Page 5 of 8 - FX Airguns Impact M4 Reviews

Almost Everything, very nice, well manufactured, solid, lots of options, accurate, lots of add on available.

A wider clip to accommodate longer slugs would be great. Also this gun like others with circular clips are prone to mis loads that can jamb the slug cockeyed between the clip and barrel. Once this happens and you can't finesse it loose; cutting the clip in half is the only option to clear it. (As far as I can figure) IF it had a slightly loose loading pin with a slightly rounded loading end that would allow pushing the slugs dished end into the barrel even if it is slightly crooked. As it is now; if the slug is on an angle the flat end of the pin catches the inside of the dished end of the slug and trys to force it in. Lead is soft and instead of self centering it attempts to force it in. Come on FX or a add on manufacturer: give us an upgrade please.

Great gun, just baby the loading, especially the shorter, stubby slugs.

ACCURACY is unbelievable. . Trigger? Unbelievable. . .smoothest on the market. Cocking . . . .Smooth as silk. Magazine loading. . .easy as Pie. Yeah, I like it all. . .

This is going to sour a lot of folks, but This is my first AR style gun. . . My personal opinion is that the AR gun style is pathetic, worthless, cumbersome, ill fitting, and I am totally NOT impressed. With the above said, it is NOT a negative thing on the gun, because a lot of folks like that kind of stock/gun. I just wish it had a normal stock that fit up against me like a real gun. Thus. . .a choice of stock would be nice. I do understand such a choice would be difficult because of how the gun is loaded.

No choice.. you had BETTER purchase an extended female air extension to fill it up.
If you don't, you will find yourself with very little grip to remove the filler. My fingers
are way to big for a normal size female filler attached to this gun.

This gun has a floating barrel. . .do NOT touch it when shooting.. . .or forever hold your peace.
This gun is quiet. . .extremely quiet.

This gun shoots JSB exact at about 860fps for around the best accuracy. Out of the box, this
gun was set at 940fps. At 60 yards, that was about a 3 to 3.5 inch CTC. I dialed it down to
860fps, and the accuracy improved to less than 1 inch at 60 yards, and sometimes less than
1/2 inch if I bit my tough just right.

Yes, the gun is expensive, but it is well worth the money. Longevity is yet to be seen. I have
only put about 3 tins through this gun so far.

The gun has the power, its accurate, the fact that you can adjust the power without going inside the gun. I have the 25 cal with a 600 mm barrel and its quite with the silencer. I can stretch it out to 1100 fps so thats more than enough power.

As always "THE PRICE" $2100.00 is pretty steep for a gun but then again hobbies can get to be expensive.

Took me some time to figure out this gun, but I also got help from a pyramyd rep. They should tell you that the 1st reg is for power and the 2nd reg is for shot count. The 1st reg will go up and down until the gun settles. I have my 1st reg set @ 160, the 2nd reg set @ 120, valve adjuster on line 4, micro on 3.5 and the hammer spring micro set on 8 and i'm getting 955 avg fps and 3.5 mags before I have to air back up, and I have the 600 mm barrel. For this gun in 25 cal with a 600 mm barrel it will do 1100 fps but I don't need that much power for what I hunt/shoot. Glad to know that I have the extra power though if needed.

Very good gun! I haven't done a lot of tuning yet, just lightened the hammer spring to get the fps lower for H & N 18 grain pellets. seem as though it would be very easy to tune further if you wanted to. It shoots very well for me.

A second included magazine would be nice and of course a lower price.

This is a very good, accurate rifle. The included hard case is very nice. I have an ATN 5 to 20 X-Sight 4K Pro day/night vision scope on mine. This is a very large scope, which the included hard case can handle, but when you install the ABL laser rangefinder it makes the scope too large to be able to close the lid on the case.

The ability to quickly change tunes is great. Large capacity magazine. Large shot count per fill.

Offer the .177 with a 600mm barrel, not a 500mm barrel in a 600mm shroud.

I have the Impact M3 in .177. So far I'm not impressed with the accuracy. Every H&N pellet I have (Baracuda Match, Hunter, Hunter Extreme) and the JSB Beast 16.2 gr. will not group well at 32 yards. All of the previously named pellets are lasers in my .177 AV Avenger.

I've wasted 3 tins of Beast trying different speeds/tunes to no avail. I have some JSB Hades, Monster and Monster redesigns on order. If they don't group well then it's a wash for the .177 and pellets.

NSA 12.5 gr at 977 fps group about a nickel size 50 yards. Maybe the M3 will be slug only until I can get a caliber change kit in .22 or .25

I posted a head to head match up with my .177 Avenger and the .177 Impact shooting JSB Beast. The Avenger can and does shoot better but aiming for the small red dot was difficult due to lens flare.

That its finally on its way!! waiting 6-7 weeks to get and ship is nerve racking but saw its being picked and packed on my orders page! No one is around here and I had to say: WOOOHOOO! to someone! Will review with pics when it arrives

Be prepared to wait what seems like forever, Confirm the loan with Pyramyd Air after 3 weeks waiting so Affirm does not cancel and you have to reorder and wait longer (if you finance with Affirm)

This airgun platform is the swiss army knife of airguns. This airgun took a quantum leap forward, in innovation and versatility. I'm truly grateful to be able to own a tool of this caliber. Thank you FX for seeing into the future, and allowing us to experience it now. Keep up the great work. If your lucky enough to get a FX M3 IMPACT. I would grab it as fast as you can.

The only thing I would change, is the availability of accessories.

Send It!!!

Build quality, magazine capacity. Ease of tuning to desired velocity. Accuracy is excellent. Velocity consistency is excellent.

Nothing yet to report.

This is the finest rifle i own to date.

Well made rifle, beautiful fit and finish, it is expensive, everything for it is expensive, it is accurate, hope it lasts a long time, it is extremely adjustable which may frustrate some, having a chrony is a must.

The cost of rifle and its accessories, they are nice but costly!

I think the only thing this rifle can't do is launch a .50 cal. Slug

Accurate and powerful. Mine is the .30 cal with the 700mm superior barrel. Not exactly sure of shot count on minimum, but you can't see fill gauge move unless you shoot at least 10 shots and it still shoots 1/4" groups at 50 on minimum. And at 675 fps at min, that's still 45 ft/lbs. On max setting it shoots through 2x4's. This gun is amazing.

Honestly, can't think of a thing other than the $2050 price tag, but that seems to be the going rate for guns of this type.

Be prepared to wait. I waited over 3 months, having placed a bronze, .25, 600mm gun on order. Then one day I seen 2 black, .030, 700mm in stock and ordered that instead. So if you're sitting around waiting, try searching everday for what they actually have in stock.