Taipan Owners - Who wants a forward cocking side lever and nicer stock?

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tommyb

tommyb

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Hey gang

Don’t have one of these but I know they are fabulous reliable guns. I’m a traditional air rifle enthusiast (i.e., Daystate Regal XL .22, FX Royale 400 in .22 caliber, RAW HM1000x HP .22, and RW Safari .HP ART barrel .25); but, I wonder if Czech Republic Taipan Manufacturers would consider a forward cocking side lever and a big improvement in stock design? Seems like you would cream the competition with a couple of design improvements on a great gun and reputation. I’m a lefty and don’t like the rear side lever and also would like to see a much nice stock. 

Nation - Any thoughts or ideas on what you would like to see? 

Taipan Manufacturing - if you are monitoring please comment 

Tx...Tom
 
My go-to gun:
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Taipan Vet .177 cal. I like the stock just fine. In all honesty -- it grew on me. And the Papy Yost biathlon lever makes cocking a breeze.
 
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2many - That is a nice stock.

I was just thinking that Taipan’s could benefit from a facelift by creating a more innovative stock design, since everything else is near perfect! 

I.e., FX WC longs, Vulcans, Brocock semi-bull pups all come to mind, but I’m really just asking the troops for their opinions. Not being a Bullpup owner, I was curious to see what you guys would like to see in the future. The stocks look a bit ‘boxy’ looking to me, but every other part of this gun is a winner for everything else. 

Just an opinion and I totally understand other POV’s.
 
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Forward cocking lever would be nice but I have no problem with the stock what is wrong with it?
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Too heavy and bulky for me. I'm strongly considering trimming my laminate stock down, i.e. chopping off the section forward of the forward bolt, sanding / drilling out material in strategic places - to save weight and reduce the overall profile.
 
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I am impressed with the passion of Taipan owners. I have never owned one or even seen one in person. 

I too think the stock is too blocky. I feel this way about many bull pups.

The Cricket Mini-Carbine is a good looking rifle to me. Don't own one.
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The fact that Taipan doesn't do much advertising and doesn't have a handful of YouTube channel guys on payroll and has the reputation that it does among airgunners....... says a lot. 
 
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Agree, kinda like the unsung heroes of the airgun world, along with Cricket and Vulcan - AGT. You almost never hear of reliability or other type problems with any of these guns. The only thing I've heard the past couple of years was the reg. creep problem with the new Uragan. They all just plain shoot, accurately and reliably. I had my Cricket mini Carbine in the safe for SIX months after EBR. I pulled it out two months ago, did not dry fire even one shot. It still had about 210 bar pressure which is about where I left it. It shot at 880 to 885 FPS in October at EBR for the Speed Silo. My very first shot over the chrony was 881 FPS. Amazing...
 
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Hey gang

Don’t have one of these but I know they are fabulous reliable guns. I’m a traditional air rifle enthusiast (i.e., Daystate Regal XL .22, FX Royale 400 in .22 caliber, RAW HM1000x HP .22, and RW Safari .HP ART barrel .25); but, I wonder if Czech Republic Taipan Manufacturers would consider a forward cocking side lever and a big improvement in stock design? Seems like you would cream the competition with a couple of design improvements on a great gun and reputation. I’m a lefty and don’t like the rear side lever and also would like to see a much nice stock. 

Nation - Any thoughts or ideas on what you would like to see? 

Taipan Manufacturing - if you are monitoring please comment 

Tx...Tom
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By far, most of the Taipan stock detractors have never even seen one. That's just silly, guys 😵. Let me explain.

Have to admit I wasn't super keen on the stocks from pictures but a couple years ago i bought one anyway based on their incredible reputation. I simply could not resist lol.

Couldn't find a new one anywhere so I bought a used one from R&L. Took me about 2 minutes to fall in love even though it had signs of wear from it's previous owner.

I have since owned a total of 5 Taipans and currently own 3 (all shortys) Sold 2 Standards because I don't require the power they can generate in my limited back yard. If I had more space, I would certainly have kept them.

The stock:

  • Truly ambi due to the fact that it's perfectly symmetric left to right
  • The pistol grip IMO is perfect. To me it feels like holding your 1st girlfriend's hand. Remember that feeling when you were a teenager? Yep, it's just like that.
  • IMO the carry handle is also perfect. You can comfortably get 4 fingers around it and the gun balances beautifully when carrying. I used to have a Wildcat and could only get 3 fingers in there because of the design. Hated that.
  • The fore end is blocky-looking to the eye but it let's the gun sit on a bag without tipping over which is super nice.
  • The only change I would like to see would be some checkering on the fore end for a better grip. I put grip tape on mine and highly recommend it 👍

The rear lever:

As a Wildcat owner, I had thought of myself as a mid-lever snob but the Taipan changed my mind completely.

The Taipan lever is buttery slick. Like a miniature Swiss bank vault. It is a joy to cycle and never gets old. It's also switchable to either side so you lefties don't have to worry

IMO the rear position's only detriment would be during a speed silhouette competition.

Long story short I sold the Wildcat a couple months later as it was collecting dust and proceeded to buy 4 more Taipans 😁



Changes I would like to see?

  • Should come with 1/2-20 thread adapter on the front
  • Should come with a knurled HS adjuster
  • Add checkering to fore stock
  • Should come with mag holders or at least they should be available as an option



Hope some of this helps anyone who's on the fence.



Matt


 
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