Florida_Man
Well-known member
Please produce some new models without the liner barrels again.
Background:
My first PCP was an original Royale 400 22. It was incredible and I regret ever selling it. It was a simple design that was easy to work on. The only thing that reoccurred was the breech o-ring, about every 2500 pellets.
Earlier this year I purchased my 2nd FX, a Maverick Compact. Within two weeks of receiving it the valve bent and it needed a new block. I was happy with the warranty service, but concerned with the quality of my new rifle. Then I battled the POI shift issues. I tried a lot of things, but ultimately decided sinking more money into it to try and improve it wasn’t worth it. It was never going to be a reliable consistent rifle in my opinion. For hunting/pesting it was fine, but shooting bullseyes at 30y it wasn’t.
I bought a competitor brand and am happy with its more traditional design.
1) Make a new Royale type that is updated a bit and is shrouded solid barrel with a 1/2 unf. Cylinder and bottle options. The current walnut and synthetic stocks are perfect.
2) Make solid barrel options for the current rifles. You like giving options and making things interchangeable, give us that. You make good barrels, why not offer some alternatives? I know I’d love a Wildcat with a Lother Walther polygonal barrel.
I understand people have had great success with liners. I just feel they are missing a section of the market. Why not have a line for everyone? I don’t feel that it’s a step back offering something without the liner, and it shouldn’t be viewed that way.
Background:
My first PCP was an original Royale 400 22. It was incredible and I regret ever selling it. It was a simple design that was easy to work on. The only thing that reoccurred was the breech o-ring, about every 2500 pellets.
Earlier this year I purchased my 2nd FX, a Maverick Compact. Within two weeks of receiving it the valve bent and it needed a new block. I was happy with the warranty service, but concerned with the quality of my new rifle. Then I battled the POI shift issues. I tried a lot of things, but ultimately decided sinking more money into it to try and improve it wasn’t worth it. It was never going to be a reliable consistent rifle in my opinion. For hunting/pesting it was fine, but shooting bullseyes at 30y it wasn’t.
I bought a competitor brand and am happy with its more traditional design.
1) Make a new Royale type that is updated a bit and is shrouded solid barrel with a 1/2 unf. Cylinder and bottle options. The current walnut and synthetic stocks are perfect.
2) Make solid barrel options for the current rifles. You like giving options and making things interchangeable, give us that. You make good barrels, why not offer some alternatives? I know I’d love a Wildcat with a Lother Walther polygonal barrel.
I understand people have had great success with liners. I just feel they are missing a section of the market. Why not have a line for everyone? I don’t feel that it’s a step back offering something without the liner, and it shouldn’t be viewed that way.
!! And I second that Florida_man, I beg for a teardown on an air arms s510. All basically the same guns with different stocks and have been around for a long time now with Air Arms making small changes here and there. As for you fx people? Go get a real (British/American) gun.....I may have just started a war..... I prefer to shoot and adjust and shoot some more, not tinker, tinker, cry, shoot, spend more $$, tinker more and then sink into a deep gloom that maybe I shoulda bought something else.
we do have plans to do some more budget guns we did the Benjamin Akela this year which went down well we going to try to mix one in now and again 
