Dervburner 2,548 Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 Landed on the doormat this morning. My variation back, with free slots for fac air plus moderator. I’m pretty much set on a crown, but open to any suggestions please. Quote Link to post
philpot 4,942 Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 I am a massive FX fan and prefer the Impact but as long as it's FX, you will have a cracker and the Crown would be on my wish list if I was getting a .22fac although the Wildcat is as well, just the bloody mags....... Go and spend some dosh and enjoy whatever you decide on. Phil 1 Quote Link to post
villaman 9,983 Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 FX fan myself now , never use to be crown can be a bit long impact has more adjustability and shorter wildcat nice and short but only 8 shot mag and not that adjustable dream line can be interchangeable to make it in the gun you want , so best of the other three and they have come out with a plenum , which is real good apparently My choice would be impact mk2 with the bigger plenum , which is standard now. With this you can shoot light pellets to heavy slugs in .22 3 Quote Link to post
Dervburner 2,548 Posted February 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) 34 minutes ago, villaman said: FX fan myself now , never use to be crown can be a bit long impact has more adjustability and shorter wildcat nice and short but only 8 shot mag and not that adjustable dream line can be interchangeable to make it in the gun you want , so best of the other three and they have come out with a plenum , which is real good apparently My choice would be impact mk2 with the bigger plenum , which is standard now. With this you can shoot light pellets to heavy slugs in .22 Yeah, I was wondering about the dreamline, I’ve seen one as a bullpup with carbon bottle. Don’t know anything about them though? On https://www.guntrader.uk/guns/air-rifles/fx/pre-charged-pneumatic/22/dreampup-carbon-bottle-191119121305007 edit to say, I know this one is 12ft lb, but I assume they will be available on section 1 Edited February 10, 2020 by Dervburner Quote Link to post
villaman 9,983 Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 Yep they do them in FAC cocking leaver is back to much for my liking 2 Quote Link to post
Dervburner 2,548 Posted February 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 12 hours ago, villaman said: Yep they do them in FAC cocking leaver is back to much for my liking Yes, I’d noticed that Quote Link to post
Dervburner 2,548 Posted February 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 Well I’ve just had a look at a the latest impact, it’s got a new design magazine. I was impressed by how quiet it is on max power. A nice hogue grip and a new type plenum chamber. Seems like a good tool, but I don’t know if I can get past the looks. I enquired about a section 1 crown. Apparently ASI aren’t the importers anymore, I was told it’s sportsman that have taken fx on. Don’t if that’s a good thing or a bad thing? Quote Link to post
villaman 9,983 Posted February 11, 2020 Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Dervburner said: Well I’ve just had a look at a the latest impact, it’s got a new design magazine. I was impressed by how quiet it is on max power. A nice hogue grip and a new type plenum chamber. Seems like a good tool, but I don’t know if I can get past the looks. I enquired about a section 1 crown. Apparently ASI aren’t the importers anymore, I was told it’s sportsman that have taken fx on. Don’t if that’s a good thing or a bad thing? I never liked the look of the impact , but after handling one and shooting one , my mind changed very quickly. Tony at ASI has been very good to me , but sportingmangun have taken order of 900 guns in the past week and a bit and they will be at the shooting show over the weekend . 1 Quote Link to post
Dervburner 2,548 Posted February 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 25 minutes ago, villaman said: I never liked the look of the impact , but after handling one and shooting one , my mind changed very quickly. Tony at ASI has been very good to me , but sportingmangun have taken order of 900 guns in the past week and a bit and they will be at the shooting show over the weekend . Yes, by the time I got home the shop had left me a message on my answerphone saying that section 1 .22 crowns should be available in about a week. I haven’t phoned them back yet for details. Quote Link to post
philpot 4,942 Posted February 11, 2020 Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 I have had the Impact for over three years and from the day I first tried it on the range I fell in love with the gun in terms of shooting the Impact. It's never going to win any prizes for looks and I don't like military style rifles BUT the handling is something quite different to any other gun.......................................................try one and you will be hooked. Phil 1 Quote Link to post
Dervburner 2,548 Posted February 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 Just now, philpot said: I have had the Impact for over three years and from the day I first tried it on the range I fell in love with the gun in terms of shooting the Impact. It's never going to win any prizes for looks and I don't like military style rifles BUT the handling is something quite different to any other gun.......................................................try one and you will be hooked. Phil I was impressed when I handled one today Phil. I handled a dreamline in synthetic and dreamlite and also a crown for comparison. These were all 12ft lb guns, only the impact was fac, I asked about an fac crown and it’s looking like a week or so if I wanted to order one. I’ll phone them back for more details on that, probably tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to post
villaman 9,983 Posted February 11, 2020 Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 Go for the impact .22 best .22 FAC air imho 1 Quote Link to post
Dervburner 2,548 Posted February 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 1 hour ago, villaman said: Go for the impact .22 best .22 FAC air imho This impact has got me thinking vm. Do you know anything about these new impact mags, they’re huge, I think he said 30 rounds? You take the clear cover off to load, just drop them in. No spring tension that I could see, looks like a D shaped centre boss that drives the unit? Quote Link to post
philpot 4,942 Posted February 11, 2020 Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 Thats about it. I know the .25 is 26 shot and I did consider getting one but the price was sooooooo high, I will stick to my two 16 shot mags. The Mk11 Impact is a cracking piece of kit and I would love to upgrade to one but it is not going to happen. Phil 1 Quote Link to post
Dervburner 2,548 Posted February 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, philpot said: Thats about it. I know the .25 is 26 shot and I did consider getting one but the price was sooooooo high, I will stick to my two 16 shot mags. The Mk11 Impact is a cracking piece of kit and I would love to upgrade to one but it is not going to happen. Phil Yeah, not cheap Phil. This is doing my head in now, starting to wish I hadn’t called in the shop should’ve got another slot for .25 as well, then have a crown and an impact but I didn’t do that for this very reason. 2 Quote Link to post
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