CFX

I bought a CFX .177 at a Cabelas store last year and I was able to check the serial number location on the barrel prior to purchase.  I have now ordered a CFX from Pyramid.  Does the .22 also have the serial number in 2 possible locations as well.  I had heard that this S/N location determines which barrel you have and effects pellet fit.
                                                                                          Jeffery

[Splash]

I'm not sure if the .22 has the #'s in 2 possible places, or not. I do have a .22 CFX and my #'s are on the barrel and the pellets fit fine. Hope that helps alittle.
Mike

[Gene_SC]

All my CFX's have serial numbers on the top of barrel and pellets fit great as well...

Gene

[Gene_SC]

Well Paul, a year or so back the big thing was if you had a CFX with serial on side of breech block or barrel.. According to those of higher power.. The ones with serial number on top of barrel had a tighter bore when loading pellets. the others were supposed to be loose..

Thats was just hear say.. I have not read anything of fact to proove it..

Gene

[PeakChick]

Interesting, I had not heard this before. Both my CFXs .177 and .22 have the serial # on top of the barrel.

Yea, that's what I was referring to.  Everybody was goin on about how you had to get a CFX with the number on the barrel or it would't shoot well.  That was when I went to Cabelas and bought one so I could examine it rather then order one on the net.  The one I got at Cabelas was a .177 cause that was the only caliber choice you had then.  I have now ordered a .22 CFX from Pyramid and was just wondering if I should be worried.  This is the first time I have heard that it was just a myth.
                                                                                                           Jeffery

[longislandhunter]

I remember all that "hub bub" about the serial number placement.  Some guys swore it to be true, not really sure myself if it is in fact a fact  

My .177 CFX has the serial # on the barrel, and I must say most pellets fit very snugly, but I don't have another gun to compare it to.  

As for the .22 CFX you ordered,, don't give it a second though,,,, it'll shoot great

Best of luck with it.

Jeff

[daved]

As I recall, it only applied to the .177 CFX, no other caliber or models had this glitch.  The claim wasn't so much that one shot better than the other, it was more that they shot better with different pellets.  I know my .177 CFX was the "looser" barrel, but it is and was still a tack driver, at least at 20 yards in the right hands.  Supposedly, the "tight" barrel was good with CPL's, while the "loose" one liked JSB Exacts and Superdomes.  I believe this all fell under the category of "much ado about nothing much" ;-)!  Later.

Dave

[CharlieDaTuna]

That was pretty common knowledge a few years ago and quite controversial. Yes, there was supposed to be a very slight difference in some (but not all)  of the earlier CFX barrels and some pellets did fit a bit loose. I've had an early and late setting side by side on the bench and you could feel the difference using the same pellets. Some said that it made a difference in accuracy depending on the pellet used but most skirts would expand enough so the it wasn't much of an issue. Others would state that pellets would just about fall into the chamber but I never had one that bad. Loose fitting maybe but not falling in and it did depend on the pellet and skirt.

Oh... and everybody knew that the number location did define the difference. All late production models have the number on the barrel.

Something that I forgot to mention. I do not think it was a machining or a production  error at all. I think it was macnined that way intentionally for a good reason and to resolve a particular problem..... and it did resolve the problem. Now what do you think the problem might have been?

[Splash]

Bob, my guess would be that the o-rings around the loading were not lasting very long and the looser barrel helped, until they found better seals. How'd I do,hehe.?
Mike

[Avox]

"Now what do you think the problem might have been?"

Only having the newer CFX in .22 along with some of the complaints I've read about loading. Have to say the looser breach would ease LOADING.