Before I buy a CFX .22....

[davee1]

I wanna know what kind of ballpark velocity I'll be seeing with...say  Crosman Premier .22 14.3gr.  or whatever youv'e got chrony #s for just want to get a feel for the velocity in .22.

Is there anyone out there who can help this ol boy ready to push the order button at Pyramid???

I just looked through some past posts.. mid 700's and one guy got 726 with superdomes. Thats about 16 fpe..

[davee1]

hehe...order button pushed.  Finger worked independantly of the brain.  Brain said wait, finger said no...now.  And then my finger pushed the button!!!  There's no control over what the order finger does!!!

Justification to wifegirl will be, if needed, "I gotta get one now.  They are no longer available anywhere else, and once they are gone from Pyramid then they are gone for good.  We have to act immediately".  (we being myself and my order finger...two seperate entities)

Thats great !! you will love that gun. now head over to charlie da tuna's page and slap the order for a trigger. Seeing as you just spent $200 whats another $30?? Be the best 30 you have ever spent!!

Also ive heard superdomes and predators shoot well out fo that gun. So maybe shop around and stock up.

[davee1]

Oh yeah, thats right...I have to get a trigger for my new CFX .22  and S1K .177   thanks for the reminder...I'm gonna do that right now before I'm drawn away by some cockamamie breech seal idea er sumthin.

[davee1]

My finger pushed the button again!!!  Twice!!!

HA.. Its an uncontrolable urge to spend spend spend. I have to admit I love getting new toys. But I have been controlling myself for the past few months. Make shure you post some pictures, reviews and kills with the new rifle!

I'm trying out my new CFX .22 and getting 1/4" penetration of 1/2" plywood at 60 feet with superdomes. Would that be about 700 fps or thereabouts?

Im not shure what fps that is. What kind of plywood? construction lumber, pine, cdx?

I don't believe it's pine, but it's probably from Home Depot. My gun is from Pyramidair, and it is obviously a CFX that was returned by someone else---some kind of coarse hair (dog, horse??) on the gun, a coffee ring on the scope manual, and the scope had been mounted (sticky residue from the scope rings on the scope).  I was a bit concerned about getting someone else's return because of PA's very liberal return policy, and I specifically requested a factory fresh unopened box. So much for that... This is my first springer, so if the gun is defective I might not pick up on it until sometime down the road. Any suggestions as to what I might look for in the way of possible problems from you knowledgeable folks on this forums? I'd hate to have to go to the trouble of returning the gun if there's nothing really wrong with it.

Well inorder to diagnose a problem something to look for is dieseling, and velocity variations. You can get a real nice F1 chrony for around $70.. Well worth it.

Doug, unless I misunderstood, if you paid the cost for a new-in-box .22 CFX from PyramydAir, and they sent a return/refurb to you, you might want to touch base with them by phone and get it straightened out before too long. It's always possible that something got mixed up in their shipping dept. and if they did screw up, you'd want them to replace it with an un-used CFX while the .22's are still available.

Sound like a good idea?

Bryan

I have a CFX .22, also ordered from Pyramyd Air, and here are the muzzle velocities my Chrony showed that I am getting with it:

Daisy Precision Max Flat Nose - 666fps
JSB Exact Jumbo                     - 767fps
JSB Predator Polymer Tip        - 756fps
RWS Super H-Point                 - 740fps
RWS Superdome                     - 663fps
Beeman Ram Jet                     - 735fps
Beeman Crow-Magnum           - 720fps
Beeman Field Target Special   - 662fps
H&N Baracuda Match              - 704fps

My go to pellets for it are the Superdomes, Exacts, and Ram Jets, but all of these pellets (save the crappy Daisys) shoot well under an inch at 25 yards.
It also absolutely decks targets, significantly harder than its .177 CFX twin, also ordered from PA.
I also installed GRT-III triggers on both of them, and it is a MASSIVE improvement.
It makes them feel like custom target rifles, and the installation was so easy that I honestly believed that I had forgotten something, but the Word document Bob made up comes with excellent written instructions and high quality photos that told me that I had done everything right.
Unbelievable how a little trigger can so dramatically improve the shootability of an already excellent air rifle.

[vinceb]

If'n my figures are correct, your gun is delivering between about 14 and 23 ft-lbs of energy, depending on the pellet. It also seems odd that it shoots the FTS so much slower than the much heavier Crow-Magnums.

[davee1]

Vince, are you thinkin most of the pelletsshould be going faster or slower? I can chrony a few of my pellets as I have a CFX .22 I'll post those velocities in a little while.

RWS Hobby 750fps

RWS Superdome 630fps

Is this good, or bad? I thought that I would get like 800 out of it but no way. There is no visible smoke coming from it and it has quite a twang to it.

My Hammerli Storm .22 is blowin out RWS hobbies at 783 and superdomes at 710fps. I'm kinda disappointed in the performance of my CFX. I paid 220 bucks for it and 133 for the Storm. I don't get it...I love my Storm, it is my go to close range hunter. But the CFX? I'm looking at it and thinking, I should have never even bought it.