Are Taipan Veterans pellet picky?

[madeintheuk]

Beleive me when I say I will lose no sleep by your prickly responses, but also believe, at some point, no one here will care for your style, and you will be short lived here.
This forum is to provide helpful and REAL information to other airgunners that may not have the expertise or time behind that airgun. When a question is asked, it is not to be confrontational, but to legitimately ask for the information requested. No matter how you receive their post (which in your case, always seems to be confrontational), a simple reply to the answer will do you good, the questioner good, and the forum as a whole, good. I still don’t understand why this is such a hard concept for you.
Also, your comment about the ‘ignore’ feature doesn’t make sense. Why would anyone want to ignore your lack of meaningful posts without being able to correct them, or provide proper proof to enforce them. As you can see by other responses I have given to your posts in the past, I don’t disagree with your points of view most times, I just disagree with your confrontational attitude that does no good for the questions at hand, or the forum in general.

 

[madeintheuk]

con·fron·ta·tion·al

adjective

1. tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative.

 

[rangur1]

For those of you who are lucky enough to own a Taipan Veteran, I'm curious if they are picky about pellet selection?

I'm extremely interested in one of those guns but was curious about that. For example my FX Maverick with the standard superior liner shoots most things really well. I really like that about the gun.

My Benjamin Cayden on the other hand is very picky about ammo selection. I've tried at least a dozen different pellets, plus a few different slugs and the gun only liked 4 of them.

I know not every gun/barrel is the same, but I'm still curious how picky your Taipan Veterans are.

I have owned 3 taipans , 2 long and one compact. All 25 cal. 1 of the longs had a LW barrel and 1 has a CZ barrel that I currently own. The shorty was a nifty gun too. most pellets shot reasonable good, however, with the LW barrel version from a few years ago a specific head size pellet always shot better than the others. Best overall pellets were JSB. H&n were ok as well at shorter distances At 50 yards and above the spread in the groups started to show. Tuning also counts big time. As for slugs, I shot some AVS slugs to decent results, unfortunately, the choked barrel leads up quickly as when that occurs everything will spread out to shotgun patterns at 50 yards. If you shoot slugs with the stock Taipan barrel, make sure to run a patchworm through after each slug session. The Taipan can shoot pellets almost forever before you need cleaning. Not really, I just clean it after about 1500 pellets and just run a patchworm few times and that's it. I love Taipan, but it is a excellent pellet gun, hard hitting in it's class. Just tune the hammer spring to the heaviest JSB pellet in whatever calibre you decide to get. If you really want to use slugs, I'd go with the Vulcan 3 with the unchoked barrel.

 

[RScott]

.22 Veteran owner here, x3-Short, Standard, and Long.
None of the three OEM barrels liked slugs and none of the 3 barrels liked the 25.4gr Monsters, Redesigns or Original. Also, none of the 3 liked the pellets cast from the 19.6 grain NOE pellet mold.

BUT, all three were/are exceptional with JSB: 13.43, 14.35, and 18.13gr pellets.

(For Matthias: all three weights pellets I mentioned would do about 1/2 inch 5 shot groups @ 50-60 yards and 3/4 inch 10 shot groups at the same distance. Elevation of 5600 feet. Barometric pressure of 29.82 inches of Mercury. Moon phase: waxing crescent. RELATIVE humidity of 32%, ambient temp of 72 degrees, (Fahrenheit). Shot due east with a setting sun behind me (including that so you can account for Coriolis, oh yeah, Northern hemisphere). Pellets unsorted and not lubed, lot # of 6093214, 2019 vintage, purchased from Pyramyd air on the 3rd Weds of the month (that's when they get their highest quality shipments in from JSB) shot from Lifetime brand 4 foot foldable table (not the 6 footer, too much bow in the middle), and a Chinesium Atlas bipod clone with the hard plastic feet (no spikes here) up front and a homemade pantsleg rear bag with rubber mulch as a filler. Scope was a 20x SWFA, vintage 2017, set at 20x (that's the important part) with the ocular adjusted about 2/3rds of the way out, Butler creek eye caps. Sorry, no info on how recently the barrels had been cleaned, but I had probably done so with Slick 50 One Lube cuz that was my jam at the time. Oh yeah, single fed, not magazine.I think I had my adidas mundial goals on my feet, probably Levi's for pants, Fruit of the loom Tshirt-gray cuz it cuts down on glare. Hanes socks and undies).

