Taipan Taipan Slash first tuning report.

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MACTEN said:
It doesn't but Tony may soon have a solution.
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SigG posted a couple of messages back that it's pre-threaded. Are you saying Tony may have an adapter soon or that yours is not pre-threaded?

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bernieorosz said:
SigG posted a couple of messages back that it's pre-threaded. Are you saying Tony may have an adapter soon or that yours is not pre-threaded?

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Adapter is required. It's the same setup my Veteran II's are. None available. Tony should have the solution soon.
As well, it may be real information they copied, but that person is quoting the Wolfeik group website which aren't Taipan.
 
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jpiperson2002 said:
One .25 Slash Tactical with the shorter 420mm barrel arrived set at 69fpe using I forget which JSB pellet.
The adjustable power range available via regulator settings in the 420mm barrel appears from specs in web ads to be between ~80J (59fpe) and ~130J (95fpe).

The additional 'power kits' have parts which can be used to increase the top power, or to reduce power down into the 12fpe range.
I'd originally hoped that the Slash could be tuned down by the user into the sub-20fpe range for close target practice, like a K1 and GK1 can.
I won't know the actual lowest power range available in the 420mm barrel without real world testing, but a bottom end of 60fpe would still be hotter than I'd like.

I'd asked Tony @ Talon airguns to set it up in the 50-70fpe range if possible while he was shooting the test target he sends with each new air gun.
If you have one drop-shipped from another vendor it might arrive at any power/regulator setting. It wouldn't matter much how the regulator is set when it arrives though. With a chrony a person could just run the regulator from Min to Max and plot a velocity/power curve for regulator setting and pellet type. A few hour job for sure but just part of the fun of getting a new model.

I haven't checked the relation of the regulator's face plate position to the velocity of a pellet.
Mostly I'd be curious how many rotations it takes to go from the bottom to the top of the available adjustment on the regulator, and whether there is a linear relation in regulator setting to a pellet's velocity. Some airguns can go a dozen+ rotations on the regulator control, though the effect on velocity might drop off after some point. Or else the reg pressure might be set so high that the shot power begins to decrease as the higher pressures prevent the valve from opening properly. I don't know how the new valve on the Slash works but it will be easy enough to see how pressure affects the power curves with a few hundred pellets of testing.

I'm not able to check accuracy, just power curves, and don't have the patience or opportunity to gather a lot of data points for those.

MACTEN is off to a good start and I expect that we'll see some more demo videos as well as people show off their new machinery.

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As for the regulator adjustments. I said earlier it seems 1 degree on the clock = about one bar or just under so lot's of movement available up and down.
 
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MACTEN said:
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Adapter is required. It's the same setup my Veteran II's are. None available. Tony should have the solution soon.
As well, it may be real information they copied, but that person is quoting the Wolfeik group website which aren't Taipan.
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Thanks for the clarification.... I'm surprised DonnyFL doesn't already have one available and ready to go :).
 
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MACTEN said:
They haven't tried yet. Not sure they think too many Vet II's are out there which is the exact same setup on the shroud end.
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Maybe DonnyFL will come up with a 'Reg Dialer' for Slash, similar to his original Taipan Vet 'Speed Dialer' we all used :).

But like you say, there needs to be a good market for him or anyone to produce them.
 
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tested mine with a stock tune from Tony as well 25.39gr Jsb Ultra shocks at 920fps which is just under 50fpe I made a mistake of going to heavy with 36gr-AVS, and although it shot at 803 FPS, it left a tiny clip mark at the end of the muzzle. Thankfully didn’t do any real damage. i’ll put those heavy slugs aside until I start increasing the regulator but for now this rifle is really fun and super quiet, -this is also the 22 550 tactical

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Massiemax said:
From what I understand, you do have to degas to adjust the regulator, especially going down. I think that’s the same as the rattler as well.
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Take a look at post #17 in this thread. I thought the same as you,. But evidently, not necessary as long as we dry fire 2-3 times when tuning reg down per Taipan.
 
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Massiemax said:
tested mine with a stock tune from Tony as well 25.39gr Jsb Ultra shocks at 920fps which is just under 50fpe I made a mistake of going to heavy with 36gr-AVS, and although it shot at 803 FPS, it left a tiny clip mark at the end of the muzzle. Thankfully didn’t do any real damage. i’ll put those heavy slugs aside until I start increasing the regulator but for now this rifle is really fun and super quiet, -this is also the 22 550 tactical
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Good info on not using heavier slugs at lower reg pressure! I'm glad your gun is OK.

Did you have a chance to do any accuracy testing yet?
 
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bernieorosz said:
Good info on not using heavier slugs at lower reg pressure! I'm glad your gun is OK.

Did you have a chance to do any accuracy testing yet?
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I’ve been shooting offhand With iron sites so I wouldn’t really be able to give that kind of report other than saying it’s been accurate enough for me at 25 yards. Tony sent me this though, which looks right on. I must say that I have some pretty sexy air rifles but this one might just be the one. My 357 rattler is super nice as well, but it’s not backyard friendly like this.

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Massiemax said:
tested mine with a stock tune from Tony as well 25.39gr Jsb Ultra shocks at 920fps which is just under 50fpe I made a mistake of going to heavy with 36gr-AVS, and although it shot at 803 FPS, it left a tiny clip mark at the end of the muzzle. Thankfully didn’t do any real damage. i’ll put those heavy slugs aside until I start increasing the regulator but for now this rifle is really fun and super quiet, -this is also the 22 550 tactical

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Quick question: Why would a heavy slug leave a mark on the tip of the barrel? Is the shroud (not sure of the term) not properly centered?

Also, how many shots are you getting at that power before it falls of regulation?

Thanks
 
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