RobBonnell89 said:

They got you with the “Route” shipping insurance I bet. It’s one of the biggest moves I’ve seen. Have to uncheck the box

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I didn’t know that you could still uncheck the box. I looked for a way to opt out and couldn’t find one on my last order.

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** The Slash pellet magazines were found to securely hold all of the pellets tested below **
** The problems cited in this post were user error and caused by not seating the pellets deeply enough into the
** magazines. The pellet magazines work fine and are an excellent design and build quality.
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Here are some initial test results and observations for a .25 Taipan Tactical airgun with the shorter 420 mm barrel.

The Slash is nice and solid, all metal except for the air tank but still relatively light at just over 6lbs.. The magazines are a single large piece, machined from metal, and slide/rotate into a retaining slot where they are held securely in place with a sliding rod. The magazines rotate into the next firing position so quickly after firing that I couldn't see them moving.

Per an earlier post, the recommended operating pressure range on the Slash regulator is roughly between 100 Bar to 150 Bar, with a minimum pressure of 80 Bar and a maximum pressure of 180 Bar. I initially decided to test the velocity and fpe for 6 kinds of pellets and 2 kinds of slugs at 80, 100, 120,140,160 & 180 Bar.

Vortex Strike 24.7
JBS Exact King 25.39
Crow Magnum 26.24
Hades 26.54
Baracuda30.86
JBS Exact King Heavy MKII 33.95
Zan slugs 38
Altaros slugs 50

The Vortex Strike, Crow Magnum, Hades and Baracuda pellets did not fit the magazines correctly. Some of the pellets started to back out of the magazine as shooting continued and eventually it prevented the magazine from rotating. It appeared that those pellets were either not sufficiently snug to be held securely in the magazine due to their diameter. It is also possible that some of the pellets were not being inserted deeply enough into the magazine by the Taipan pellet seating disk to secure the pellet correctly in the magazine.

One of the attached pictures shows how the Exact King pellets have been inserted securely a good distance down into the magazine. Taipan provides a round 3D printed pellet seating disk with the magazines. The disk has 12 short prongs on one face which line up with each pellet in the magazine. It is used to push all of the pellets at once to the correct depth in the magazine. The depth of the cavity in the rear of a pellet varies considerably between different pellets though.

I think that some of the lighter pellets with deeper rear cavities might not have backed out of the magazine if there had been a 2nd pellet seating disk available with slightly longer prongs than the included disk. That way pellets with very deep skirts could be seated further into the magazine. Those would tend to be lighter pellets which are not well matched to an airgun with this much power.

The Slash includes a Pellet magazine and a Slug magazine. The magazines look identical to me, except that the pellet magazine have a very tiny round indentation on the face of the gear. The ammo holes in the slug magazine are slightly narrower than the ammo holes in the pellet magazines. I tried unsuccessfully to load the Zan slugs and the Altaros slugs into the slug magazine. The Altaros slugs would not go in past their waist. The Zan slugs went in a bit further and then stuck firm. Both types of slugs were unusable with the slug magazine. The slugs went slightly further into a pellet magazine but were still too large to fit through. One of the Barista Slash videos on YouTube clearly mention the guns as being very sensitive to the diameter of ammo. I'll wait on getting any more slugs until someone else finds other .25 cal slugs that actually work well in their .25 Slash.

So in the end the testing only involved the two kinds of .25 cal pellets, which I already had and which also fit the magazine correctly, and which didn't back out or jam the magazine at the pressures tested; The JSB ExactKing 25.39 and the JSB Exact King Heavy MKII 33.95.

Adjusting the regulator pressure: This was actually easy and described in detail in recent YouTube videos. The small access hole for the air release valve is next to the brass colored cocking handle as shown in an attached picture. It uses a 2mm Allen wrench and a slight counterclockwise turn to release the air. Note from the picture the location and especially the angle at which the Allen wrench engages the valve control at the bottom of the access hole.

The two little bolts holding the rear plate covering the face of the regulator use a 2.5 mm Allen wrench. The regulator's adjustment plate has 4 holes in it which accept the 2 metal pins protruding from the cylindrical regulator adjustment tool. After installing the pressure gauge for the regulator in the left side of the cheek rest I found that my rifle came with the regulator set at around 150 Bar.

I wanted to be able to roughly adjust the regulator pressure based on the position of the holes in the regulator's adjustment plate instead of needing to install a pressure gauge in order to always check things. This turned out to be easier than I'd expected.

With the cylindrical regulator pressure adjustment tool inserted into 2 of the holes in the regulator's adjustment plate, and turned slightly until the tool pointed vertically (straight up and down), the regulator was almost exactly at 120Bar. Turning the cylindrical tool exactly one quarter turn clockwise, from vertical to horizontal as shown in an attached picture, raised the regulator pressure to almost exactly at 180 Bar. That ¼ turn of the regulator adjustment plate covers almost the full range of recommended regulator pressures.

The regulator pressure increases in a roughly linear fashion from 120 Bar to 180 Bar as the adjustment tool is turned through 90 deg from vertical to horizontal.

I initially began testing pellets at 100 Bar on the regulator but the magazine consistently failed to cycle, usually after the first shot. The Slash user guide indicates that when the regulator pressure is set too low or too high that the magazine may not cycle correctly. It recommends adjusting the regulator pressure until the magazine begins to cycle again. So my tests below were done with the regulator set no lower than 120 Bar.

Here is the short summary of initial Regulator Pressure, Velocity f/s and fpe, with the average Velocity taken from 5 to 8 shots at each pressure. I connected the Slash directly to a 7L bottle for testing so did not track air consumption.

