New Taipan Veteran .25 Long.

Im shooting the 25gr not the 33gr and you are right, the las mag is out of the regulator but Im still in the 900.

And I think the .25 regulator is set to bit higher, if I recall correctly the .22 is at 125bar but in .25 is at around 135. 

If when you go out of regulator and your speed increases in the first few shoots to then decrease then your HST is not set optimun to your regulator pressure, I’m talking about efficiency here, not power. If the power is where you like, leave it alone. But if you are after efficiency then you can adjust the HS so it will remain constant after you fall out of regulator, getting that way more shots per fill. 

Well that makes sense to me....

I've never taken my Veteran .22 down that far. I don't really know why but I guess its running pretty efficiently because I get 6 mags from 240 bar down to about 130 at about 32fpe...

Freaking love this gun it's a laser beam!!!!!

The starling breeding season this spring will be epic with this extremely quiet tack driver. 

James from Michigan, 

Really? Only 25 to 30 in the Taipan long? Are you shooting at 950fps? 

I’m asking because at around 900fps I’m getting around 50 shots from 250bar to 100bar and mine is the standard. At 900 Im getting aroung 40fpe more than enough for hunting....my main application 

I’m planning to do a video about this, hopefully if the weather allows this weekend.

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I’m sure dude. I’m not talking the 25gr. I’m talking about the 33.95gr at 920 fps ~ 63.8 FPE!!

Thank you that is great info.

So any thoughts on veteran long .25 vs a powertuned cricket .25? Seems like both have same accuracy. Everything else being equal I'd pick the lighter of the two and the one that has most of the weight more towards me. 

Thank you that is great info.

So any thoughts on veteran long .25 vs a powertuned cricket .25? Seems like both have same accuracy. Everything else being equal I'd pick the lighter of the two and the one that has most of the weight more towards me.

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The next .25 I buy will be a Taipan Veteran Long. It is more economical, it is engineered a bit better, it has a switchable sidelever (I shoot South paw), it has nicer features, e.g., trigger, safety, mag system, anti-double load, and easy ability to add an additional moderator.

It’s a fantastic gun. Wish it had a cheek-piece and that’s the only con I’ve got. 

Have you every been able to hold the .25 veteran long and the .25 cricket back to back to get a feel for how they feel shouldered? Maybe I need to go to a dealer that has both and try them both myself. Am in Northern VA (DC suburbs) but travel a lot for work so if you have any suggestions on who would have both and that I should visit please share your thoughts. Thanks.

RL Airgun Supply in Pueblo, CO offer both the Taipans and Crickets. 

Holding the two back to back and how I think they feel would be subjective. They are both nice to me. I couldn’t put one over the other on comfiness alone. As already noted, however, the Taipan offers more features and at a more economical price. 

Thanks zx10wall. really appreciate the time you took to respond.

i got the .25 veteran long and i love it. asked tony to tune it to about 880fps with the 33.9 jsb and she shoots the heck out of them. and it is much quieter than my wildcat mk2 .25. but i have the sumo on veteran and ronin on wildcat.

I am pretty new to this hobby and cannot make the comparisons that some of you guys do. All I know is that the Taipan Veteran Long is a step into a new dimension for me. From the moment I opened the box the look and feel alone was impressive. Now that I have shot it a bit my admiration has increased. Accuracy is absolutely insane right out of the box. After multiple single hole groups I am scratching my head and going, " What's up, I just do not shoot this darn good". The trigger is superb, light and crisp. Noise is almost non-existent. There may be better air rifles out there, but I am having trouble picturing what that would be. I feel very lucky that I chose to buy this gun. I have neither the experience or knowledge to actually make that decision knowingly. Also the Aztec is the perfect scope for this beauty. I look forward to many years of enjoyment .

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You made a great choice from the word go. Good job. 

Taipan doesn't have a youtuber pushing their sales. They don't need a talking head. Their craftsmanship speaks volumes................ 

I am pretty new to this hobby and cannot make the comparisons that some of you guys do. All I know is that the Taipan Veteran Long is a step into a new dimension for me. From the moment I opened the box the look and feel alone was impressive. Now that I have shot it a bit my admiration has increased. Accuracy is absolutely insane right out of the box. After multiple single hole groups I am scratching my head and going, " What's up, I just do not shoot this darn good". The trigger is superb, light and crisp. Noise is almost non-existent. There may be better air rifles out there, but I am having trouble picturing what that would be. I feel very lucky that I chose to buy this gun. I have neither the experience or knowledge to actually make that decision knowingly. Also the Aztec is the perfect scope for this beauty. I look forward to many years of enjoyment .

