I have a veteran 25 cal and one of the magazines doesnt work The pellet probe hangs up onthe rubber o rings when being pushed foward and I have to lift the o ring a bit to get the pellet loaded. It looks like he trough that the o ring sits in was milled too deep and the o ring sit down into the pellet holders too far. anyone seen this? I am gong to try a fatter o ring that might let the pellet proble slip by. Any suggestion?
Tuning taipan vet magazine
- Thread starter Macdoc18
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Sounds like it's time to contact the dealer for an exchange. Shouldn't be like that when new.
Before anything do you seat the pellets properly into the mag? O-ring supposed to hold between head and skirt around the neck of the pellets.
Are you cocking deliberately and not closing the side lever too slow?
I would try spin/rotate the o-ring a little by one half pellet index to see if just the sagging parts were it.
Could be possible a prior user (if purchased used) replaced wrong size o-ring.
You could try soaking it in Alphabet org auto trans stop leak quick fix to get it to swell up for a day.
Before anything do you seat the pellets properly into the mag? O-ring supposed to hold between head and skirt around the neck of the pellets.
Are you cocking deliberately and not closing the side lever too slow?
I would try spin/rotate the o-ring a little by one half pellet index to see if just the sagging parts were it.
Could be possible a prior user (if purchased used) replaced wrong size o-ring.
You could try soaking it in Alphabet org auto trans stop leak quick fix to get it to swell up for a day.
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Sounds like ether the wrong O ring, or a machining error. Taipan has one of the best magazine systems out there.
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ordered a o ring kit and will try these Talon Tunes is sending me a replacement Good guy to deal with
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You can try swapping mag o-rings with a good mag cross swap them both to isolate the problem too.
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put on a fat o=ring and things are better the pellet probe has a very sharp shoulder and prpbably would work better if it were smoother As it is it will likely dmage the oring after a wile . I put some silicone grease on the o ring Thanks everyone for your help
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I would suggest contacting the dealer about the issue and or carefully file the burr and sand it smooth.
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fine filed the burr on the pellet proble and the action is smoother. I am surprised no one else has noticed this issue.
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The sharp shoulder to which I think you are referring, is forward of the point at which the probe's diameter is stepped down, at least my .22 probe is constructed that way. The point where the probe's diameter is reduced (which does contact the O ring), is done so on a nice smooth radius, so its contact should not be damaging. I don't see any way that sharp shoulder should contact the O ring. I don't have a .25 Veteran, and perhaps the probe is designed differently.
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problem is partially solved with fatter o-ring and burr removal The 25 pellet probe is not the same design as the 22 . It had one step off and it was not machined or sanded smooth. Will likely have to a bit more work to taper it and put larger o-ring on the remaining magazines. Sub optimal manufacturing though the gun is super accurate and powerful
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Did you get the O rings yet from Tony? Something isn't right. Those mags generally work perfectly, and you damn sure should not have to be doing any filing on the probe! A sharp shoulder and a burr are two different things, so I'm not sure of your issue. If there is a machining error in the probe, it should be replaced under warranty.
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No response from Tony yet but with careful filing of the sharp edge, the probe now slides past the o-rings with little resistance. So I guess things are ok. Thanks to all for your suggestions.
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