As I unboxed my Taipan Standard .22 today I was pleasantly surprised by the wood I received. I ordered the generic Beech stock trying to save a few bucks to put into lead since this is going to be a woods walker, barn blaster, squirrel squelcher and pigeon poking hunter. The stock displays some nice medullary rays as evidenced by nice quarter sawn lumber.
They seem like very nice quality rifles. Please keep this updated with accuracy and the power you are able to push out of it. This gun is def on my short list.
Yes, I installed the pic rail and purchased it from Utah Airguns. It’s cold and snowing here today but I quickly sighted it in @30Y and shot it for a few minutes before I lost feelings in my fingers
It came tuned pretty hot so I backed the HS off and shot 18a, 16s, Hades, CPHP, RWS pointed hunters and wad cutters (yuk to both). Just wanted to hurl some lead down range To see how it behaved. It didn’t seem to pellet picky but it’s going to be a while before I can stretch the distance out until it warms up a bit. The triggers feels a little gritty but it probably just needs cleaned. The barrel was filthy with a LOT of brown gunk. It took s a LOT of patches to get it clean but once I did I could tell this is going to be a great little shooter.
Another pleasant surprise was how quiet it was without an additional moderator therefore I see no need to buy one. It’s as quiet as any of my other moderated 22s.
I pulled the action this afternoon and opened up the trigger mechanism and cleaned and lubed everything and now the trigger feels great. It’s breaking crisply at 3 ounces.
First day of winter here and it’s too cold outside to do much shooting so I ran a few 18s over my Chrono. Hard to believe I'd ever need to install an aftermarket reg in this rifle as it’s pretty darn consistent the way it is.
Mike i think you have the Veteran wood stock winner. You have the cocking lever on the left side that’s also perfect for me. First fibs if you ever part ways with it.
I pulled the action this afternoon and opened up the trigger mechanism and cleaned and lubed everything and now the trigger feels great. It’s breaking crisply at 3 ounces.
Yes sir. Seems that many folks (I've read here) don't think a bit of oil is a good thing. You see that, yes, it most definitely is a good thing. Anything that rubs, slides or rotates, can benefit from some well placed oil.
As I unboxed my Taipan Standard .22 today I was pleasantly surprised by the wood I received. I ordered the generic Beech stock trying to save a few bucks to put into lead since this is going to be a woods walker, barn blaster, squirrel squelcher and pigeon poking hunter. The stock displays some nice medullary rays as evidenced by nice quarter sawn lumber.
Per usual , great choice in rifle especially for what youre going to do with it! Gorgeous stock as well! I put a black mutant stock on my .22 compact and kept following the trend, if I ever get another .25 Long it will be beech as well, its hard, rugged wood.
That Mutant stock looks great. I can remember my dad telling me that any of the antique wood carving mallets were made of beech because the wood was not only hard and tough but more importantly to the use of the tool it was split resistant too. Those are all great qualities for a gun stock as well.