The last sentence was TMI

 

[bamavet55]

Beleive me when I say I will lose no sleep by your prickly responses, but also believe, at some point, no one here will care for your style, and you will be short lived here.

I joined the forum in February of this year. I was not born in February of this year. If memory serves me (one can not always rely on memory at 67 years of age), I first discovered this forum around 2015, when I purchased my first PCP rifle. I've followed the forum nearly daily since then.
To have a forum member of your status and extended tenure take time from his busy day to counsel me, is indeed significant. I consider myself fortunate that you did not accuse me of being: condescending, self-righteous or hypocritical.
The OP asked about a rifle that I own -- several of, to be precise -- and I responded to his post. Not inappropriately, I submit. Nothing "angry" or confrontational in my opinion.
Now, as to my response to forum member Jungle, I believe I have a fairly decent "ear" for snark. And I responded in kind.
If you happen to disagree with that assessment, so be it. We are all adults. We will simply have to "agree to disagree".

 

[elh0102]

In this age of electronic communication, it's easy to say too much too quickly. Regrettably, I violate this principle myself. But, when I ask myself, have I said what I needed to say, and, have I said anything I didn't need to say, I often delete most of what I had included. And it's always an improvement.

 

[KyPop]

• Taipan Mutant .22 shoots dime size groups 920 fps at 40 yards with JSB Match Diabolo Exact Jumbo Heavy .22 Cal, 18.13 Grains, Domed, 500ct, 5.52 mm
• Taipan Veteran Standard .25 shoots dime size groups 890 fps at 40 yards with JSB Match Diabolo Exact King .25 Cal, 25.39 Grains, Domed, 350ct, 6.35 mm

 

[ctshooter]

con·fron·ta·tion·al

adjective

1. tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative.

Andrew - take a few deep breaths. All is good in the world and not worth losing it in this thread.

 

[Headshots]

I have found out that my Vet likes most JSB pellets. Its no surprise since their both from the Czech Republic. It shoots the 18-25g jsb excellent. I tried Some H&N like the 14.6 ftt did ok but not much luck with the 21g baracudas. It didn't like the airboss 18g , my Maverick does great with them. Tried some FX hybrids and they were too tight when loading . It shoots Hades well after I turned down the velocity. Does well with CHPs inside 30 yards.

If anyone was wondering the weight of the TV standard is I put it on my postal scale. And the Maverick. They weigh less than some of the springers out there.

 

[beerthief]

.22 Veteran owner here, x3-Short, Standard, and Long.
None of the three OEM barrels liked slugs and none of the 3 barrels liked the 25.4gr Monsters, Redesigns or Original. Also, none of the 3 liked the pellets cast from the 19.6 grain NOE pellet mold.

BUT, all three were/are exceptional with JSB: 13.43, 14.35, and 18.13gr pellets.

(For Matthias: all three weights pellets I mentioned would do about 1/2 inch 5 shot groups @ 50-60 yards and 3/4 inch 10 shot groups at the same distance. Elevation of 5600 feet. Barometric pressure of 29.82 inches of Mercury. Moon phase: waxing crescent. RELATIVE humidity of 32%, ambient temp of 72 degrees, (Fahrenheit). Shot due east with a setting sun behind me (including that so you can account for Coriolis, oh yeah, Northern hemisphere). Pellets unsorted and not lubed, lot # of 6093214, 2019 vintage, purchased from Pyramyd air on the 3rd Weds of the month (that's when they get their highest quality shipments in from JSB) shot from Lifetime brand 4 foot foldable table (not the 6 footer, too much bow in the middle), and a Chinesium Atlas bipod clone with the hard plastic feet (no spikes here) up front and a homemade pantsleg rear bag with rubber mulch as a filler. Scope was a 20x SWFA, vintage 2017, set at 20x (that's the important part) with the ocular adjusted about 2/3rds of the way out, Butler creek eye caps. Sorry, no info on how recently the barrels had been cleaned, but I had probably done so with Slick 50 One Lube cuz that was my jam at the time. Oh yeah, single fed, not magazine.I think I had my adidas mundial goals on my feet, probably Levi's for pants, Fruit of the loom Tshirt-gray cuz it cuts down on glare. Hanes socks and undies).

love the humor that go's on this forum .

 

[maxtrouble]

Here are some groups from my stock .25 Veteran. Shoots JSB Kings and MKII's pellets. Really likes the JSB Knock Out 34 gr slugs. These groups are with the Kings 25.39's in some pretty decent wind conditions. Built like a tank.

