Taipan Taipan Slash first tuning report.

Here's my Slash shot string from a few days ago that I would like to share..... I'm very pleased with it.

Taipan Slash Tactical Compact .22
  • Fill Range: 290 bar - 170 bar
  • Reg Setting: 165 bar
  • Pellets: AEA 25.3
  • FPE: 50.5
  • Total Shots: 58
  • ES: 28
  • SD: 5.1
A couple of notes:
  • Notice that shot's 1 and 37 are a little higher.
  • I have three 12-round pellet magazines, so must reload after shot 36 which takes 4-5 minutes.
  • Removing those two 'first' shots would lower ES and SD a bit.

Accuracy is excellent with this semi-auto. I was able to hit my 90 yard 1" target 7 times in a row from a bench... best I've ever done with any PCP including my excellent Huben K1's.

The superb Taipan trigger, plus being able to keep my eye on the target without movement or cock between shots is the key I think.

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will you make video on youtube please?
 
I've been watching the videos put out by Taipan and everyone of them says to degass the gun before making any adjustments, but they never remove the air tank! Does this air tank NOT have a valve in it? Can it be removed and hot swapped while under pressure? Seems to me it can't which seems odd. With only a 300cc tank, it would be nice if it could be swapped with a full tank when on gets below reg pressure to save having to have a large tank or portable compressor in the field.
 
I've been watching the videos put out by Taipan and everyone of them says to degass the gun before making any adjustments, but they never remove the air tank! Does this air tank NOT have a valve in it? Can it be removed and hot swapped while under pressure? Seems to me it can't which seems odd. With only a 300cc tank, it would be nice if it could be swapped with a full tank when on gets below reg pressure to save having to have a large tank or portable compressor in the field.

I don't think you can. But, I've just emailed Marek Děngl who owns/runs Taipan and Balistas with this question.
 
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I've been watching the videos put out by Taipan and everyone of them says to degass the gun before making any adjustments, but they never remove the air tank! Does this air tank NOT have a valve in it? Can it be removed and hot swapped while under pressure? Seems to me it can't which seems odd. With only a 300cc tank, it would be nice if it could be swapped with a full tank when on gets below reg pressure to save having to have a large tank or portable compressor in the field.
There isn't a valve and almost no room for one either as they have the bottle almost touching in the front. Also the bottle has no room to be unscrewed unless the air has been let out of the rifle as the butt stock that it attaches to has to be rotated to allow the bottle to be unscrewed. This can only rotate without air.
 
I don't think you can. But, I've just emailed Marek Děngl who owns/runs Taipan and Balistas with this question.

Marek got back to me and the Slash 300cc air cylinder cannot be hot swapped and does not have an adapter.

He said....

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Hi,
for now we havent it.
Just now we have just small part which can install on place of bottle and connect with scuba bottle. It is good for shooting from table.
We are working on some solution for bigger bottle or possible swap bottles under pressure.
Marek Děngl
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I finally got some 48g AVS 0.2493 slugs to wrap up slug testing on my .25 Slash with the shorter 420mm barrel. Those are the heaviest slugs I'd found which are just short enough to fit the Slash 13mm slug magazine correctly without protruding out the end of the magazine.

Here's a snapshot of an updated table of velocities and average fpe for 4 types of pellets and 6 types of slugs, ranging from a low of 26.6 grains Crow Magnum pellets up to a high of 48 grains for the AVS slugs. The tables in my earlier posts also included results with the regulator set at 125Bar and at 155Bar.

Reducing the regulator pressure down to 125 Bar will reduce the ammo velocity by about 100 fps compared to the velocities shown below for 185 Bar. So the velocities can be tuned down within that regulator range (125 Bar to 185Bar) as you test to find the best accuracy.

Since this wrap up only added the heavier 48g AVS slugs to previous posted results, the table below only shows velocities obtained at 185 Bar. I consider that to be close to the top power available from this configuration without overloading the regulator. Pellets and slugs weighing less than 32 grain had velocities of over 1000 fps. There wasn't as much difference in shot power between ammo as I'd expected, from a low of about 73.5 fpe for the lighter pellets and a high of ~80 fpe for the heavier slugs.

