FX FX or other ?

[carlos_hathcock]

Do you want a simple grab-&-go rifle with few adjustments or engaging project with room for growth? Do you like traditional rifles with a beautiful wood stock & breech in front of your nose or does a skeletal bullpup with available accessories galore appeal to you? Do you want to hunt, shoot bench, compete, plink, or other? Will you shoot at 20 yards, 200 yards, or somewhere in between? How much power do you want/need? Between YouTube and this site you’ll find all the info to help.

My Impact M3 appears to have five adjustments, but I think it just really comes down to pressure and hammer spring tension, with the ability to limit valve travel after those two are set.

 

[spaana]

I followed Jerry52 advice about a year ago and acquired a Fx royale.wow what a rifle.thought about getting something else but don’t need to .this gun is perfect.bought it used .it is super accurate.i am a newbie.these rifles available for around 900$

My .22 Royale is my favorite gun, super accurate and with just enough adjustability to make it very versatile but uncomplicated.
Mine is in the shop right now though. I had a slight leak coming from the stock mounting bolt, which snapped while trying to change the oring, and then me in my wisdom also snapped a screw extractor in it trying to get it out. I gave up at this point.

 

[elh0102]

My .22 Royale is my favorite gun, super accurate and with just enough adjustability to make it very versatile but uncomplicated.
Mine is in the shop right now though. I had a slight leak coming from the stock mounting bolt, which snapped while trying to change the oring, and then me in my wisdom also snapped a screw extractor in it trying to get it out. I gave up at this point.

You dummy! I can say that because I've done many similar things. As you now know, that stock attaching piece has a small shaft that will not take a lot of torque. I loosen that to degas the plenum on my Royale, so I've replaced several of those O rings. It's small, and the high pressure will burn through it quickly. Apply just enough torque that it doesn't leak, and you're done.
I agree with your assessment of the Royale; simple, durable and very accurate.

 

[spaana]

You dummy! I can say that because I've done many similar things. As you now know, that stock attaching piece has a small shaft that will not take a lot of torque. I loosen that to degas the plenum on my Royale, so I've replaced several of those O rings. It's small, and the high pressure will burn through it quickly. Apply just enough torque that it doesn't leak, and you're done.
I agree with your assessment of the Royale; simple, durable and very accurate.

Yeah the problem was I never even got it undone to exchange the oring! The screw twisted and sheared off with little tension trying to remove it. I even pre heated it on the chance it had some thread locker. that job was very quickly over before it begun. Actually it continually went backwards as I proceeded.
But that was the first little leak in over 10 years, so no stress.

 

[athlon_oved]

FX Impact M4 shoots in one hole out of the box at 40 yards. I'd say all of them. .50" and less at 100yards. why would you want to purchase something else? the crap guns are starting to get more expensive while FX has been basically the same price for quite a number of years. The low and mid-tier are pricing themselves out of the market. why buy their junk when you are going to have to upgrade.

 

[SilentSquirrel]

My .22 Royale is my favorite gun, super accurate and with just enough adjustability to make it very versatile but uncomplicated.
Mine is in the shop right now though. I had a slight leak coming from the stock mounting bolt, which snapped while trying to change the oring, and then me in my wisdom also snapped a screw extractor in it trying to get it out. I gave up at this point.

If this were my problem to solve, I'd get a few of the screws from FX and also find a good air gun mechanic or machine shop that can get the sheared screw out
If that fails you would probably have to gift the Royale to me

Edward

 

[Airgun Al]

I'm sorry, I have read this response 3 times. I don't understand how your response indicates any malice from me regarding FX. This post was about an FX Impact as a first "high end" PCP for a newbie. I recommended against that particular platform for reasons I posted earlier, plus my 2 cents mentioning possibly better models / brands that might be more favorable for a new shooter moving up to more tier 1 level guns.

So, with this being the subject at hand, how exactly have I done the "exact opposite" ?

I simply meant that you were receiving a lot of pro FX replies, that are far from a "hit on FX" !

As for a newbie wanting to upgrade and seeking recommendations....
I would ask a few simple questions first :

1. Conventional style rifle or something more modern?
2. Second question would be his budget?

Once those 2 questions are out of the way, it becomes much easier to make a recomendation, in my opinion.

The new Notos ($250) and Zelos ($450) would be great for a newbie, if they were seeking a sub $450 , modern rifle.
The Avenger X , and FX DRS would be a great if he wanted a conventional style rifle, under $1000.
Since he is upgrading to a "TIER 1", than he probably is well prepared to spend over $1000.
That really opens the doors to options, including the many different FX models including a Impact M4, and the Dynamic/King/Panthera models..

 

[terry mc]

FX has done a great job floating to the front of the line when it comes to name recognition.
I own 2 and have owned 4 total.
That said there are so many different PCP guns that are just all excellent.
I have owned 2 pre-AirForce RAW's, 3 Air Arms, and now a Airmaks.

They have all been excellent shooters.
My 26 year old AirArms ProTarget shocked the hell out of me when I got it back from sealing and it shot just as good as my Crown that I use for 25 meter competition.

My Airmaks Katran SC has been a job to get tuned, but it is now a little 177 beast that shoots 8-9 fpe for 104 shots on a 250 bar fill on a 100cc tank.
And stacks pellets on top of each other at 22 yards.

My point is there is something for everyone is this sport and most are better shooters than the nuts that use them.

 

[elh0102]

Yeah the problem was I never even got it undone to exchange the oring! The screw twisted and sheared off with little tension trying to remove it. I even pre heated it on the chance it had some thread locker. that job was very quickly over before it begun. Actually it continually went backwards as I proceeded.
But that was the first little leak in over 10 years, so no stress.

That's really odd. It must have been either cross-threaded or had some strong locking compound applied. If it's the former, you might have to replace the action. Good luck with it. It's a rifle worth saving.

 

[jking]

FX has done a great job floating to the front of the line when it comes to name recognition.
I own 2 and have owned 4 total.
That said there are so many different PCP guns that are just all excellent.
I have owned 2 pre-AirForce RAW's, 3 Air Arms, and now a Airmaks.

They have all been excellent shooters.
My 26 year old AirArms ProTarget shocked the hell out of me when I got it back from sealing and it shot just as good as my Crown that I use for 25 meter competition.

My Airmaks Katran SC has been a job to get tuned, but it is now a little 177 beast that shoots 8-9 fpe for 104 shots on a 250 bar fill on a 100cc tank.
And stacks pellets on top of each other at 22 yards.

My point is there is something for everyone is this sport and most are better shooters than the nuts that use them.

Similar story here, I've owned 2 Marauders, 2 AirArms, AirForce Texan 357 (freebie), FX Wildcat, Cricket, FX Royal in 25 and 22, AGT Vulcan, Raw and a Regal XL.
Regret selling a couple of them but now I've been hanging on to a FX Impact 22/25 MKII, Crown 22/30 and a different Regal XL. All the previous guns were fair to great shooters but for some reason just got the bug to try something different.

 

[terry mc]

Similar story here, I've owned 2 Marauders, 2 AirArms, AirForce Texan 357 (freebie), FX Wildcat, Cricket, FX Royal in 25 and 22, AGT Vulcan, Raw and a Regal XL.
Regret selling a couple of them but now I've been hanging on to a FX Impact 22/25 MKII, Crown 22/30 and a different Regal XL. All the previous guns were fair to great shooters but for some reason just got the bug to try something different.

Yep the itch is a difficult thing.
Sometimes you regret changing.
I have had a few that I miss.
Others that shot well but were not what I was looking for at the time.