{"id":2628,"date":"2013-09-09T01:00:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/?p=2628"},"modified":"2017-03-17T11:02:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T18:02:36","slug":"fx-indy-is-this-the-ultimate-answer-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/fx-indy-is-this-the-ultimate-answer-part-ii.html","title":{"rendered":"FX Indy \u2013 Is this the ultimate answer? Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FX<\/a><\/p>\n

To get the Indy ready for shooting, first charge the air reservoir to 200 bar (not quite 3,000 psi) using a SCUBA tank or high pressure pump. Be sure to use the fitting that comes with the Indy because the male Foster fitting mounted on the Indy sits deeply in the hole in the stock and it can be difficult to get a grip on a normal (shorter) fill fitting. Alternatively, you can, of course, pump up the Indy using the on-board pump. I did this, and if I counted correctly, it took roughly 50 strokes on the on-board pump to get from empty to full charge. I don\u2019t have any good way of measuring the amount of effort that the pumping requires, but I would estimate it to be around 30 lbs.<\/p>\n

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The rotary magazine slides into the breech from the right hand side.<\/p><\/div>\n

Next, load the12-shot rotary magazine. To do that, first, rotate the clear plastic face plate counter-clockwise as far as possible. Now, while holding the face plate in position, flip the magazine over so you’re looking at the back side. You’ll see that a port has opened in the back of the magazine. Load a pellet backwards (tail first) into the port. This will lock the spring and keep the inner wheel from turning. Now, flip the magazine over and load the rest of the pellets by dropping them nose-first into the magazine while rotating the transparent cover so that the hole in it opens each of the pellet “bays.” Once you have filled the magazine, rotate the transparent cover back to its original position. Pull the breech lever to the rear of the receiver to move the bolt back. Now slide the magazine into the breech.<\/p>\n

Push the breech lever forward to move the first pellet out the magazine and into the barrel. Take aim, slide the safety off, and squeeze the trigger. On the sample I tested, it required only 13.9 ounces to take up the first stage, and at l lb 4.1 ounces, the shot goes down range.<\/p>\n

Over the course of 10 shots on high power, the Independence launched the 18.2 grain JSB <\/a>Jumbo Heavy pellets at an average of 864 fps (high 888, low 832), generating about 30.2 (average) footpounds of energy at the muzzle. The report is a loud pop. With the shroud extension in place, the report is quieter but is still distinctly audible. Perhaps some additional baffling could be placed in the barrel shroud extension to knock the report down even more.<\/p>\n

Accuracy was what I have come to expect from FX airguns: excellent. At 32 yards, off a casual rest, five JSB pellets fell into a group that measured just 5\/8 inch edge to edge. That works out to .4 inches center to center.<\/p>\n

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This receptacle in the butt stock will hold a couple of spare magazines.<\/p><\/div>\n

While doing research for another blog, I called Airguns of Arizona and found myself talking to Kip. He is an avid hunter, and he offered the opinion that the FX Indy could be the ultimate answer in the quest for an airgun survival rifle.<\/p>\n

The case he made was this: \u201cIf you are in a survival situation, and you have a springer, you need to carry an extra spring and seal. When it comes time to fix it, you need a spring compressor or another person to help you safely disassemble and reassemble the gun. With the Indy, all you need is a small packet of o-rings and a couple of hand tools, and you can take care of it yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

And that leads me to another thought: maybe someone (Airguns of Arizona perhaps?) could offer a seminar for FX Indy owners on how to maintain and rebuilt your airgun. It would have to be real hands-on stuff. Seminar participants would actually tear down and rebuild their own airguns so that if they ever needed to make survival-type repairs, they would know what to do.<\/p>\n

The bottom line is that the FX Indy<\/a> may well be the ultimate air survival rifle. Of one thing I am certain: it was a lot of fun to shoot!<\/p>\n

Til next time, aim true and shoot straight.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jock Elliott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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