Reg100 Bar: 1 shot only – no cycling
King 25.39 & King Heavy MKII 33.95
926f/s– 48fpe and 823f/s – 51fpe

Reg120 Bar:
King 25.39 & King Heavy MKII 33.95
987– 55 and 868 – 57

Reg140 Bar:
King 25.39 & King Heavy MKII 33.95
1033– 60 and 818 - 64

Reg160 Bar:
King 25.39 & King Heavy MKII 33.95
1079– 66 and 968 - 71

Reg180 Bar:
King 25.39 & King Heavy MKII 33.95
1112– 70 and 1006 - 76

So the shot power increased by about 50% as the regulator pressure was raised from 120 Bar to 180 Bar:

From 55fpe to 70fpe for the 25.39g Exact Kings.
From 57fpe to 76fpe for the 33.95g Exact King Heavy MKIIs.

I had hoped to be able to get the shot power down under 40fpe using the regulator while keeping velocities in the 900 f/s range. I'm not sure if there are lighter pellets which are as wide as the Exact Kings so that they would remain snug in the magazine and won't back out. But for now, anyway, 120 Bar will be my low regulator setting and 180 Bar the high setting. Since the regulator's cylindrical adjustment tool only rotates ¼ turn between 120 Bar and 180 Bar it's also easy to roughly estimate the regulator pressure without the pressure gauge installed, based on how far you turn the adjustment tool from vertical.

I don't have a .25 K1 or .25 L2 anymore for a direct sound or trigger comparison at the same power levels. The Slash seems quieter than both of those to me, from memory anyway. But someone with all three models would need to make a direct side-by-side sound comparison at similar power levels to provide an accurate answer.

I plan to sell this Slash in the AGN Classifieds later this summer. I only got it out of technical curiosity because it's a completely new model from a major manufacturer. And because it's a serious new competitor for the Huben K1 and the Edgun Leshiy 2 in the semi-auto airgun market. I would strongly prefer to sell it to someone who already has a Huben K1 and an Edgun Leshiy 2 and who is also willing to run some basic head-to-head comparisons between the three of them.

JP

RossK said:

That's an awesome looking led slinger Mr. Crowski

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Thanks. The blue looks good. Crow

not sure how a Weihrauch barrel would work but okay
seeing that these were copies of the Air Arms TX200 i would thing many parts would t as in springs and seals
they were known to be the best Chinese clone ever made
https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/200...Rr31e713qAKzdvDAgYYA1YG_cI4pa102cT-xwfbQC3rIm

I def prefer to dial. I don’t know if it’s just a mental thing but I don’t shoot as well holding over.

Ezana4CE said:

@Trucker3573 What do the Zulus LRF Gen 1 normally go for?

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They have been marked down on Amazon to 550 for a bit. Normal I believe is 600. The non lrf has been down to 355 unfortunately no further drop for prime days.

Indeed

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Apologies for bringing up an oldie, but a great ttuning thread imo.

I have a thought for conversation...,My .22 zelos likes 870 fps for the 18.13 pellets. I have gotten there bumping up the reg, and backing off he h.s., and vice versa with the same group sizes. What are your thoughts.

My set up with...
1. Higher reg psi, and less hammer spring feels ,and sounds sluggish compared to...

2. Lower reg. and up the hammer spring? Seems snappiier, and quiet.

let's leave shot count, sd and es at the proverbial door for now. I am more interested in finding if your rig groups better with a higher reg.?, or more H.S. Tension to get to the same fps?

Thanks for your ideas....
Gerry

Ed24 said:

I did install the ultra valve last year. I never had any issues shooting heavier pellets? I did speak with AOA yesterday and they emailed me the programing for the ultra valve. I thought I had already installed it when I installed the valve but now I'm not sure. Will get that installed today and let you guys know if this works!

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So, did it work?

The attached charts shows the TequilaGUN Micro performance.

DJBriez said:

Oh yeah…. I actually have that trigger guard from Wes….. I just have an Arca adapter bolted to it….

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I thought so. Very nice

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If they would have just made a cool stock like they did for the walnut HW30............
And leave out the sling mounts!

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That's cool, Ron. You know I would have had to make my own, right?
Should be a Weihrauch recall bulletin?
Thought about you lately, waiting to hear how you made out.
And while replacing the clutch slave and master cylinder on my son's German car. Jetta.
Shifts a little funny, 3rd and 4th. I'll replace the gear lube for him.
Nash reinstalling the clutch pedal assembly ....
Mechanical engineering student. He enjoys learning about things.
Oooo

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I bought a Diana Outlaw Gen 2, engineered in Germany and manufactured in China under German supervision over the winter. I would put this incredibly accurate and well engineered PCP against any other manufactured PCP at twice the cost or more. On my 4th tin of heavy JSB Exact Monster 13.43gr .177 pellets....the folks at our range not only tried it, but several purchased during the July 4 discount period. Yes incredibly accurate and scoped. I also have a Diana Airbug pistol .177 that is an accurate as anyone else's CO2 or PCP or whatever you care to compare with. Yes German made in China. Just watch the Airbug videos! I even bought a silencer for $30 made in USA (Houston) that make the report sound like spitting tobacco. Just a ball at 30 yards, open adjustable iron sights and 2 stage trigger.....amazing. Have fun complaining about top quality Chinese products.

Oh yeah…. I actually have that trigger guard from Wes….. I just have an Arca adapter bolted to it….

Perle said:

From Wes at airgun archery and fun Canada.

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