FX FX Impact M4 Won't Cock
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All he had to do was say he would include the good and bad.
So simple to get the support of the collective.
This is a horse to water metaphor
So simple to get the support of the collective.
This is a horse to water metaphor
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He often comes to the forums for help. You'd think a man in his position would be educating us not us him, yet here we are. What a wonderful worrrrrld.
-Matt
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At least he (Nate) puts the time in to produce content on a consistent regular basis. It’s entertaining and I appreciate it because not many out there do this anymore. Kind of the same with Rick eutsler. I am often surprised the details he doesn’t know about the gun in his videos but he does it regularly and consistently and I appreciate that. 
I had the same issue, and I wanted to tackle the problem myself. It looks like FX milled the magnet hole too deep in the reloading block and the top rail. The magnets have a small dab of super glue to retain them in place. Both of my magnets on the top rail came loose on the super glue, which then acted like a key tumbler to restrict the block from moving forward.
I reglued the magnets and applied epoxy to the tops of the magnets to fill the void, ensuring the magnets did not come back down within the void to restrict the movement.
Hopefully, FX will tighten its tolerances on these and send out replacement parts.
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Same way a professional driver can review a new car and understand zero about an internal combustion engine.
Nate is an out of the box style reviewer, not the typical custom built production rifle type we get so much of. I think it is great having somebody that isnt trying to make excuses for all the big money vendors by "reviewing" high end pcps with thousands worth of custom parts. If you think you can do a better job and provide us all with better free reviews/info I invite you to make your own channel and record your own videos. Competition drives innovation.
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Yeah ok it would be nice if he had some clue on a gun as far as tuning goes so we could get an opinion that way as well but it is what it is. Heck he has said it himself he didn't like do the reviews
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I hear you. Its crazy to me that anyone would buy something with as much tunability like an Impact and choose not to learn how to tune. But there are many thousands of pcp shooters that have no desire to bother with tuning and want something that works for them out of the box. Thats one of the reasons there are so many good pcp tuning services available, and the market supports it.
When I was younger and had lots of time to learn and no money there is no way I could understand a person that would choose to do things that way. But now that I am older and slightly wiser; I realize there are lots of people that have super limited free time, and put more value on their time than the money it cost to send their pcp off for a tune. Point being the out of the box style reviewers are a needed aspect of the pcp market/industry. And nobody knows everything about any one topic. So I have hard time faulting a guy for not knowing everything there is to know about a brand new to market pcp and asking for help. This forum has some real big names in the air gun industry with countless years of experience building/shooting/tuning/customizing everything. It makes sense when Nate has a question to ask around here, and if you noticed the issue is still pending.
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All the other perceived issues aside, I too, thought it refreshing to have Nate on occasion ask for help here on AGN. I believe it’s understood we “all” need help at one point or another…
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I don't think it has to do with magnets he said the hammer wasn't cocking or staying cocked but I could be wrong won't be first or the last time
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The magnets slip down into the lower area and restrict the entire assembly.
It could be another issue he's having, but from his photo, I'm assuming it's the same issue.
If the trigger mechanism weren't holding, the block would not stay open as the spring tension would overcome the magnets.
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Sorry a little slow today I remember reading about the magnets falling inside after I read ur post
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