Bizill's Taipan Veteran (Pic HEAVY! Don't quote first post)

Okay, I did clean out some of the old grease that was like super-thick stuff like the silicone oil I put in my differential in my Wondertiger MT4 to lock up the gears. Replaced it with something with more lubricity. This stuff is only needed on the orings. It did help it some, but not as nicely as the video above. But most definitely better. And I had a nylon washer laying around and opened up the inside hole a bit and have myself a close enough zero stop. It does travel just past my zero if I turn it a bit too hard but really, this works better than not having a stop at all. Thanks for the heads up and reminders guys.

Okay people, easy MOA. I have been waiting to get out somewhere to hit 100 yards and haven't done so until tonight. I was bored so I grabbed the target, Sig KILO2000 rangefinder and the Veteran and headed out to a church parking lot. That lot has 400 feet of level space so the 100 yards was ripe for the picking. Yes, it was late at night and nobody was around.

Conditions: 72 degrees out. Zero wind. 12% humidity. 2,696' elevation. 100 yard ranged. UTG Recon Bipod set up on the back of my hard tonneau truck bed cover 3' higher than target. 25.39gr JSB Exact Kings / 820fps. Zero at 20 yards. Chairgun app on Android told me 5 mildots or 50 clicks. 16X zoom. First Focal Plane Athlon Argos. Sumo LDC installed for my stealth operation. Actually, I've yet to take it off and shoot without it.

Being that I was carrying out a no-no I had to do this all within like 5 minutes span. Had my son run the target out as I metered him out to 100 yards. Target was placed near a parking lot light but I still had to turn the illuminated reticle on to see the crosshairs. Needless to say, not optimal conditions. I could just barely see the hits after I took the shot and had just enough light to get my crosshairs on the red bullseye.

Anyway, didn't sit and camp and control breathing or concentrate that much. Standing position but got my arms up and rested nicely. 5 shot group with first four measuring 0.8275 center to center. That 5th shot I pulled as I started to get antsy as police officers like to take their paperwork breaks in that spot and I wanted out. We drove over to scoop up the target and it was better than what I thought it would be. Please don't count that last shot.

This gun is more than capable. Think how well this group would be in daylight and on a rifle rest. My Lord, I think I'll be having some good times with this airgun!!...

I have my threads spanning across 3 or 4 AG websites to give and receive the most feedback.

I wanted to ask as I've been seeing my unmodified .25 Veteran shooting slower than most of the rest of you, could my chrony be off? Tony did the shot string before shipping and had me in the low 900's fps and I chrony around 820fps. No way shipping from Florida to Arizona at 2,660' altitude would change that much? Perhaps Tony shot it off regulation? I doubt it because mine didn't drop off regulation till I was way lower in pressure than it arrived to my door. I may leave it where it is as it's shooting SUPERBLY, but I don't want to give myself false knowledge in my chrony's capabilities going forward. I've also noticed my stock Prod shoots slower than most stock Prods out there. I really don't wanna buy and return a chrony if I don't have to.

Am I missing something here or is my chrony perhaps not accurate? This is my chrony, Caldwell Ballistic Precision Chronograph: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HTN5DTE/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'm thinking my chrony has to be pretty accurate. How else would it have told me to go 50 clicks on my mildot scope and be right on? I'm shooting about 3 feet from my chrony, straight shot. Chairgun shows me 823 muzzle down to only 820 3 feet (1 yard) away. Like I said, Chairgun had me right on so I'm guessing Tony's string sent with gun are possibly off? Like I said, she's shooting like a dream but I still want to make sure my chrony is good to go, which I think it is.

Alright, I've since bought the Caldwell Magnum Fieldpod, UTG 360 bipod and got some JSB heavies 33.95gr pellets so I think I'll have to start playing with HST or possibly in the future play with some internals. I know that'll bring up the sound signature so I may give one of my Sumos to my son and try out either the Shogun or Ronin. Or perhaps the Sumo will suffice. I was mentioning on GTA that the Ronins and Shoguns are available in .25 and .30 and mentioned I didn't need to upgrade but after looking at pics and specs, I'm just looking for an excuse to throw my money out into the economy yet again. 

If I get around to playing with some light tuning, I'll be updating this thread. I got a buddy just getting into powder burner long range and I might have to go out with him and get some real trigger time in. There's only so much one can do in one's own backyard. I envy those of you with land!