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    Help with classifieds

    Many people chafe at simple moderation rules which help to maintain polite and informative discussions in public forums like this. They are often the same folks who like to use profanity and post replies in CAPITAL LETTERS because it makes them feel good about themselves.
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    Taipan Taipan Slash

    " Yes, of course the M-Lok slots are functional. This is a professionally designed airgun from a well respected manufacturer which has arguably produced some of the best airguns in the world.
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    Taipan Taipan Slash

    My .25 Slash Tactical with the 420 mm barrel is impressive for build quality. The removable pellet and slug magazines are well designed and machined, and as indicated above it has a quiet voice compared to other airguns as similar power levels. There are a few other discussion threads on the...
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    Taipan Comparing the Taipan Slash compared to the Huben K1 - Whether to buy a 1st release model instead of waiting for new owner feedback

    My impressions of my 25 cal Slash Tactical with a 420mm barrel are listed in another discussion thread on Taipan Slash tuning, along with high/medium/low power tests with over a dozen different pellets and 0.249 slugs. I was very impressed with the overall build and function. The magazines are...
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    PCP Rifle Taipan Slash Tactical .25 cal rifle with 420mm barrel and 6 boxes of .249 slugs - $2,150 shipped CONUS

    This .25 cal Taipan Slash Tactical semiauto airgun with the shorter 420mm barrel was one of the first ones sold in the US last month. I used to have a couple of Huben K1s and Leshiy2s but never owned a Taipan product before. I've sold my other airguns over the past year and rarely even shoot...
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    What are your thoughts on lead exposure?

    Thank you for the thorough overview. Most people haven't learned much about chemistry since high school. So it's difficult for them to identify accurate vs emotionally distorted pseudo-results when they come across a YouTube review. I worked for several years as an analytic chemist in a regional...
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    Taipan Taipan SLASH Review (World's Top Semi Auto Air Rifle)

    I don't know why the Slash manual recommends not adjusting the regulator pressure, it was very simple and worked just like you'd expect. Talon Tunes recommend using a regulator pressure range of between 120 Bar to 180 Bar. I have a .25 Slash with the 420 barrel and ran chrony tests for 8 brands...
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    Taipan Taipan Slash first tuning report.

    I'll post more power curve results from my Slash when I have them. The data tables I posted already summarize the general performance range from my Slash for a dozen pellets and slugs over a minimum to maximum regulator pressure. I expect that direct comparisons of the Slash performance to that...
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    Taipan Taipan Slash first tuning report.

    There are lots of good Huben threads out there already.
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    Taipan Taipan Slash first tuning report.

    See https://www.aresairgunstactical.com/ for preorders for the .30 cal Huben K1 for $1,999US. The power range is listed between 8 Joules (6 fpe) to 102 Joules (75 fpe). The .30 cal semi-auto compact PCP hunting airgun market is heating up lately. I gave up my few .30 cal airguns a few years...
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    Huben .30 cal Huben GK1 standard and shorty pistols are available for preorder from gogun.co

    Just noticed that 14-shot .30 cal Huben GK1 standard and shorty pistols are available for preorder from gogun.co (not com) I didn't see any power specs. Expected release Oct for .30 cal standard and Nov for the Shorty. That should be interesting. No .30 cal K1s bullpup/carbines showed up yet...
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    Taipan Taipan Slash first tuning report.

    Just noticed that 14-shot .30 cal Huben GK1 standard and shorty pistols are available for preorder from gogun.co (not com) Didn't see any power specs. Expected release Oct for .30 cal standard and Nov for the Shorty. That should be interesting. No .30 cal K1s bullpup/carbines showed up yet...
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    Taipan Taipan Slash first tuning report.

    The removable magazines, modest sound levels, relatively compact size with 420mm barrel, light weight, and the ability to shoot both pellets and slugs from the same rifle, all make the Slash a nice balanced package. I assume that we'll see some incremental changes as time goes on but the basics...
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    Taipan Taipan Slash first tuning report.

    I left the Slash attached to a large air cylinder during testing so the pressure never got close to dropping off of the regulator. JP
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    Taipan Taipan Slash first tuning report.

    Finally had a chance to test some different 0.249 slugs in a 25 cal Slash Tactical with a 420mm barrel. I had previously tried to test some wider 38g ZAN and 50g Altaros slugs (0.253?) but they were too wide to fir into the Slash' slug magazine. The 0.249 dia. slugs listed below all fit the...
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    why do people that say they don't know still

    I'd never seen that Dunning-Kruger Club graph before, it's a keeper, thanks for posting it. I've always thought that one of life's hardest lessons occurs when we passionately believe in something. Believe in it so much we'd stake our life on it without hesitation. Only to discover later that we...
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    N/A Where else could I sell a pcp airgun?

    Although many forum participants are hesitant to purchase a used airgun from a seller without both a prior history of successful sales and sane forum posts, I have usually had good luck when selling airguns because I include some background (how/why did I end up with the item for sale), a bunch...
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    Taipan Taipan Slash first tuning report.

    It's good to see some more results being posted. I also had intermittent failures of a .25 magazine to cycle after some shots. Almost no pellets successfully cycled the magazine at 100 Bar on the regulator, and a couple of pellets (Crow Mags & Baracuda) failed to cycle the magazine with 120 Bar...
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    Taipan Taipan Slash first tuning report.

    As long as a magazine holds the Slugs securely it should not matter whether that magazine was originally intended for use with pellets or slugs. The H&N heavy 249 slugs did fit into the 25 Cal pellet magazine and the dozen or so shots I tested worked correctly with no problems. The main...