I received a new Taipan .22 Long ADF with 700mm barrel last week. Mounted a new DNT Optics FFP 7 X 35 X 56mm 34mm scope on this rifle. It is strictly for the bench and although I did not weigh it I think it is a little over 12lbs with the 42oz 34mm scope.
I plan to use it for 30 and 40Y Target Challenge and also N50 50Y targets.
Today, I shot it at 52 yards at my local outdoor range. Got there at 8:40am, and had the range to myself …..for all of 15 minutes. Saturdays are crowded typically, but I had about an hour with only me and one other shooter.
I met a nice young man named Andrew who was 26 years old ( I’m 71) and he had a huge interest in Air Guns and my new Taipan. He has an M4 Impact and seemed to be very familiar with air rifles. I meet some of the nicest people at the range.
Distance: 52 yards
Group shooting and testing with pellets
Ammo: JSB 20.83g Lights and JTS 22.07g
Scope - see above
Wind: 3-7mph, with a fairly steady 4-5 mph
No Flags today since I started with group shooting
SST only, no mags today
A couple of initial impressions:
Front cocking lever is sublime and much better than my original rear cocking .25 Long Vet 1. A very crisp cocking cycle. One odd thing is that sometimes it did not cock. But, I figured out that if I pulled trigger thru release after firing each shot, it went back to cocking fully every time.
Trigger - about 6-8/10oz as I requested from Tony. Perfect for me. Crisp 1st stage stop with buttery smooth 2nd stage release
The Taipan moderator is very good, but when I took my muffs off, it did have a louder hammer strike. NP for me, as this is a BR gun.
Accuracy - 1st outing but it is impressive at 52Y with a fair amount of wind. The 22.07g JTS did much better than the 20.83 lights. However, I know the lights shoot very well from Dillon’s recent review. Tony tested with AEA 21.9g at 30 y, ragged hole and a 10 shot string <10 ES at 910 FPS average.
I plan to use this thread to do some testing with other pellets and occasionally will post results for other interested parties.
I did like the original Taipan Long Vet 1 .25 that I purchased several years back, but since it was rear cocking and I am a lefty, it was awkward reaching back over my shoulder to cock it on the left side of rifle, for me anyway. .
Pics below:
I plan to use it for 30 and 40Y Target Challenge and also N50 50Y targets.
Today, I shot it at 52 yards at my local outdoor range. Got there at 8:40am, and had the range to myself …..for all of 15 minutes. Saturdays are crowded typically, but I had about an hour with only me and one other shooter.
I met a nice young man named Andrew who was 26 years old ( I’m 71) and he had a huge interest in Air Guns and my new Taipan. He has an M4 Impact and seemed to be very familiar with air rifles. I meet some of the nicest people at the range.
Distance: 52 yards
Group shooting and testing with pellets
Ammo: JSB 20.83g Lights and JTS 22.07g
Scope - see above
Wind: 3-7mph, with a fairly steady 4-5 mph
No Flags today since I started with group shooting
SST only, no mags today
A couple of initial impressions:
Front cocking lever is sublime and much better than my original rear cocking .25 Long Vet 1. A very crisp cocking cycle. One odd thing is that sometimes it did not cock. But, I figured out that if I pulled trigger thru release after firing each shot, it went back to cocking fully every time.
Trigger - about 6-8/10oz as I requested from Tony. Perfect for me. Crisp 1st stage stop with buttery smooth 2nd stage release
The Taipan moderator is very good, but when I took my muffs off, it did have a louder hammer strike. NP for me, as this is a BR gun.
Accuracy - 1st outing but it is impressive at 52Y with a fair amount of wind. The 22.07g JTS did much better than the 20.83 lights. However, I know the lights shoot very well from Dillon’s recent review. Tony tested with AEA 21.9g at 30 y, ragged hole and a 10 shot string <10 ES at 910 FPS average.
I plan to use this thread to do some testing with other pellets and occasionally will post results for other interested parties.
I did like the original Taipan Long Vet 1 .25 that I purchased several years back, but since it was rear cocking and I am a lefty, it was awkward reaching back over my shoulder to cock it on the left side of rifle, for me anyway. .
Pics below:
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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....
