Anyone seen this new FX King passing by yet ?
Have just these next 2 photos. Can 't find any additional info at the moment.
Have just these next 2 photos. Can 't find any additional info at the moment.
FX New FX model – Is the FX King a Panthera in disguise ?
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look like cheap version of that line with expensive wood stock ..so maybe like m3 top maverick med dram low ,,panther top express medium/top this line medium low depend of configuration of stock ?
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Looks like a heavy weight Crown to me.
Looks like it. Plenum over barrel. Yes, those stocks are heavy, plenum in front probably alters balance a little. But might help balance with a heavier stock.
I reckon this is the replacement for the Crown. Something very hard to improve on. But if you want to shoot long range, this would be a good ticket. I just dont understand why people don't get a rimfire or something if they're going to do that.
I reckon this is the replacement for the Crown. Something very hard to improve on. But if you want to shoot long range, this would be a good ticket. I just dont understand why people don't get a rimfire or something if they're going to do that.
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I doubt that they have made a significant change, if they stay on the old basis it will be a disappointment
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Like many of us predicted (not that it was hard to see coming 
) the Dynamic has made it to the Crown style rifles. I kind of like it, although not sure I would choose one over the smaller versions.
) the Dynamic has made it to the Crown style rifles. I kind of like it, although not sure I would choose one over the smaller versions.Upvote 0
Lot of reasons for not getting a rimfire ammo cost and rimfire is louder as well it would also cost you a tax stamp as well if your going to make a rimfire as quiet as a air rifle
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No, hadn't seen the King. Like it! Like it very much - but then a nice stock would always turn my head 
Not in the market for another airgun, I will be watching this one though. If the numbers/performance is good I might have to make some room in the gun cabinet. I do like the Dynamic block, been getting some incredibly consistent velocities, real low ES & SD.
Thanks for pointing the FX King out for us (I think
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Cheers!
Not in the market for another airgun, I will be watching this one though. If the numbers/performance is good I might have to make some room in the gun cabinet. I do like the Dynamic block, been getting some incredibly consistent velocities, real low ES & SD.
Thanks for pointing the FX King out for us (I think
).Cheers!
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There are a lot of us here who get some form of satisfaction, thrill, novelty whatever from the fact it is not a 22 rimfire. We like shooting air and the power as well.
Half the enjoyment of a hobby is the ability to lose our pragmatic and logical side and enjoy something just because it appeals to us.
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The Panthera/Dynamic platform is obviously very adaptable.
FX will milk it for every sale they can squeeze out of it. In the end you have a Panthera with a front bottle and a heavy stock with a new name and they will sell a bunch of them.
My Panthera is set up just like that minus the attractive and adjustable stock. Had a Crown MKII with the GRS stock. The stock did not work for me.
FX will milk it for every sale they can squeeze out of it. In the end you have a Panthera with a front bottle and a heavy stock with a new name and they will sell a bunch of them.
My Panthera is set up just like that minus the attractive and adjustable stock. Had a Crown MKII with the GRS stock. The stock did not work for me.
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No, hadn't seen the King. Like it! Like it very much...
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Thanks for pointing the FX King out for us (I think
Cheers!
Good for you if you can appreciate that new gun.
As for me, can t say i m swept away by the look of it, and neither by that 'barrel through plenum' concept. That latter part goes against every fibre in my being.
However ergonomically functional it may be, such GRS stock to my eyes is all but of esthetical elegance. I d rather hundred times over have a classic stock in my hands, than one such GRS on my wall. May perhaps suit the lying down shooters or bench shooters, but i do 90 % of my shooting 'free standing'.
If that 'King' is supposed to be the so called 'successor' for the Crown, then it s clearly but the next cow needing milking.
This thing doesn t stand any comparaison at all with the Crown.
This thing is all but a Crown-successor.
Curious to learn how much this gun 's weight will be adding up compared to Crown.
Merely guessing not that many hunters will gladly be carrying that load around.
Btw,
if i heard it right on one of our Dutch forums, Krale is planning launch next Wednesday.
I m told price tag would be over 2000€.
Let s see what Wednesday brings.
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I'm guilty of being too logical. Often.
But as mentioned earlier, this appears to be a bench or tripod gun. And that just ain't what my locale or region or preferences call for.
In my opinion, the Crown is king. I really think they out did themselves with that one. In a classical airgun role, even the short barrel mk1 will send pellets well over 900fps. Even with a wood stock, balances beautifully, and is even pleasurable to carry for hours thru the woods.
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Agree, it's not a Crown.
I don't think that anything can replace my .22/500mm Crown MK2 - it's the perfect pcp for my applications.
Despite my strong preference for traditional airguns like the HW100 and HW30S I've come to accept bottle-guns and can even appreciate a tactical style like my Panthera. Coming from a technical background I tend to accept new approaches and designs easily.
I do a lot of wood working (including making gun stocks) and like wood with a lot of character in the grain. Laminated stocks are interesting in a technical sort of way with how the laminate makes patterns like the contour lines on a topographic map.
I'm curious about the King as a new model probably for bench shooting. In looking at the stock it should balance the block/plenum/barrel nicely and the weight might make a stable off-hand shooter like the TX200.
We shall see.
Cheers!
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I wonder if they will come out with a synthetic stock and a walnut stock like the Crown. I liked my .22 380 barreled Crown with synthetic stock a lot. Shooting Hades and heavy pellets both well was a perfect hunting gun. This new King could be a good slug hunter.
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