I have a Taipan Veteran .22 regular on order. My guess is it will not have a CZ barrel. Hopefully, it will be an LW. One dealer told me that Taipan was having problems getting an adequate supply of CZ barrels. He was a bit upset that they were switching barrel brands and would not be carrying them any longer. The reason he gave was that Taipan is too small compared to manufacturers like Kalibrgun and AGT who seem to be getting most of the CZ production.