Well, I'm not sure what a "speed challenge" is, so I'll defer to your experience in that regard. I was thinking of hunting, and other practical shooting applications. There is no all-purpose tool. I can say, from 50+ years of shooting in various shooting sports, many of the best rifles, pistols, and shotguns, in regard to target competition, are very inappropriate for practical hunting applications. But it's all good, buy what you like and enjoy.
Of course the market dictates, duhh...in a lazy society fascinated with gatgets and everything made easy for them as well as a society of sheep that need to get what others get I'm not surprised Taipan "HAD" to change.
Sheep? I don’t want forward cocking because it’s what everyone else wants, I want it because it makes it more convenient for me as a hunter. You must hate your life with all the advancements that constantly happen in EVERY aspect of our lives.
Dude you are alway denigrating. Now it’s a “lazy society”. I thought we were talking about a lever at the very rear of a gun? So those who prefer otherwise, are “societally lazy”. or sheep? “Everything changes” nothing is “static” under the sun. Your pontifications are unnecessary and juvenile. Maybe its time to go back to “Manny’s Corner”?
how's this guy ? Dude you are now going to be the one person on my ignore list… you were full of yourself at GTA and are showing you true colors here. I’m putting you on the ignore list, because you’re so irresistible to me… “man crush”, wow! This way I won’t read your “know it all”, name calling BS. Later!
I never ever read his posts but he seems to be following me around like a pappy dog, always needs to quote me even if it'svother people threads,........looks like he has a man crush and seeksa me out all the time, sorry not interested
Funny you say that....One of my OG Vets has been a sort of test bed for various barrels, reg pressures, etc. I'm always swapping barrels around and just tinkering with it. For the past few months I've been considering selling it and putting that money towards a better compressor.....now with the talk of the Vet II and an assumed cessation of production of the OG....I'm thinking I might hang onto the testbed Vet, as a potential source for spare parts to keep the other OGs running, if nothing else.
I agree.
I can see the ads now, "fewer linkages = smoother cocking!" Or, "fewer parts = greater longevity, your new gun will never wear out with the new and improved rear cocking!" Wait a second.......I can't wait for FX, Daystate, Brocock, Edgun, Kalibrgun, AGT, RTI, Skout, and others to introduce their newest bullpup models all with rear cocking levers.
Yes, and homie should have his dislike button permanently disabled...Even after the mod cautioned you and acknowledged you're a trolllol *****
Just out of curiosity, what are your reservations? While I disagree with your statement that “everyone whose had one says it shoulders great” because I didn’t think so, and “rear cocking is a non issue” while it wasn’t necessarily a big deal to me, I wouldn’t call it a non issue. I sold my vet mainly because I couldn’t shoot it well. My wildcat was much more comfortable to shoot, and forward cocking to boot. That being said, I miss the anti double load feature, the simple mag, and the ruggedness of the vet. If the vet2 continues all these aspects, and with forward cocking, I’m getting my hands on one for sure. I LOVE the taipan brand, and I’m positive that their engineers while listening to the masses, won’t let it deter them from their already proven name in making Uber reliable and simple rifles that just…plain…work!!
I've never owned a rifle with an externally adjustable reg, so I guess I don't know what I'm missing. It does seem like an attractive feature. Given the location and design of the Veteran reg, I don't think that making it externally adjustable is easily feasible, but I'm no engineer. And yes, getting it out to adjust, maybe several times, would be a bit of a chore. Luckily, the Vet is not a rifle I tinker with, so it hasn't been an issue. It seems to me, the original Veteran was designed to be a simple, robust rifle that requires very little maintenance, and I think they were successful.
