Intelligence is not having to redesign your gun for years and have none of them collect dust at a dealer.
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Actually it does not, a mid body cocking Pup will have the same possible full lenght barrel of a rear cocking PupMakes sense to everybody else, maybe your heads in the wrong place
I like my scopes as close as possible to the bore. On my P15 (Skyhawk), I can get my scope height comfortably down to just under 2”. That would not be possible on a P35 with the mid cocking linkages above the barrel. My Delta Wolf has the same issue with the cocking linkage design. Above the bore linkage makes for a design that is more easily switchable left or right side but there are trade offs.… I like my mid cocking P35s even though I know that the rear cocking P15s are the same gun but half a pound lighter (probably mostly the stock).
I’ve seen plenty of them for resale but to be fair every gun hits the classified sooner or laterActually it does not, a mid body cocking Pup will have the same possible full lenght barrel of a rear cocking Pup
You just worded your options to serve your quest.
If I'm on the bench or hunting ( even more so ) I always take my head of the cheek rest even with a standard side lever rifle, the necessity of keeping your head on the scope is vastly overblown.
Taipans are simple, effective, extremely well made PCPs that you hardly ever see in the classified for a good reason.
So your saying it doesn't matter much where the lever is because it ends up in the classifieds anyway, right? Your really selling your hard stance against them here.I’ve seen plenty of them for resale but to be fair every gun hits the classified sooner or
LOL whatcha mean "don't make sense" ?For slow fire applications where single loading is often preferred (FT for instance), I think the rear cocking lever is an ideal solution. I have used a Diana Skyhawk (much like a Taipan Veteran layout). The top loading single shot tray with the rear cocking lever right there, gives a great combination of simplicity, light weight, convenience, and visibility.
For faster shooting with a magazine, where I prefer not to break position, a forward cocking lever is a better solution.
I did not answer the poll because the choices do not apply in my case. Or they don’t make sense (choice #2).