like scope tube diameter creep, lol
I noticed, and there's also a stepped down portion in the photos- I don't love that aesthetic, but again, more air is more air.
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Bottle Taipan
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I noticed, and there's also a stepped down portion in the photos- I don't love that aesthetic, but again, more air is more air.
Lookin at the schematics, the barrel looks to be clamped now instead of threaded. The regulator looks like it’s in the Same place it always has been, so no extra plenum, and the shroud looks to be mounted to the scope rail and allow the barrel to fully float inside. This may help with poi changes due to bumping the shroud, and help with accuracy from harmonics. I’m actually excited about this vet. The forward cocking has me salivating about the future of taipan!
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So getting the bottled Vet you gain potential stability, though I haven't heard of anyone complaining about POI changes from bumps. Quite the opposite, in fact. I've heard it said more than once that people love their Taipans because it always shoots where it's supposed to.
The negatives are more weight (but more shots) and more unwieldy with no gains in power.
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In regards to the prior two comments....the new free-floating barrel to prevent point of impact shifts would be fixing what ain't broken. I own 3 OG Vets. Point of impact shifts are not a problem with them. Two of them have had the same scope zero for over a year. The third gets barrels changed often.
If our conjecture about the clamping (and perhaps threaded also?) breech is correct, this new free-floating barrel's primary pro would be MUCH easier removal, either for cleaning or for swapping barrels.
If our conjecture about the clamping (and perhaps threaded also?) breech is correct, this new free-floating barrel's primary pro would be MUCH easier removal, either for cleaning or for swapping barrels.
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Hmmm... the OG Veteran is going up in price. Just look into their product page and there's only Veteran II.
www.taipan-airguns.com
I'm selling my OG Vet $2000 firm if anyone want it.
Taipan Airguns
www.taipan-airguns.com I'm selling my OG Vet $2000 firm if anyone want it.
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I don’t think the barrel is threaded by looking at the schematics. I could be wrong though. As for as not fixing what aint broken. Maybe it wasn’t an issue on the OG. but may be now due to the clamping style of the barrel. Just throwing out ideas.
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There is an old saying of which I am reminded, if you screw with something enough, you will screw it up.
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The new tube version looks way better than the bottle version in my opinion. I wonder what laminate stocks they will offer?
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My hopes that it remains threaded to the breech were partially based on this photo of the OG from the manual...
The threaded barrel on the OG is represented very similarly in the new schematic.
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There's a couple year old video on Youtube of when the OGs laminate stocks came out. In that video he was demonstrating the laminate stocks and had what I call a "coyote," laminate scheme. Tan, brown, and gray. I've always hoped they would release that color for OG, but never did.
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Yep, my Veteran is the most stable rifle I own, never a POI change. I'm sure the new versions will find an eager market, but for my use, I see no advantages. It appears to me, the marketing folks outvoted the engineers.
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Glad to see their engineers finally came back to work but so far neither of the two supposed new guns interest me. I’ll stick with old blocky the rear cocker for the time being. The bottle gun just plain old looks like a middle school shop class dreamed it up.
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I’ve never thought the veteran ever looked “good”. It’s chunky and clunky in all the wrong places. Lol
what they do best is engineering. The guns just plain shoot, and are built to withstand the apocalypse. I see this same engineering in the new veteran. I’m excited about it. Some people just hate change. Taipan has finally figured out if they don’t change with he times, they won’t stay Afloat. Until his thing is in the hands of some real folks to get some real life input, it’s worthless making assumptions.
what they do best is engineering. The guns just plain shoot, and are built to withstand the apocalypse. I see this same engineering in the new veteran. I’m excited about it. Some people just hate change. Taipan has finally figured out if they don’t change with he times, they won’t stay Afloat. Until his thing is in the hands of some real folks to get some real life input, it’s worthless making assumptions.
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