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Rob 25cal
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Shooting the FX impact left handed
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May 12, 2021, 08:36:42 PM »
I was watching videos of people shooting the FX impact. But never see lefty’s shooting them. Is there lefty’s out there shooting them??? If so how do you like them?
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Re: Shooting the FX impact left handed
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May 12, 2021, 10:16:04 PM »
I had no problem shooting mine south paw. Many do. I preferred the cocking lever on the right.
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Re: Shooting the FX impact left handed
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May 12, 2021, 11:47:48 PM »
I do. There are pluses and minus like most things. I held off on buying an Impact for several years because of no left-hand option offered by FX unless wanting to spend on what I thought was an overpriced aftermarket option.
After purchasing an Impact II, I found the cocking to have a near zero or very minimum cocking effort, and had a forward cocking lever that made a world of difference from my rear cocking airguns. So, with this, while bench or offhand shooting, I prefer the right-hand cocking level now for speed shooting or just cocking without removing my left hand from the grip. Plus, everything is on the right side to see clearly, like loading the Side-Shot magazine and viewing the pressure gauge, swapping out the bolt probe and loosening the barrel screw for swaps to different calibers. Now I am not sure how I would like a left-handed cocking lever.
I guess the minus would be having to press the stock up against my shoulder using the grip when offhand shooting for support when cocking and not being able to just use my right hand to support the forward frame. I have become use to not doing that, but YMMV.
The good news is that the new M3 Impact does now come with a swappable cocking lever, so they finally listened, but I do not believe I would use that option now.
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Re: Shooting the FX impact left handed
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May 13, 2021, 03:43:49 PM »
I don't mind the cocking lever on the right but the one time I tried to shoot an impact I could not get my head behind the scope due to the magazine. The owner of the rifle may have put the scope too far back for me to use. But I still do not plan to ever own an impact. That magazine is in the way for a left hand shooter, at least this one. A magazine in the face is just not a good thing. Maybe if you put the scope far enough forward and push your face forward you can make it work. But I don't want to have to get in an un-natural position to be able to shoot.
Crown seems like it will be fine.
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Re: Shooting the FX impact left handed
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May 13, 2021, 07:11:11 PM »
You can just get a left side cheek rest the mag is low enough not to be an issue for me anyways. The owner of FX is a lefty, lots of footage of him shooting one on YouTube.
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Re: Shooting the FX impact left handed
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May 17, 2021, 01:16:33 AM »
Thanks for all the info. The mag on the left side was my main concern but now hearing that it is no problem, it might be time to go shopping.
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May 17, 2021, 09:45:06 PM »
I agree the owner of FX shoots from the left. I'm not sure I've seen him shooting the Impact but I've seen him shooting FX guns without issue. But for me, the magazine is an issue. Maybe my head is too big. I think a Crown will work better for me.
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Re: Shooting the FX impact left handed
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May 17, 2021, 11:55:32 PM »
I don't have an Impact, but I do have a gen1 Wildcat that I bought used. I'm a lefty, so I bought an ambi cheekrest for it. Because the weight balances in my left hand, cocking it with my right is no big deal. But I do profoundly hate the location of the safety, all the way back and on the right side. I can't imagine it's in a good location for anyone. I would love to see an aftermarket linkage that would move the control forward of the trigger and available for my right hand.
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