Long post here, so bust out the pajamas and a bowl of pop corn. I’m about to unfold a tale that was close to five months in the making, and with the help of a few vendors and AGN members here, it all came to blossom on Sunday 1-17-2021-
Meet Matt. Great guy. Served in the USAFSO. Fellow airgunner and member of this forum. A year ago he reaches out to me asking if I could help him with his FX Wildcat. A tune job turned into a friendship, and one of the things he shared with me in all our airgun talk was he would one day like to own an FX Impact, as it reminded him of his military issue weapon.
Matt was able to purchase two used Impacts at a great unheard of price. His wife enjoys shooting PCP’s, so the second one was for her. He couldn’t wait to get his hands on them.
Thru a series of unfortunate events, the two Impacts never made it to him. They had gotten stolen while in route. So without going into all the details of who, what, why, when, and how, let’s just cover all that by saying Matt was SOL. Two Impact MK2’s gone.
A couple of months went by, and Matt had long since let that bad memory go, but I wouldn’t forget it. It upset me every time I thought about it. It was my wife that planted the seed that formulated a plan, one that would take almost five months, and it started with a shout out to Michael Wendt. My plan that I shared with him was to try and come up with a couple of Impacts to try and replace the stolen ones, and st the same time surprise Matt. Michael asked that I give him a couple of weeks to see what he could do.
It wasn’t long after that I received a brand new FX Impact MK2 in 30 caliber from FXUSA. THANK YOU MICHAEL & FXUSA!!! I was happy to get one donated, and I made the decision that since I had one impact, I would do my darndest to get it all built and tricked out so I could hand it to Matt and there would be nothing to buy or do to it. Just load, shoot, and have fun times. So I made my list, checked it twice, and made some calls-
Justin at Utah Airguns donated a 25 caliber complete barrel kit with probe and magazine- THANK YOU UTAH AIRGUNS!
Donny and Saber Tactical donated all the bling bling for this gun- THANK YOU SABER TACTICAL!
The man, myth, and legend, Mr JoeWayne Rhea of Cyclops Videos donated a sweet 6-24x50 FFP Riton scope- THANK YOU JOE!!
And when I thought I had everything, there were still the cool stuff needed like FX no limit Rings, speed loaders, o ring kits,stainless fastener conversion upgrades, a nice moderator like a Huggett Snipe, large capacity magazine replacement inserts, scope anti cant level, K&L safety switch upgrade, and I’m sure small parts I’m forgetting. Well, through out this venture I had secretly shared my plans with a few members here on AGN, just to share in the excitement, and lo and behold, before I knew it, they each ASKED WHAT THEY COULD DO TO CONTRIBUTE! I was like floored and made it clear to them that me sharing the story wasn’t meant to get them to donate anything, but they wanted to. I’m thinking to myself, “ WHAT AN AWESOME COMMUNITY!!!”
Here they are-
YENNIEDN
STOTI
BRAWLER1588
ELIS5173
INTENSEATY22
ORION
These guys, along with myself and a childhood friend named Randy Orrick, helped to complete the package. Randy is a great guy, who I recently introduced along with his son into this hobby.
So the plan was set. Matt had some Ammo sent to my house months ago that were for the incoming Impacts that never made it due to the theft, and he needed to come pick all that up. I also had his brothers Daystate Huntsman Regal that I worked on that he needed to grab. I called Matt and told him I had major surgery today on 1-22-2021 so Sunday the 17th was the window for him to come. He said his sons Gamo Urban was leaking and he asked if I could help him with that. No problem, I said, and see you on Sunday. Picking up his stuff along with me working on his son’s gun would buy me the time I needed.
So Saturday the 16th, I spent most of the day into the night creating this poster board showing all who donated to this cause-
Im going to end this first post with another big THANK YOU to all shown on the poster board!
Meet Matt. Great guy. Served in the USAFSO. Fellow airgunner and member of this forum. A year ago he reaches out to me asking if I could help him with his FX Wildcat. A tune job turned into a friendship, and one of the things he shared with me in all our airgun talk was he would one day like to own an FX Impact, as it reminded him of his military issue weapon.
Matt was able to purchase two used Impacts at a great unheard of price. His wife enjoys shooting PCP’s, so the second one was for her. He couldn’t wait to get his hands on them.
Thru a series of unfortunate events, the two Impacts never made it to him. They had gotten stolen while in route. So without going into all the details of who, what, why, when, and how, let’s just cover all that by saying Matt was SOL. Two Impact MK2’s gone.
A couple of months went by, and Matt had long since let that bad memory go, but I wouldn’t forget it. It upset me every time I thought about it. It was my wife that planted the seed that formulated a plan, one that would take almost five months, and it started with a shout out to Michael Wendt. My plan that I shared with him was to try and come up with a couple of Impacts to try and replace the stolen ones, and st the same time surprise Matt. Michael asked that I give him a couple of weeks to see what he could do.
It wasn’t long after that I received a brand new FX Impact MK2 in 30 caliber from FXUSA. THANK YOU MICHAEL & FXUSA!!! I was happy to get one donated, and I made the decision that since I had one impact, I would do my darndest to get it all built and tricked out so I could hand it to Matt and there would be nothing to buy or do to it. Just load, shoot, and have fun times. So I made my list, checked it twice, and made some calls-
Justin at Utah Airguns donated a 25 caliber complete barrel kit with probe and magazine- THANK YOU UTAH AIRGUNS!
Donny and Saber Tactical donated all the bling bling for this gun- THANK YOU SABER TACTICAL!
The man, myth, and legend, Mr JoeWayne Rhea of Cyclops Videos donated a sweet 6-24x50 FFP Riton scope- THANK YOU JOE!!
And when I thought I had everything, there were still the cool stuff needed like FX no limit Rings, speed loaders, o ring kits,stainless fastener conversion upgrades, a nice moderator like a Huggett Snipe, large capacity magazine replacement inserts, scope anti cant level, K&L safety switch upgrade, and I’m sure small parts I’m forgetting. Well, through out this venture I had secretly shared my plans with a few members here on AGN, just to share in the excitement, and lo and behold, before I knew it, they each ASKED WHAT THEY COULD DO TO CONTRIBUTE! I was like floored and made it clear to them that me sharing the story wasn’t meant to get them to donate anything, but they wanted to. I’m thinking to myself, “ WHAT AN AWESOME COMMUNITY!!!”
Here they are-
YENNIEDN
STOTI
BRAWLER1588
ELIS5173
INTENSEATY22
ORION
These guys, along with myself and a childhood friend named Randy Orrick, helped to complete the package. Randy is a great guy, who I recently introduced along with his son into this hobby.
So the plan was set. Matt had some Ammo sent to my house months ago that were for the incoming Impacts that never made it due to the theft, and he needed to come pick all that up. I also had his brothers Daystate Huntsman Regal that I worked on that he needed to grab. I called Matt and told him I had major surgery today on 1-22-2021 so Sunday the 17th was the window for him to come. He said his sons Gamo Urban was leaking and he asked if I could help him with that. No problem, I said, and see you on Sunday. Picking up his stuff along with me working on his son’s gun would buy me the time I needed.
So Saturday the 16th, I spent most of the day into the night creating this poster board showing all who donated to this cause-
Im going to end this first post with another big THANK YOU to all shown on the poster board!