Based on these results I'd say that ammo selection at 185 Bar would mostly depend on pellet/slug velocity and the resultant accuracy at that velocity.

I'd hoped that more people would post their test results in this discussion thread. I haven't notice any substantive discussions of Slash test results on other AG forums and only a few new owners have posted their results here in this thread so far. I am done testing this one and it's already boxed up and posted for sale in the Classifieds.

If you have a Slash and haven't had a chance yet to post any chrony results for different regulator pressures and ammo weights, posting those results here would help potential buyers to select the caliber and barrel length most likely to meet their requirements.

JP



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people find huben k1 is much better platform over all especially alot cheaper as well too
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I have not seen such claims anywhere!

I have both rifles; and even though the K1 has been a very decent rifle with a legacy for years, the Slash is … better.

It is a top notch rifle … in the consistency and accuracy department, extremely good built quality -completely in line with what to expect from Taipan and it’s legendary Vet-, and easy to tune with a huge power spread.
 
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I have not seen such claims anywhere!

I have both rifles; and even though the K1 has been a very decent rifle with a legacy for years, the Slash is … better.

It is a top notch rifle … in the consistency and accuracy department, extremely good built quality -completely in line with what to expect from Taipan and it’s legendary Vet-, and easy to tune with a huge power spread.
I have a K1 and am interested in the Slash - but reading through this thread I was disappointed in the degree of power spread available in tuning. But you say the spread is huge - can you elaborate?

The K1 can easily change power level by more than a factor of ten with just the power wheel, and I have found that to be very helpful in pesting situations to avoid damage to structures. If the Slash can do that, I'm all ears . . . . and I'm not saying one is better than the other, just talking fitness for specific uses . . .
 
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I've had three Hubens and now a Slash.... both great guns... One is not better than the other, but just have different pluses and minuses.
  • The K1/GK1 can change power on the fly with the Power Wheel.
  • The Slash can only change power by adjusting the external regulator, similar to other guns.
    • Slash .22: 37 fpe - 66 fpe (50J - 90J)
    • Slash .25: 66 fpe - 103 fpe (90J - 140J)
  • The K1/GK1 has one manual safety, and no removable magazine. Barrel cleaning must be done very very carefully.
  • The Slash has three safeties plus a removable magazine. It has a trigger safety, mag safety, and can also be decocked. Mags can be pre-loaded.
With my Slash Tactical Compact .22, I get 58 good regulated shots at 50 FPE, and no need no moderator.

I'm not positive, but I don't think my Huben K1 .22 could get that many shots at that power on one fill.

But, my next semi-auto may be another Huben.... but maybe not :). That's how much I like the Hubens!
 
I have a K1 and am interested in the Slash - but reading through this thread I was disappointed in the degree of power spread available in tuning. But you say the spread is huge - can you elaborate?

The K1 can easily change power level by more than a factor of ten with just the power wheel, and I have found that to be very helpful in pesting situations to avoid damage to structures. If the Slash can do that, I'm all ears . . . . and I'm not saying one is better than the other, just talking fitness for specific uses . . .
I haven't tried to get the kind of power that this rifle is capable of because I got it to see if it was even close to as accurate my other two Taipans (still own a .22 Vet II . The claims of accuracy are true. It keeps up with my Mora and Vet II for sure.
I had the K1 and really have nothing bad to say about it at all. The amount of valve adjustment available in the Huben is absent here as it's a self regulating valve. This was obviously designed as a lightweight semi auto bench gun and compared to the Huben, it's very refined as expected. The build quality and design really make you think you're holding a sleek piece of equipment.
I got the Slash because I am a Taipan fan and hoped it was, as I said, as accurate as my Vets... It is.

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I heard somewhere that you can't (or shouldn't?) fire the Slash too rapidly. You need to wait a few seconds between each shot so the plenum can replenish. Is this true? If so, then it kinda defeats the purpose of semi-auto, no? You can shoot pretty rapidly with other regulated semi-autos, like the Rattler, the K1, the L2, etc.

Not trying to be negative or anything. Im just trying to figure out if the Slash is actually for me or not. I don't bench all that much. My favorite thing to do is off-hand steel challenge (knocking down targets as fast as possible).
 
