FX Seeking FX regulator advice/opinions.
- By techna
- PCP Airguns
- 7 Replies
A little while ago I picked up a quite clean first generation .22 Wildcat for a song. As it turns out, I really like the thing and find it more comfortable to shoot than my Impact M3. Because I don’t have a lot of money in it and because I’m a tinkerer at heart, I’ve decided to take a chance turn it into something unique. Part of my plans include converting it into sort of a bottle version, have I’ve acquired the parts to do so and the lathe work has already begun. I’m shortening and internally threading the original air cylinder and have made a double male adapter to mount the BT bottle adapter to it. The bottle adapter has an Amp reg in it and the existing air cylinder of course has the internal stock FX regulator and spacer in the rear of the tube. The existing regulator has always been consistent and the recharge rate is nearly instantaneous. Given that some folks delete a regulators on some guns, I’m wondering if I should bother with utilizing both. I’m debating removing the back regulator and utilizing the front regulator only for the ease of adjustability. Is this even a good idea? My Impact doesn’t seem to recharge nearly as quickly (though plenty fast for a follow-up shot but I’m not sure if that’s a characteristic of the multi regulator setup or of the Amp regulator altogether. Any input on this from the FX knowledgeable?