Manufacture defect on M3 Picatinny Rail

[jerrymail]

Jerry, sorry to hear about the defect.

If I could send a message to FX I'd tell them to put all of their engineers and machinists through a 1 year apprenticeship at an airgun manufacturing facility in Ukraine.

I had a MKI Wildcat. Sold it 2 weeks after receiving my first Taipan. Two totally different classes of workmanship.

More compromise from us, then worse we get.

 

[Scotchmo]

Not really a manufacturing defect. Is it a functional aspect? Often there is a general note “ break all sharp edges”. Someone may have gotten a little sloppy. More of a cosmetic QC issue in my opinion.

Thank you for the comments. Yes, this is a defective part.

If it is within tolerance then it will pass QC and if it functions as required, then it is not defective.

 

[Scotchmo]

this is not just a cosmetic issue. mine arrived like this as well and the scope was tilted 1mm to the left

I would consider that very good as many airguns are farther out than that. That is easily corrected by rotating the scope in the rings.

 

[orion]

It's the latest trend in rails, you got now a rail with dual 20 MOA, one in the windage adjustment too. 

 

[Hynzie]

im a fan of FX ,i have 2 of their airguns with a M3 COMPACT due soon ,,how hard would it be for them to make it right ,i gotta believe all the little defects corners cut ,had to be O KAYED by the owners,not good if you cant even make the gun symmetric

 

[Scotty1]

That’s pretty lame, that would dampen that new gun feeling for me too. The finish on my crown block is kinda blotchy, but only I would see it. To be told that’s within specs is shameful at this level. Pride? Apparently not so much….

 

[knifemaker]

No Kid'n! I wanted a new Impact and couldn't find one at the time. I ordered my #2 choice and was told by many that the Uragan was a superior product right out of the box. Still I was disappointed. UNTIL Ii took it completely apart. Fantastic engineering and design, and truly fine machining and finish. but how did it shoot? Dead nuts accurate with my hand cast slugs and factory jsb pellets. Never does it change impact points. Nor does it have to be babied. A master piece to say the least!

The term Built like a tank seems to fit many of the Eastern Euro. guns. Seems FX should wake up and pay a little more attention. 

Knife

 96 yards 5 shots, 1/4" ctc with my hand cast hp slugs. 1015 fps 38 gr. And that is turned down with the Huma reg. Factory reg. was 930 fps. for 73 fpe. With the Huma I have had it over 100 fpe, in .25 cal. 

Knife 

 

[Deleted member 33063]

this is not just a cosmetic issue. mine arrived like this as well and the scope was tilted 1mm to the left

Exactly the same location as mine! Looks like it is not a rare defective on M3. How FX response for your issue?

their response was i did something to mess it up.and then my response was that they shouldnt sell me an impact in the first place.. i now sold both my impacts and ordered a daystate delta wolf

Wow, I'm sorry to know these. they even blamed you for the defective parts? Is that a formal response from FX-USA customer service? Or from some technician?

if it was FX-USA they would help me straight away. unfortunately i live oversees.. never going back to that guy

 

[jerrymail]

Not really a manufacturing defect. Is it a functional aspect? Often there is a general note “ break all sharp edges”. Someone may have gotten a little sloppy. More of a cosmetic QC issue in my opinion.

Thank you for the comments. Yes, this is a defective part.

If it is within tolerance then it will pass QC and if it functions as required, then it is not defective.

Yes, looks like FX internal tolerance is much bigger than the customer. I just started shooting airgun since last year, still don't know too much about airgun industry. But this kind of defective rail will bring troubles to many shooters include me.