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I heard somewhere that you can't (or shouldn't?) fire the Slash too rapidly. You need to wait a few seconds between each shot so the plenum can replenish. Is this true? If so, then it kinda defeats the purpose of semi-auto, no? You can shoot pretty rapidly with other regulated semi-autos, like the Rattler, the K1, the L2, etc.

Not trying to be negative or anything. Im just trying to figure out if the Slash is actually for me or not. I don't bench all that much. My favorite thing to do is off-hand steel challenge (knocking down targets as fast as possible).
You should wait a few seconds shooting the K1 and Sidewinder as well (owned both) Just see what happens over a chrono if you don't.
 
Question for anybody that has the .22 550mm barrel tac version. I'm looking at the specs of the rifle and it says .22 makes 140j, about 103fpe and approx 70 shots. I read the first 3 pages of this thread and I see people saying they are making ~60fpe approx getting from 800-900 fps.

Is this rifle capable of making 100+ fpe in .22? That would be like 1150fps or more with 30+gr slugs. And what is the shot count at 100fpe, 70 seems unrealistic. Thanks for any info. I'll read the last 5 pages in a bit. :D
 
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I heard somewhere that you can't (or shouldn't?) fire the Slash too rapidly. You need to wait a few seconds between each shot so the plenum can replenish. Is this true? If so, then it kinda defeats the purpose of semi-auto, no? You can shoot pretty rapidly with other regulated semi-autos, like the Rattler, the K1, the L2, etc.

Not trying to be negative or anything. Im just trying to figure out if the Slash is actually for me or not. I don't bench all that much. My favorite thing to do is off-hand steel challenge (knocking down targets as fast as possible).
I don't know what you mean by semi-automatic but it's never that you could use it as a full-automatic. It just means you don't have to manually pull the lever after every shot! As for rapid fire, I don't know of any airgun with this system where your rate of fire doesn't drop depending on how fast you squeeze the trigger. Personally, I don't think waiting 0.5-1 second is that long. It's actually less time than you would have been able to pull the lever and recoil from the shot!
 
Question for anybody that has the .22 550mm barrel tac version. I'm looking at the specs of the rifle and it says .22 makes 140j, about 103fpe and approx 70 shots. I read the first 3 pages of this thread and I see people saying they are making ~60fpe approx getting from 800-900 fps.

Is this rifle capable of making 100+ fpe in .22? That would be like 1150fps or more with 30+gr slugs. And what is the shot count at 100fpe, 70 seems unrealistic. Thanks for any info. I'll read the last 5 pages in a bit. :D
As for the performance of the version you write. First of all, for maximum performance you need to have a power kit inside. Secondly the number of shots given I think is in the base setting thus as you increase the power you will always decrease the number of shots. Lastly there is a special valve which works well, but if you want maximum power you have to go the route of the heaviest ammunition with which to achieve that power and not by using light ammunition at hyper-sonic velocity. This is an airgun not a firearm.
 
Question for anybody that has the .22 550mm barrel tac version. I'm looking at the specs of the rifle and it says .22 makes 140j, about 103fpe and approx 70 shots. I read the first 3 pages of this thread and I see people saying they are making ~60fpe approx getting from 800-900 fps.

Is this rifle capable of making 100+ fpe in .22? That would be like 1150fps or more with 30+gr slugs. And what is the shot count at 100fpe, 70 seems unrealistic. Thanks for any info. I'll read the last 5 pages in a bit. :D
My .22 @940 fps - 25.4gr - the rifle does 54 shots before falling of reg. So 4 magazines.

With the power kit, i am pretty confident that the rifle is capable to shoot 140Joules.

(Theoretically:
In .22: 140 Joules is the max “any” .22 air rifle can do, as the max grains in .22 is +~ 42grains and speeds should not depass 1060-1070 FPS before entering transonic instable speeds with erratic flight patterns.
In .25: 220 Joules you have “max” grainage +~ 66 grains @ 1060FPS)

Will that be the most precise set-up for this semi-auto? Most likely not…!

And it surely will be only at half the shot count that I mentioned.

As far as “speed shooting” goes, the plenum is re-charged before you re-aimed your follow-up shot. Shooting a magazine in under 10 secs is not a problem. Landing them on target is something else … more my skill than the rifle s capabilities as std dev remained at 4 FPS for that speed string.