bit extra is what the competitors need to make that last bit of difference.

I am glad to see this coming to airguns, and I’ll be curious to see how it does. As I’m not competing these days, I probably will pass on the extra expense, but I could see this being very helpful for those looking to tighten things up a bit for competitive reasons. 
 
Interested to hear more about this harmonic tuner. It looks just like a fancy silencer to me?

That was one of our design approaches to make it LOOK sleek and refined and not take away from the beauty of the FX styling and can be used with ANY suppressor. More to come on how to tune with it, but a lot of research went into it drawing parallels to how precision powder burner shooters reload their cartridges and tune for accuracy in PRS - ELR - F Class - and Benchrest.

At 50 yards I can make groups close down to hole and hole and continue to rotate the weight to make the groups open up and even change orientation and dispersion horizontally - vertically - and diagonally - and then back to one hole groups. Barrel harmonics in reality aren't like what we see in drawings of this clean wave up and down. During the tuning process you will see your barrel actually oscillates and moves up and down.

I think this piece hasn’t been discussed enough. I have been surprised that tuners haven’t been more common place coming over from 22lr and seeing the effects. In airgunning, we just swap moderators all over the place and assume it has no effect on consistency. Having used a tuner on a 22lr, and watching the groups change as you noted above, it is a final piece that can allow you to really dial in a rifle. 

I’ll take my CZ 455 as an example. The factory barrel was nice, but even with quality ammo, it was only 0.5” gun at 50 yards. Swapped in a Lilja barrel and groups dropped into 0.3s. Added a Harrell tuner, and groups dropped into 0.2s. I’m not taking cherry picked but 6x5 cards. That little bit extra is what the competitors need to make that last bit of difference.

I am glad to see this coming to airguns, and I’ll be curious to see how it does. As I’m not competing these days, I probably will pass on the extra expense, but I could see this being very helpful for those looking to tighten things up a bit for competitive reasons.

This intrigues me the most as well.