Well, I am officially an FX fan boy! This post is just an account of my real world experience with using an FX rifle as a tool first and as a toy second. I had a major infestation of ground squirrels on my property that gave me an "excuse" to buy an FX Dreamline GRS in .22 I went to war all summer and as of last week my score is 52 squirrels and one fox that was trying to eat one of our young barn cats! and of course our chickens.
After around 45 kills I had zero squirrels on my 5 acres but there were still a few on my neighbors place and eventually some decided to have selective memory in regard to theirs buddies taking dirt naps and crossed the front lines for round two! The rifle is an absolute joy to shoot! Gave me zero issues and was surprisingly a real work horse. I just kept her clean, ran some patches through the barrel about every 150 shots. I worked the Helix scope as well. Zero is @35 yards with turret markers for 45, 55, and 65. Odd distances but I took my range finder and those were the most common distances from my shooting positions from various "cover". I shot targets as well all summer and the scope never lost zero. I am very pleased. Most kills were around 45-50 yards. I did take a couple squirrels at 60 yards! I used JSB 15.89 Hades and they punch hard! Now that it is finally cooling down I look forward to trying some of the shooting challenges. If anyone has any questions about my setup feal free to ask.
Stay safe out there.
After around 45 kills I had zero squirrels on my 5 acres but there were still a few on my neighbors place and eventually some decided to have selective memory in regard to theirs buddies taking dirt naps and crossed the front lines for round two! The rifle is an absolute joy to shoot! Gave me zero issues and was surprisingly a real work horse. I just kept her clean, ran some patches through the barrel about every 150 shots. I worked the Helix scope as well. Zero is @35 yards with turret markers for 45, 55, and 65. Odd distances but I took my range finder and those were the most common distances from my shooting positions from various "cover". I shot targets as well all summer and the scope never lost zero. I am very pleased. Most kills were around 45-50 yards. I did take a couple squirrels at 60 yards! I used JSB 15.89 Hades and they punch hard! Now that it is finally cooling down I look forward to trying some of the shooting challenges. If anyone has any questions about my setup feal free to ask.
Stay safe out there.