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I'm with you, you don't see so many people talking about Taipans, but since I have mine, I'm find really difficult to go with something else. You see people deciding between EdGun and Vulcan, Wildcat vs Cricket, but you don't see a lot of Taipans in the mix. Most people that don't care about the Taipan is because the cocking lever position, to me... I really don't care much about it.

On top of this, the Taipans are way cheaper, I was looking today the price of the EdGuns, OMG that thing cost almost 2K new... I don't know but having the cocking lever on the rear doesn't justify that money.

One thing I'll recommend is to buy the Speed Dialer adapter from Donny, it's amazing the amount of adjustment you can do by only changing the tension on the spring... Highly recommended for when you start testing different pellets.

Keep us posted with your impressions!

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Taipan doesn't have a youtuber pushing their sales. They don't need a talking head. Their craftsmanship speaks volumes................

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So is the 25 long capable of shooting the MK2s pass the 900s?

It’s a fantastic gun. Wish it had a cheek-piece and that’s the only con I’ve got.

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Talk to Papy_yosh, he is making them on a 3D printer, he also makes mag holders.

https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/anyone-making-taipan-veteran-magazine-holders

Regarval

I have a 25 long and it pushes the JSB 34gn MK2 pellets around 940 fps. It might be able to go a little higher but didn't want to max out the hst. I lowered the hst to get about 920fps

for about 30 shots at that velocity on a 250barr fill. It compares well to my powertuned 25 Cricket that launches the same pellets at 920fps but can get almost 40 shots off a 220 barr fill.

hey Trust475 - 

I got some good insight from zx10wall on choosing between a .25 veteran long and a .25 power tuned cricket. Since you have both per your post above, can you please provide your thoughts between the 2 and which you like better? 

- I want to shoot 33.4 JSB MK2 heavy's as fast as possible without compromising accuracy. Does one platform have an advantage over the other? Accuracy is more important than FPE for me.

- I understand from specs that the veteran long is a couple inches shorter than the cricket and the weights are almost identical - Is one better balanced than the other?

Really appreciate it.

Regarval

I have a 25 long and it pushes the JSB 34gn MK2 pellets around 940 fps. It might be able to go a little higher but didn't want to max out the hst. I lowered the hst to get about 920fps

for about 30 shots at that velocity on a 250barr fill. It compares well to my powertuned 25 Cricket that launches the same pellets at 920fps but can get almost 40 shots off a 220 barr fill.

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That's pretty good, whats the accuracy at the speed? did it come like that or you tweaked it yourself?

thanks Trust!

mxnamvar



I don't shoulder both rifles much since I shoot off mostly bags and bipods. I would give the better balance when shouldering slightly to the powertuned cricket since my gun has the long skeleton stock with the longer forearm. Unfortunately those are not available now and only come with the standard length skeleton stocks. The crickets purchased with the bulldog style wood stocks with the magazine holders have the longer forearm as well but I never held one of those. The synthetic stocks are shorter but heavier than the skeleton ones. They both balance pretty close the same for me but I give a slight edge to the cricket.

I agree with xz10wall that the Veteran 25 long is a better value since more features are included like very adjustable trigger, better shroud internals, threaded end of shroud to accept LDCs, anti double loading mag system, 20 moa rail, more advanced HSTA, etc. To purchase a power tuned cricket, you would have to spend $1400 on the gun then get it powertuned for about $200 more or just buy one from Charlie to save a little dough. The Veteran longs are only $1289 and come with more features. You might get lower shot count for the Veteran long at the same velocity settings as a power tuned cricket but will be saving at least $300 if you went with the Veteran. They are both tack drivers and have almost identical accuracy and both have the LW barrels.

I hope this helps.

Regarval

My veteran long purchased from RL Airguns was shooting at around 940 fps. I installed the DonnyFL speed dialers and adjusted it to shoot 920fps. The veteran 25 long is very close in accuracy as my power tuned 25 cricket. I average at least 0.5 inches or slightly less at 50 yards with the 34 gn JSBs MK2 pretty consistently.