N/A Whats your most consistently accurate airgun?

Stubbers said:

Most airguns are more precise than their shooter and the ammo. Always exceptions to the rules however rarely is a 'flier' the fault of a gun outside of insane amounts of reg creep.

I'd like to see some of these most accurate guns shoot a group with 5~ cold shots, meaning each shot has a waiting period of at least 4~ hours if not 24.

-Matt

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Matt - Agree with your first sentence.

I am curious about your 2nd sentence. Not challenging, just want to really understand your point.

Unless you’re a regular hunter or pester and want your first ‘cold’ shot to be true zero at your preferred distance, I’m not sure how relevant it is to shoot 5 pellets at spaced out intervals, 24 hours in your case. Also, why don’t you post your 5-shot group with your most accurate gun over 24 hours and then post 5 in a row at 40-50 yards.

FWIW - I think you may be correct, but I’m not sure what it proves if it is your most accurate gun.

What specifically are you trying to state here?

Tom

I am kind of laughing while I’m typing this, but my stupid stock notos shooting 14.3 CPHP, it doesn’t shoot microscopic groups, but it never misses a starling or a Grey Squirrel.

I may grab one for close quarters pesting.

My Taipan Veteran Shorty .22 is the most consistently accurate gun I have ever owned. I haven’t had as many guns as many on this forum but I’ve owned FX and all of the Eastern European bullpups plus some of the English made guns and none have stood up to my shorty, including my standard.25 Veteran.

My most accurate air gun is a Nova Liberty .22.
I can consistently hit my spinner targets at 70-80 yards.
It was purchased round 2020-2021 and has at least 20000 pellets shot.
It is accurate with a wide variety of pellets.

In accuracy beats: Avenger, Umarex Zelos, Gamo Urban, Beeman 1358,, Crosman Icon and several other I don't remember.
Umarex Zelos is still new and may get to be as accurate as the Liberty.

For some reason I shoot the most my most accurate airguns followed by those that need the most work

So many good things and positive comments have been said about the Taipan guns I think you would have to be an idiot to buy another other brand as your 1st PCP gun, Unless your on a very tight budget, Red Ryders are fun to shoot.
Mike

I’ve only owned a handful of PCPs but Taipan .22 Vet Std is my most consistent. Followed by my Hatsan Flashwood .22 in its sweet spot.

Of my 8 guns my fx maverick is without a doubt my most consistently accurate rifle I own. It’s now set up as a 25cal sniper.

MushroomPsyche said:

Maybe because most of the people making the Taipan comments are not into competing. And indeed, I don't feel that the Taipans are the best guns to compete with merely for the fact that they're a huge pain to tune properly. However, once tuned, the gun will typically stay tuned unless intentionally changed. You can't be in a competition with the Taipan and finding yourself having to fine tune the regulator or having to adjust the valve return spring (since there is no such adjustment on the gun).

Competitions have different requirements to, say, a varmint rifle. Not everyone needs/wants a competition gun.

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Wait what.....I thought one of Taipan's biggest selling point over the FX is that it is great shooting right out of the box with minimal tuning and adjustment! Taipans being a huge pain to tune is putting it right into the same bucket as FX Impact. lol

Xcaliber said:

Wait what.....I thought one of Taipan's biggest selling point over the FX is that it is great shooting right out of the box with minimal tuning and adjustment! Taipans being a huge pain to tune is putting it right into the same bucket as FX Impact. lol

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Impact is a pain. Mavericks are a breeze. I have it set for Aea 34grain. Adjusting the reg is a bit of a pain but I put on the quick tune system and it makes it super easy to dial it in. Love the gun. Lin below

Funny how people need to find a reason their brand guns are better than others. There are many great guns from just as many gun makers, I have owned a few and wouldn't put one over the other except what I prefer shooting. Just because I don't like one brand better than the other doesn't mean I'm correct or should bad mouth the one you like better.

coastal drifter said:

Funny how people need to find a reason their brand guns are better than others. There are many great guns from just as many gun makers, I have owned a few and wouldn't put one over the other except what I prefer shooting. Just because I don't like one brand better than the other doesn't mean I'm correct or should bad mouth the one you like better.

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I’m not sure I understand your comment. It would stand to reason that someone would like their most accurate gun over others and base their opinions on guns they own. My most accurate gun is not my favorite gun nor the first one I grab. I also have guns that I have owned that I dislike very much. I think the info is actually helpful for people considering one gun or another.

coastal drifter said:

Funny how people need to find a reason their brand guns are better than others. There are many great guns from just as many gun makers, I have owned a few and wouldn't put one over the other except what I prefer shooting. Just because I don't like one brand better than the other doesn't mean I'm correct or should bad mouth the one you like better.

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It's your opinion. There are several types of groups in Airguns, diehard brand supporters,brand haters, look what my cheap gun can do club, something always wrong club regardless of brand, I bought a cheap airgun and spend lots of money on it,
These are just a few. To each his but don't get upset when someone is using their personal experience with a gun you like and they think it sucks to make a comment. It's what THEY experienced. if what someone is saying is personal experience that's great what I hate is people loving or bashing on something that have NEVER had it. They are going off of what others say.

Emjay4248 said:

I’m not sure I understand your comment. It would stand to reason that someone would like their most accurate gun over others and base their opinions on guns they own. My most accurate gun is not my favorite gun nor the first one I grab. I also have guns that I have owned that I dislike very much. I think the info is actually helpful for people considering one gun or another

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Sorry you can't understand what I said it's pretty plain English to me.

Emjay4248 said:

so I guess you don’t understand my comment. I get the English just fine what I don’t get is what you’re bitching about. Members are voicing their opinions on wether they like dislike or hate certain guns that they have hopefully owned and this is where we get to discuss it. You’re snippy retort brought on my response.

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Xcaliber said:

Wait what.....I thought one of Taipan's biggest selling point over the FX is that it is great shooting right out of the box with minimal tuning and adjustment! Taipans being a huge pain to tune is putting it right into the same bucket as FX Impact. lol

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You don't have to tune it if the projectile weights that you will shoot out of the gun suits its factory tune. The problem is, the factory can't possibly know what weight projectiles users will shoot out of the guns. Since they tend to tune the guns at the highest power level possible from the factory, people like me who want a 30 FPE .22 gun have to tune down the regulator.

As an example, the Long that I had was tuned from the factory at 40 FPE. I had to down tune the regulator to get it down to 30 FPE. I tried it without changing the regulator at first and the consistency is not good at all. Having said that though, after the gun was tuned, I never had to touch the tune again in the years I owned the gun until I sold it just a few weeks ago.

My comment about it being a huge pain to tune properly stems from the fact that the air cylinder has to be taken apart to get to the regulator to adjust it. In that regard, most of the FX guns are actually better than the Taipans.

My wonderfully reliable AEA Varmint 22cal. 23gr Impulse slugs @ 975fps. 50yrds. 5 shots. Hawke Airmax Compact 6-24. The shot and see target shows 5 Impulse slugs on the left and 5 Zan .217 on the right.

tommyb said:

Hey Dillon - wow, really tight groups and outside too. .284” average is ridiculous at 50Y.

I had a Vet .25 Long and it was a great gun. Not as accurate as yours though!

Outstanding.

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2 guns 30 caliber and 25 caliber Jefferson state air rifles. A close third Zelos 22 caliber

I've have tried several popular brands over the years. I'm currently using a Compact .25 Vet. I don't compete. Most of my shooting is less than 50 yds and the gun is very consistent and never fails to impress. I've recently made a couple improbable shots out to 90 yds.
The only reason I'd replace it, is that's it's heavy. Not much fun to walk around with it.