Intenseaty22's .177 WC...The Saga

No, but did one better. I took the cheek rest off and loaded by hand. A bit of a job, but same results. 

So you hand loaded (with a dowel? Or a golf tee?) so the pellet probe never touched/pushed/damaged the 10.34gr thin skirts?

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Something like that, yes. I mean, I did have to drive them home by closing the lever after the pellet was in. And again, I point to the silliness of it all. A while ago I posted a test with one of my guns, I think it was the Cricket. I literally bit the skirts down, hard. I bent them out of shape pretty good. The gun shot them pretty darn accurately. Don't recall exact results, but I think it was basically not hole in hole, but like 1/2" or so. If I can find it I will attach below. 

What is odd is that it shoots well and suddenly The accuracy is gone, but seems impossible to determine the reason of what causes the accuracy problem.

Let me give you an idea, shot through your scope cam and see if your pellets are going straight, document every shot because I can’t tell you how many times I figure out the problem after just reviewing the footage in slow motion. It might help...

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That's a good idea. May take me a while, but will try to do it and see if I can see any results. Thanks. 

I understand about the barrel, I guess I have to chuck that to Mea Culpa. However, as far as I can tell the pellet probe is in good working condition. I have had the gun stripped down to almost the block. The pellet probe looks to be in perfect working condition, I could still be wrong, but it moves fluidly back and forth and doesn't seem to have any side play. 

* & here is the thing, whatever is the culprit here, which I think is the barrel system, is not always repeatable. I have had some shooting sessions when it has been pellet on pellet, almost 3 magazines each going into 1/4" groups each. Then it all goes to hell without explanation. Tightens up again, or shoots a vertical 3/4" group and then a horizontal 1" group. 

Try swapping out scopes.

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Yup! Been there, done that. I took off the original scope and put on a trusted Hawke, same behavior. I then put the Talos on the Taipan, a trusted gun, and it's stacking the pellets just like it always does. Matter of fact I have wacked like 5 chipmunks this week alone at 27 to 33 yards, head shots only on critters whose head kill zone is about the size of a dime. 

*Yes, all hardware tight, checked and double checked. The big hint for me is that the speeds are very tight out of the new regulator. To me it means everything is working as it should. Everything except consistency of accuracy. 

For what? Polishing barrel liner? If so, I did that already. Not with Pledge though. But same concept. It really ought not to be that difficult of a problem. After all I have done, damn thing should just shoot straight. Heck, it should shoot very well without doing anything to it. 

@qball Superior liner not available as of yet. I sent a PM to @fx asking about it and no reply either.

Have thought about converting yes, but 1, not what I bought the gun for, I have 2 .22s that I am thrilled with. 2, will be way more expensive than what I want to do. I rather keep it the way it’s and keep learning, while I wait on the “Superior” or sell it at some point and let someone else do that kind of thing.

Yes, as noted above, have single loaded. I’m pretty sure it’s the barrel. 

Very valid point Denis. That was actually the plan, to get a Taipan in .177 next year. But this was a good deal and research it (not enough) and seemed like a reasonable purchase at the time. Figured I could sell it next year and get something else. That and had never experienced an FX, so, I pulled the trigger on it. Will not sell for now. And then I will loose my a$$, as I can’t sell it in good conscience while it’s shooting like  

10-11-20 updated. 

Here ya go. Best group was Monsters at 700fps. All groups x5 shots at 28 yards. Last group x3 shots. Getting short on ammo.