FX 30 cal Hybrid will not fit in FX magazine.

[drumie]

I just received my 30 cal Hybrid slugs the other day. I tried shooting them today and found out that they won't fit in the Impact magazine.

The top picture is with the factory magazine. I can load them up and get them into the gun but the magazine would not always index with them. The bottom picture is with the Sideshot magazine. I could not load a fully loaded magazine into the gun because it was too wide.

Has anyone else had these issues?

 

[Odoyle]

That's rather disturbing to know however not as bad as the included FX Crown magazines not fitting into their corresponding new guns' breeches at all or 357 Impacts not being able to reliably index a freshly loaded magazine of JSBs.

 

[drumie]

I really think FX made a mistake in the design of the Impact by not allowing more room in the magazines for longer slugs. I am sure when they 1st designed it that they were not planning on 30 and 357 slugs for it. 

 

[Digger25]

in my Best oak island narrator voice “Could it be FX should send a file with the hybrids and a fatter magazine” next week on FX how to make it fit and have a treasure MOA at 100 yards.

 

[Digger25]

I bet it is same on my 30 dreamline classic well that sucks

 

[RatSniper]

The .30 Cal 44.5 gr Hybrids will only fit the FX Side Shot mags...they will not fit the original Side Shot or factory 'normal' capacity magazines.

The slot that is milled into the top plate of the FX Side Shot mag accounts for the additional length that can be loaded into the magazine with reliable function.



The FX Side Shot mag can accommodate a slug up to .432" in length but in my extensive testing of various lengths the most reliable length for zero feeding issues is .425".

We have been running the .30 Cal 44.5 gr Hybrids between .418" - .422" just to be safe and to ensure customers do not have any feeding issues.

I batch test every barrel prior to packaging and I have not experienced any feeding issues at all.

Hope that helps answer any questions you guys may have

 

[IraLite]

Maybe that's next on the list, Impact larger breech kits and revised mags. Seems doable, just a few parts. .45cal Impact, 900mm barrel... (lol ok maybe not 900mm)



Been a rat sniper fan for awhile. Griffin slugs remind me alot of rat snipers even the customer service.

 

[drumie]

I didn't even know that FX came out with a new magazine. I just went on to Utah Air to see it. I guess I will need to buy one of them. It just sucks that they don't work well in all of the magazines. I do have one of the eagle vision mags that I can try. I didn't try them in that mag yet.

 

[Leatherman]

Hmm anyone know if they will work in the Wildcat, Maverick, crown magazines?

 

[ctshooter]

Hey man I got some cool .30 FX slugs for my FX gun. Oh, wait, WTF - awe hell man they don't fit. Nice job FX - but wait this looks like an opportunity to make money selling people new magazines. 

 

[Jayson]

New plastic mags yes, original aluminum mags no, but they shoot good! Oh my! Do they shoot!

 

[Ydunn.223]

I will be watching this one,will the slugs be made shorter probably not.

 

[Odoyle]

Do the new PLASTIC FX MAGAZINES have enough meat to mill a nose channel for the slugs in question? To add more clearance that is... And/or additionally mill a tail channel in the clear cover as well? You know how like they do for Marauder mags to fit longer Polymags?

 

[drumie]

Odoyle, I believe that is what they did to get more room in the "new" FX mags. I am going to order one to try it. Also, I checked to see if the slugs would fit in the Eagle Vision mags. They do fit with room to spare. But I haven't checked it for function yet. I will report back after I try it out.

 

[drumie]

Ok now I am confused. On Utah Air website under the "New" FX MKII side-shot magazine it say *IF YOU ARE SHOOTING SLUGS OR HEAVY PELLETS WE WOULD RECCOMEND THE ORIGINAL SIDE-SHOT ALUMINUM MAG. LINK BELOW. That doesn't match up with what Rat Sniper said earlier on this post. So what is it I wonder????

 

[Digger25]

could it Be mass confusion before the mic drop or is it a marketing ploy or was the cart put before the horse ,the dog won’t hunt or come on man...... wait lets go build a maverick but hey we gotta figure out this mag issue ,no no we have to build the maverick , bring those parts off your desk but but !!!!

 

[RatSniper]

The FX MkII mags have been out for over a year and is what ships with an Impact...it's been that way for a long time as far as I know. The easiest way to tell what mag you have is to just look at the clear cover - the MkII mags have a slot milled into it.

The original aluminum Side Shot I have in .30 Cal will not fit the Hybrids but that mag is over two years old & they may have made design changes to it since then.

I don't know about the Crown or Wildcat mags - I don't have either one of those.

When the .30 Cal 39.5 gr Hybrid is released it will fit the original mags. It was designed for lower powered or short barreled Airguns so the velocity can still be very high.

 

[Airgun-hobbyist]

Ok now I am confused. On Utah Air website under the "New" FX MKII side-shot magazine it say *IF YOU ARE SHOOTING SLUGS OR HEAVY PELLETS WE WOULD RECCOMEND THE ORIGINAL SIDE-SHOT ALUMINUM MAG. LINK BELOW. That doesn't match up with what Rat Sniper said earlier on this post. So what is it I wonder????

I believe this is because the new magazine's, molded of plastic, are a larger diameter and allow the slugs to shift and flip due to slug shape versus pellet shape. UA exchanged mine last year because of the issue and now advertise the correct magazine to purchase. It may have been resolved by FX by now too, but who knows. The end user (knowing what he or she intends to shoot for ammo) out of the Impacts should buy accordingly, but new user's are probably going to be buying blind. 

 

[Pickzilla]

Guess what. The .30 FX barely fit into the uragan's mags, but wont cycle cuz they drag. 

Unfortunate, because they are absolute lasers at 80 ft lbs from the Uragan,

 

[Digger25]

Dammit pickzilla there goes Christmas as I can’t shoot these outta uragan stab me with a spoon, but wait what about that Vixen hmmmmm