Taipan Veteran Gen 2 Question

[BlueJack]

The new Taipan Gen2s are out and they’ve moved the cocking arm from the back of the gun up to the trigger.
Looks great, but…
The older Gen1s had an anti- double feed feature that I really love, and the Gen2s don’t.
Any ideas why they dropped it, and will they include it again later?
My best to you
Keith

 

[rangur1]

My guess is the additional spacing required for the side lever linkage they designed. But other more astute taipan folks would know for sure.

 

[elh0102]

As I recall, the lever that operates the anti-double load mechanism is actuated directly off the cocking arm. With the linkages required to do that with the forward cocking lever, it is probably a design nightmare and not considered worth the time and money to attempt. I'm sure that is oversimplified, but I think it is a direct trade off in the forward cocking design. Be careful what you wish for. One thing I find interesting, is the marketing hype over the free floating barrel in the Gen 2. If ever there was an air rifle that did not need a free floating barrel, it's the Veteran. I think the Gen 1 Veteran is a marvelous design, and one that I won't be trading.

 

[Headshots]

I was thinking it could be manufacturing cost. I doubt it will be reintroduced.

 

[Green_Yamo]

I wish they were still making the Gen 1 Vets

 

[MushroomPsyche]

As I recall, the lever that operates the anti-double load mechanism is actuated directly off the cocking arm. With the linkages required to do that with the forward cocking lever, it is probably a design nightmare and not considered worth the time and money to attempt. I'm sure that is oversimplified, but I think it is a direct trade off in the forward cocking design. Be careful what you wish for. One thing I find interesting, is the marketing hype over the free floating barrel in the Gen 2. If ever there was an air rifle that did not need a free floating barrel, it's the Veteran. I think the Gen 1 Veteran is a marvelous design, and one that I won't be trading.

I agree with this. The last time I've zeroed my Veteran Long was 3 years ago... Granted, the rifle is a standby backyard varmint rifle and doesn't get shot much, but still. Also, a few weeks ago, I disassembled the gun to attempt to replace the barrel with the 700mm barrel. It turned out that the 700mm barrels sold on Talon Tunes for the Veteran 1 are actually for the Veteran 2 so I had to put the original barrel back into place because the barrel for the Veteran 2 does not have a 1/2" UNF thread at the muzzle. After re-assembly, I didn't even have to re-zero my rifle as it was still spot on at my distances of within 40 meters.