 

[Headshots]

Here are some groups from my stock .25 Veteran. Shoots JSB Kings and MKII's pellets. Really likes the JSB Knock Out 34 gr slugs. These groups are with the Kings 25.39's in some pretty decent wind conditions. Built like a tank.

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Super nice shooting backstop. It's the best I've seen on any forum. I could never understand how some people don't use a proper backstop. Especially these days of high powered airguns and .30 plus caliber slugs.

Nice groups . I might need to order some knockouts. Have you tried the fx slugs? Not that I need slugs. 16-25g pellets pellets will flat layout coon size critters on down .

And thanks to whom ever purchased the last .177 compact veteran at UA. Now I can stop trying to talk myself into buying it.

 

[maxtrouble]

Super nice shooting backstop. It's the best I've seen on any forum. I could never understand how some people don't use a proper backstop. Especially these days of high powered airguns and .30 plus caliber slugs.

Nice groups . I might need to order some knockouts. Have you tried the fx slugs? Not that I need slugs. 16-25g pellets pellets will flat layout coon size critters on down .

And thanks to whom ever purchased the last .177 compact veteran at UA. Now I can stop trying to talk myself into buying it.

I have used JSB, H&N and NSA projectiles with very good results. Not projectile picky.

 

[Headshots]

I have used JSB, H&N and NSA projectiles with very good results. Not projectile picky.

What weight of nsa slugs did you use. I've been wanting to try some 17s and 20g . I wouldn't call it picky either .

 

[maxtrouble]

What weight of nsa slugs did you use. I've been wanting to try some 17s and 20g . I wouldn't call it picky either .

Mine is a .25 caliber and likes chucking 25 gr stuff right around 930 and the 34 gr stuff right at 900. Right around 60 FPE. Quiet as a mouse fart.

 

[ronw828]

Any gun I own needs to shoot the Crossman hollow points accurately.. My vet shorty shoots them beautifully. I have them dialed down to 680fps for 25 years and in. Starlings and field mice in my backyard never see them coming, and they never miss. That makes me one very happy cheap bastard

 

[peaceful_ruler]

My .22 Taipan Long was an absolute laser with JSB Hades pellets out to 50 meters. Actually, a bit further but they were very wind sensitive I found. I did some indoor shooting at 30 yards with them and achieved a very respectable score in the 30 yard challenge. The Hades were the only pellets I shot from my Long, but again they would shoot dimes at 50 meters at around 900 fps.

I eventually transformed my .22 Long into "Sniper" with a 700mm CZ barrel with a light choke...great results with FX Hybrid slugs!

 

[peaceful_ruler]

Taipan Long “Sniper”

@peaceful_ruler, Just thought I better step back in here and clarify. I wasn't poo pooing on your awesome Vet or your tuning of it. Sounds like you're getting exceptional accuracy, an impressive shot count, and most importantly, a gun that is meeting your needs. You've been able to achieve a...

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[Headshots]

Mine is a .25 caliber and likes chucking 25 gr stuff right around 930 and the 34 gr stuff right at 900. Right around 60 FPE. Quiet as a mouse fart.

Nick from Nielsen Ammo sent me an email and said he believes. 216 is the correct diameter for the .22 Taipan Vet. I ordered 300 of the 17.5g slugs to try out. I'll give an update after a get to play some.

Also ordered 2 boxes .217" in 17.5 and 20g for the Maverick. 50 bucks down the rabbit hole .

 

[peaceful_ruler]

Nick from Nielsen Ammo sent me an email and said he believes. 216 is the correct diameter for the .22 Taipan Vet. I ordered 300 of the 17.5g slugs to try out. I'll give an update after a get to play some.

Also ordered 2 boxes .217" in 17.5 and 20g for the Maverick. 50 bucks down the rabbit hole .

What Nick told you matches my experiences exactly. The 24.8 grain were moderately accurate in both .216" and .2165" but the larger diameters were not. I think the choked barrels are to blame.

I'll say it again...try the FX Hybrid slugs in the Veteran Taipan. In mine they are extremely accurate out to the 100 meters that I've shot them and they shoot dimes all day at 50 meters. They also don't require big power which the Vet Taipan isn't designed for anyway.

My theory is that the mostly hollow Hybrid's allow them to conform more easily in choked barrels. Whatever the case is the Hybrid's are literally the most accurate projectile I've ever shot from the 700mm CZ barrel on my Taipan.