FX Is the FX King a step forward or backward?

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Humdinger said:
After considering the FX King it is my opinion that it is a step backward from the Crown in several respects. Is it really necessary to have both manometers angled on what is supposed to be a traditional stock rifle? It has three negative points against it for me. I'm left handed and the manometers are on the opposite side. They make the King wider taking up extra space in a gun safe. It's like a 400 lb. passenger in the middle seat on an airplane. The edges of the gauges are a hazard for scratching wood stocks standing next to it in a safe. A tactical design FX Impact or Panthera with an angled manometer doesn't look as strange as a wood stocked King with two manometers sticking out of the side. It makes the King look "Rube Goldberg-ish". The King stock has a truncated fore end which is less attractive than a Crown stock with a proportional length fore end.

Sometimes manufacturers go too far off the deep end trying to be unique and ground breaking with new designs. My guess is the Kalibrgun Argus with its square barrel shroud hasn't sold well with it's quirky shape. The FX King might appeal to some but it's hermaphrodite looking and a step backwards from the Crown it evolved from. King lovers, sorry to tell you that your baby is ugly.
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I'm late to this party but I'm curious if a) your opinion still stands and b) if the difference in barrel rigidity is a meaningful factor that puts the King ahead?
 
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I returned my Dynamic after 3 warranty returns for service, virtually back to back. Relevance is it uses the same basic action. I liked the concept of the ability to make adjustments without disassembly, but how many problems does one accept before giving up on the gun?

I have a longer list of things I don't like about the Air Arms S510, but at least it is reliable. In my opinion, FX have fallen on their face with the latest products. Hopefully they will get things sorted but, sadly, I won't be buying any of them for the foreseeable future.
 
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nb28 said:
I'm late to this party but I'm curious if a) your opinion still stands and b) if the difference in barrel rigidity is a meaningful factor that puts the King ahead?
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My opinion still stands. I like air guns that look like guns. The Impacts have an AR15 vibe and so on. I'm sure the King is functionally fine but it looks like a Rube Goldberg contraption with the short fore end and the angular gauges. I'm an old goat and it took me a long time to warm up to bottle guns. Now I'm ok with them but the King just doesn't do anything for me aesthetically. Functionally it may be fine, I just don't want one. To me it's the Ford Edsel of PCPs.
 
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