Taipan Taipan Slash - Accuracy tip.

may i ask, what specific technique are you advocating? are you describing off hand positional shooting?
I ask this because many year ago for some shooting faculties such as benchrest there was a preference for minimizing excessive contact with the recoiling platform. we worked hard to minimize lateral force input and tried to establish unimpeded reproducible for and aft motion. in prone events when utilizing bipods we would advocate a bit of forward preload and accommodating a reproducible and consistent linear chest localization

nice shooting by the way

50 yards?

interesting, thank you

i wonder why it jumps so much?

I went back to see my notes for some classes i took as I struggled with similar issues.

As you've stated a lightweight platform would be a big part of the challenge.



If it's ok to post, here are some other thoughts that others experiencing the same challenge might consider:

My instructors in both shotgun as well as long distance rifle shooting often stressed the importance of "marrying" the rifle to the shoulder by which they meant establishing firm reproducible contact with the body aligned to the axis of the firearm. The rifle becomes part of you, you must own the rifle as though it were an appendage but not force it into behaving.

Maintaining constant but not exaggerated pressure to the rear with the body relaxed....basically acting like a dead sack behind the rifle with the recoil pad settled into your chest...let the rifle recoil straight and accommodated back into you but not bouncing off of you.

aintain tension in the shoulder not the rearward pressure of the arm i.e. not pulling back on the rifle.

shoulders should be relaxed...so each and every setting is the same and there is no correctional inputs or force deviations

Really important to bring the rifle to the shoulder first, setting that up as move into position, the bipod holds it in place so you can relax the shoulders at the same time.

a bit of preload into the bipod.

anyway, these considerations helped me a lot so i kept the notes for reference. thought maybe it might help others facing the same challenge.

maybe air rifles like very heavy recoiling platforms need different considerations...I only shot 12 gauge shotguns and up to 7mm long range rifle.

Depends on your tune. High power tunes kick more than lower power. I agree with your tighter hold on the gun. I noticed when my Vet 1 was tuned to 920 fps with 18 gr pellets it had a decent little kick and was not as accurate with a lighter hold. When I tuned it down to 860 fps it jumped less and seemed to be less hold sensitive.

Wonder how much tuning the Slash can handle and still have enough air to cycle. If the bolt has a decent amount of weight you have that moving back and forth in the shot cycle.

its nice to learn a new sport. appreciate the information