FX Impact 3D printed magazine

Hi guys, i made new magazine for FX Impact in .177 caliber (i will make one in 22 soon) and i would like to hear your opinions and suggestions about it. As i don't have FX Impact (yet ;-)) the one from the video is going to a friend in UK and he will test it and then we will have final results. This type can be done in .177 and .22 caliber (.25 and .30 are too big for the rotating wheel). It is 18 pellets magazine (the one in .22 will be 14 or 15).

When i finish the one in .22 i would appreciate if someone here is willing to test it and post us possibly short video of loading and putting it in the rifle. Few photos or videos of grouping would be very nice.

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https://youtu.be/OUM-vhzPZmc


 
That is an extremely clever looking concept, which might do less skirt damage than the "conventional" designs. I don't run an Impact, but I do have a laser and could zip out some transparent faceplates if you go into production.


Thanks STO, i don't know where this will end but at the moment i don't plan "serious" production. Everything began few months ago when i got my first PCP air rifle , Artemis P15. It is really great rifle but the magazines are rubbish, they produce lot of flyers. Being as i am, i could not stand still and took it on the table and started designing from zero. It is not something new, such magazines exist already but i really don't understand this tendention of air rifle producers to "back load" first pellet. I mean, some of them invest lot of money in rifle designs, even put some electronics in it (which i don't like) and in the end they give you the magazine you throw in the bottom of a drawer.While testing i found a group of great people on the FB having same problems with their P15. I solved my flyers in .22 caliber and made loading much easier. Most demanding pellet for transfer through magazine to loading chamber is .177 because of his thin pellet skirt and just today i got results from first few testers, imagine NO FLYERS and of course they were all happy to eliminate backward loading which can be pretty fussy in .177 caliber. How i came to FX Impact? Well i want that beauty for long time and in the end i will buy it so i wnted to be prepared :) . Basic principle of magazine design is the same, there should not be skirt damaging in either caliber (.177 and .22) and this little blocking notch is something that just blinked me in the moment of inspiration (when you are thinking about challenges subconsciously such thing happens :)) It is hard to design and check functionality without rifle in your hands, now i have to wait for 15 days to check if everything seats in the pace as it should. These are minor problems to solve (add 10th of mm here or there) but i won't print 22 version until i get confirmation that the dimensions are OK. I have a solution for indexing numbers , simple with positioned sticker on the back of the loading wheel and small window in the magazine cover.I made a single pellet loader for P15 which works great (you can see it in some of my latest videos on my You Tube channel) and i would like to make such one for Impact but for that i really need rifle in my hands. what are my plans? If everything goes well i will try to sell these magazines to the people at the shooting forums because they are best judges and testers . About price, i don't know, is the half price of the original one OK (It is time consuming to fit everything and clean prints and after that checking functionality few times) . Maybe even get few color combinations, what do you think?

Uh, i don't remember last time i made such a long post :)
 
I thought all the Impact magazines were the same physical size. Why would 25 and 30 caliber be too big to print? I would love to get a couple of these in 25. They make so much more sense than the originals. Great design. Keep us posted on test results.


Hi ncrary, there is very little place between barrel center and top of the magazine so i can't "round" the bigger pellets with material of rotating pellet wheel. I think that is not so important in .25 and 30. , these pellets have thick skirts and they are not so sensitive as .177. Only advantage would be the way of pellet loading but it is not so problematic with .25 and .30
 
Sorry guys, it was realy late night /early morning when i was making video, it 14 pellets magazine, not 15.

Ddark,

Design and functionality still has one up on the stock FX mag. Your mag carries the pellet into position with no slammimg on the back stop. Impact users who really care about accuracy will appreciate this design. Looking forward to shooting results on the .177 and .22 stock mag vs your mag.
 
.177 succesfuly passed testing by a friend in UK. Now playing with colors 😁

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