FX Royale 400 or AAS 510

[Scalf]

That sounds good. That is more like i was thinking. 2200 was the price he quoted.  Going to think about it real hard. Do u have to clean the barrels often?

[PlanB]

is your r400 regulated ? did you chech breech oring?

[PlanB]

it isnt much trouble to put a tissue over the breech where magazine goes and shoot, tissue shouldnt move. barrel cleaner might damage oring?

[Motorhead]

That sounds good. That is more like i was thinking. 2200 was the price he quoted.  Going to think about it real hard. Do u have to clean the barrels often?

Well ... there's that pellet/barrel thing 
The first barrel supplied with gun shot JSB 10.3's in just under 1/4" groups at 30 yards, but Die A Crosman box 10.5's 20/30% tighter so i stuck with that barrel near 2 years until running out of Crosman 10.5's it liked best 

Wanting to shoot the JSB 10.3's opted to buy a fresh LW blank hoping it would be better than the original barrel ?
* BTW original barrel was no slouch !! ... competitive shooters always want more !!

Second barrel after fitting, lapping etc ... was the ticket with the JSB's delivering nearly Hole In Hole accuracy at the same range.

[Scalf]

I gave 215 dollars for a Marmot Militia  hammer forged  barrel and it shoots really good. How much is a barrel for a FX Royale. Anyone know?

[mwbutcher]

Owned two FX rifles .... "owned" & no longer do.
Too fussy, too inconsistent & pellet picky.

What did you end up with to replace them? 

The FX 400 got replaced with a RAW TM-1000
The FX T12 Whisper with a BSA Scorpion

Much nicer & better handling & shooting guns ... IMO

Thanks for the info.  I have been looking at the tm_1000 as well and wondered what you did.  So far my 400 .22 is perfection but I may to another direction for .25??

[mr.grimm]

I gave 215 dollars for a Marmot Militia  hammer forged  barrel and it shoots really good. How much is a barrel for a FX Royale. Anyone know?

A direct fit one from AOA is about $225.00 if I remember right.

[Scalf]

Not cheap but not too bad a price.

[Scalf]

Finally  got time to shoot FX 500 after cleaning  lead from barrel. Didn't  have as steady place to shoot as i do at home but shot 5 five shot groups at 52 yds that went from .26 inch to .64 inch CTC. Maybe barrel lapping needs to be done now that i found out why accuracy went away.

[Wildcatter]

If you're getting .26 CTC at 50, you should be able to put down a sub 1" group at 100 yards with the right conditions...good luck!

[Scalf]

Hope it Don't  lead up the barrel  again. I dont have any place to shoot 100 yds tis i get back home.

[Wildcatter]

Hope you report your results when you get back home on your 100 yard group...

[Scalf]

Sighting  errors and wind affect the groups at 100 much more than they do at 50 yds.  A .5 inch group doesn't  equate  to 1.0 inch group at 100 due to other factors but 1MOA at 100 is possible because people do it. I don't  know if me or my FX 500 is capable of 1 MOA at 100.

[Wildcatter]

I'll say it again, if you're getting .26 ctc, you can get a sub 1 inch group at 100.  You just need the conditions to be right.  I didn't mention wind, altitude or temperature, either as I assumed that would be understood when attempting a sub 1 incher at 100.

[robertr]

 As long as the pellet fly's as true to 100 as it does to 50 a sub 1' group should be doable.

[Scalf]

I will try. Hunting for a 100 yd range in Nashville.

[TunedAccuracy]

I think most of you are pretty well having a discussion with a guy complaining about accuracy, who may need glasses or can't shoot consistently accurate on paper.

One of the giveaways was one of his last posts to this thread about how" Oh Didn't  have as steady place to shoot as i do at home but shot 5 five shot groups at 52 yds that went from .26 inch to .64 inch"

How in the world are you going to test accuracy of a gun that can clearly outshoot you and then tell everyone that you didn't have a steady place to shoot therefore the gun must be defective.....but you were still testing accuracy " without a steady place to shoot . What sense does that make? There is nothing wrong with that gun.

[TunedAccuracy]

As long as the pellet fly's as true to 100 as it does to 50 a sub 1' group should be doable.

Only in dead calm. 0 wind. Do you have any idea how uncommon that is? The slightest puff of wind on an 885 FPS 18 grain jsb 100 yards down range can easily move/deflect poi 1 inch, or more,  to the outside of an otherwise nice grouping. Result : Instead of sub MOA you end up with ,,,,,,not even MOA.

[triggertreat]

The problem you are having is that you are use to the accuracy of the MMHF barrel in the .22 Mrod and nothing else will do now.  I'm wanting to get a Mrod in .25 cal too but if is not as accurate, I will be disappointed like you.

I really don't think you will find any other gun that will shoot any more accurate than your .22 Mrod.  You can spend more money and get lighter, shorter or prettier that's all.  You could just get a Mrod in .25 cal and put a Jim Gaska MMHF barrel on it and be done.

[Scalf]

Quigly,how many forums have you been banned from for making ugly post like that. Maybe u don't  understand the purpose of this forum. Post like yours serves no purpose.