Taipan .177 Chapter 3 - Will it shoot?

[elh0102]

I will do some research on that rifle. How did you turn it down? Does it have a hammer spring adjustment or do you have to modify the regulator setting? The closest I've ever come to owning any HW is the Beaman R9 which is essentially a HW97 I think? Great quality and great accuracy break barrel.

It is easy to make small hammer spring adjustments. However, I tuned mine down way too much to achieve with HST alone, so yes, I decreased the reg pressure, which is easy on this rifle. It could have been done with spring tension, but it would have resulted in a very poorly balanced tune, with shot count and muzzle report not adequately addressed. Also unlike the Revere, the barrel is easily removed if necessary for cleaning. The only factor that might be a comparative negative, the Weihrauch is heavier, lotta good German steel in there!

 

[KyPop]

Can just about guarantee accuracy will be good, though it may be a little hotter than 15 fpe from the factory. Mine was a hair over 18 with 10.34. @bamavet55 's is a bit less, so obviously varies a bit gun to gun- & I never chronied mine with lighter pellets. Could be adjusted of course, but not externally (& would technically void the warranty).

Right now my Taipan .25 is down to about 30 FPE at 60 yards and my Taipan .22 is down to about 20 FPE at 60 yards so I was looking for a .177 that would be down to about 10 FPE at 60 yards. Starting at about 18 FPE would get me there I think. That way I would have a way to defend my garden area with the proper rifle for the particular pest involved. I want something I can pull out of the box and shoot without monkeying with it. The Daystate Huntsman Revere Regulated in .177 just may check all the boxes - if the accuracy is there at 18 FPE at the muzzle.

 

[JimD]

My backyard shots are limited to 33 yards or less. But after that there is 200 yards of lake for projectiles to land in. In other directions I have to be careful to shoot into a tree or the ground if I miss - or for the pass through. I used a 25 P35 last season and I liked the quick way the squirrels expired from the 20 grain FTTs going about 875 at the muzzle. Plenty for a squirrel and 16 of 18 were pass throughs. I think about where a miss (bigger risk) or pass through (smaller risk, reduced velocity) will go but a 200 yard buffer is nice. But I'm thinking of using my 177 this year. It's a bit quieter. It's about 19 fpe. I expect pass throughs with it too. But the relatively poor ballistic coefficient means the 177 pellets will not carry energy as far. So far that has been the case.

Coincidentally my P35-22 shoots a heavier pellet than my P35-25. It likes H&N Baracuda Match which weigh a little over 21 grains. But it shoots them a bit slower so the energy is about the same (low 30s). I might switch the 25 to a heavier slug or pellet at some point but it would cost me shot count and it works well so I also may not.

I wouldn't mind a more orderly progression of FPE but my main goals are accuracy as good as I can get and enough penetration to reliably kill small game. I think I have that will all three. But I see the 177 as more of a shorter range tool due to ballistic coefficient and associated wind drift and trajectory. Probably 40 yards or less. But around here that is almost all you are likely to get. My 22 would be my best for a 60 yard shot.