Taipan Baptized the new Taipan Vet 2 today
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Thanks Tom. This is all great info. Mine will be here Tuesday
We should collaborate as we test out our guns. Remind me again, which gun are you buying? Are you planning to use for your N50 matches?
I don’t see you benching that Thomas for N50 matches. That said, I’m going to try with mine to get in the mid 240’s with 2 flags just for kicks. Heck, lucked out with a 241 without flags and I was guessing based on prior shot.
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Congratulations! And what a shooter! Excellent groups, plus your Vet 2 has a beautiful laminated stock! I am the one who purchased Dillon's V2 550mm .22 and I found it also really likes the JSB/Fx 18gr @ 975fps FYI. Enjoy shooting it!Oh....mines barrel likes NSA 20.2 .218 @ 940-950-ish fps ( better than FX Hybrids). Shooter1721 shot a 700mm V2 .22 and it shot FX Hybrids really well FYI....
Tx.. Good info on the 18.1g JSBs and NSA slugs.
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Yes, let’s do compare notes. Mine is the same as your I believe? .22 Long, tube. Stock color will be a surprise?We should collaborate as we test out our guns. Remind me again, which gun are you buying? Are you planning to use for your N50 matches?
That said, I’m going to try with mine to get in the mid 240’s with 2 flags just for kicks. Heck, lucked out with a 241 without flags and I was guessing based on prior shot.
My Thomas will remain my main N50 tool and I don’t see that changing.
I love Taipans and wanted to try a Vet 2 and this is the one that appealed most to me. Its use will be mainly as a BR tool at 50y and I plan to tune it for MRDs but will certainly experiment with 20-22 grain pellets. I have no need nor interest in shooting slugs, at least for now.
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Yeah, I was doing a whole lot of teasing on the Vet 2 for N50. That Thomas is a machine.
No need for slugs for me either.
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My problem, which I verified with high speed video, was that the sear would actually bounce back up off of the 2nd stage assembly after releasing the hammer/firing and reset itself- because when I feel the shot break, my trigger finger stops moving. If I pulled through, or gave the trigger a second pull after each shot that also worked. That’s why for some more overtravel can help. Adjusting sear engagement with the sear adjustment screw did not help. Adjusting the sear tensioner did not do much either. The screw that fixed the problem for me was labeled 2nd stage tension in the above image. I simply backed it out until 1) it was still well engaged with the threads- don’t want it to fall out obviously, and 2) the 2nd stage lever could still reset. Worked for me, might for you. This trigger is somewhat sensitive to shooting technique, which isn’t ideal, but it can be adjusted to work and still feel great.
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