Taipan veteran 2 my thoughts
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. NOTE: Update 7/4 - I was too quick in my early assessments regarding the moderation, upon further review, the moderation appears equitable to the original. I've been using an additional huggett on my original set up for quite some time and it made the gen 2 appear louder than it really is. I have added a terry cloth strip around both collars and will see if it muffles the bark further.
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final initial thoughts, cocking lever is boss! Absolutley beautiful. moderator was not as good as I hoped. Trigger is the same. Power is definitely there, no added plenum needed. Will shoot slugs nicely. I personally will tone down the power currently for my purposes. In the end so far, It met or exceeded my expectations. I also understand my desire's are not necessarily shared by other Taipan owners. I was worried about the floating barrel and the mod effectiveness and cocking lever feel. 2 out of 3 are quite fine, mod, I can work on.
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Thanks for the review. I couldn’t see down the shroud very well but are the baffles in backwards by any chance? It almost looks like they are reversed 180*?
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i bet with say 18 gr at 890 its pretty back yard friendly. my vet 1 22 cal with a 16 gr tune at 920 is pretty nice
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I backed the hammer spring off a bit for normal weight pellets. quieted it down considerably.
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I would love to see a video of you cocking the gun. Just curious if you have to move your hand off of the grip.
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Thanks for the vids, Marc. All things being equal, I'm sticking with the Compact V1 .25 you sold me last year
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I normally do but here you go. Now the gun has a cutout on the other side which makes me think the cocking lever is reversible.
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Could you post a close up picture of the cocking handle length? It looks quite short in your video as compared to other manufacturers handles. It looks to be more like a knob? However, I guess that's fine too if it's not really any advantage to having a longer handle? Based on your video it would probably be in the way of your trigger hand too. Is the handle swappable to the other side too?
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It is reversable, the handle / know is barely an inch , maybe 15/16" but it is big feeling, you put your fingers there it just seems to be there, hard to miss if that makes any sense.
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I finally took a serious look at the mod assembly. I was incorrect in my initial reporting. Was rushing around work, apologies. Here is the accurate report you seek brother.
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