Taipan Type One Taipan's...A Testimonial.
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I have a Vet 2 LR 700mm. Its tuned to shoot H&N .218 (25gr) right around 940fps. Yesterday I took a what I would consider a cold barrel shot ( gun was sitting for more than 24hrs without being shot) at a measured 75 yards. Had to take a HOSP and it got smacked right where I had aimed. Honestly not many other airguns have been so amazing in consistency and reliably so accurate. I love it!
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A much shorter first cold shot of the day from my Vet 2 550mm .22 @ 20yds with JSB 18gr @ 975fps. Gotta luv reliable consistent accuracy from great PCP's!
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That's fantastic!
Mine is tuned for slugs and unlike some folks who have struggled to find a slug that shoots well in their PCP, mine has been nothing short of phenomenal with H&N slugs. I don't take credit for it because it is tuned by Derrick Wall.
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Found my mutant group to show what it’s capable of. Only x4 groups @ 48 yards. I only had 4 shots left in my 1st mag. 2nd mag had hades and to my surprise it shot them exactly the same. I probably would have messed up a 5 shot group anyway lol. Was just wet piece of cardboard laying on ground. Shot a hole then aimed at it.
Gun will literately stack em. Thats a pellet for reference sitting next to top group.
Gun will literately stack em. Thats a pellet for reference sitting next to top group.
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Well like Ed ( ELH) said, I won’t be replacing mine ( new Vet2 .22 cal 700mm laminate) either with a Vet 1.
I had a Taipan .25 Long with rear cocking lever on the left side. I am a lefty and it was awkward at best, even from the bench. I did a lot of paper target and group shooting, mostly at 50y and occasionally at 100y with the Vet 1. The accuracy for me was pretty good, but not great. I eventually traded it in for a RW Safari from AoA. It was a really solid gun, but I got caught up in the Safari lure.
Vet 2 - I also like the good size plenum, forward lever cocking on right side, ADF, and tensioned barrel. The cocking action is much smoother than my Vet1. I love the really good accuracy of the new Vet2 for 30 & 40 yard target challenges, and also for shooting N50 targets. Three great shooting accurate pellets ( JSB 20.83 lights, AEA 21.9g, and JTS 22.07g) . I have several AGN posts with some good results. I haven’t even tried slugs yet, but my shot counts are great.
So, I may be an anomaly here, but I like and appreciate the new features and enhancements of the Vet2. It has become one ( if not my favorite) of my favorite rifles.
Let’s face it, Taipan has something for everyone. Mutants, compacts, standard, longs and two versions / generations.
Hard to beat that!
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First let me just say that I want a taipan so freaking bad. A vet 2 in .25 would be amazing…
For cold bore shooting my Barra 250z is outstanding. It’s already unreasonably accurate with slugs for a gun of it’s price…. But yesterday for example: today I took my buddy out to show him my gun and preach the gospel of airguns to him. I was explaining that we had to re-zero because I ran out of the 30gr yesterday so there was no way the 35gr were gonna be accurate. But we saw a fat squirrel in a dead juniper so I said I’d give it a shot…. “It’s not tuned for this slug so I’m gonna miss..” lined it up, gave it a little bit holdover to account for the added weight and pulled the trigger. 59 yards cold bore and with a slug 5gr heavier than it was tuned for and my baby dropped that squirrel no problem. Idk why or how it works so damn well but it just does cuz I’m not a crack shot at all.
And yeah I lurk on the taipan forums sometimes even though I don’t have one haha.. from what I’ve seen it might be the most underrated or at least talked about of top tier airguns. I live in Utah so no disrespect to FX in anyway but I just like to see other brands sometimes haha.
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Man! I bought a tin of H&N .218 21gr slugs and and.....couldn't get the accuracy....bummer as they are more affordable than most other slugs! Mine really likes AVS 20gr .2183's, nice slugs but costly. Mine will shoot NSA 20gr .218's but not as accurately as the AVS doggonnit!
. Glad yours slings the H&N's well! Beautiful laminate stock!Upvote 0
Man! I bought a tin of H&N .218 21gr slugs and and.....couldn't get the accuracy....bummer as they are more affordable than most other slugs! Mine really likes AVS 20gr .2183's, nice slugs but costly. Mine will shoot NSA 20gr .218's but not as accurately as the AVS doggonnit!
I get my slugs from a guy I found in the classifieds in this forum…. They look almost exactly like nsa cup base slugs. But he makes them any weight I want. They’re cheep too. Just got 400 30gr and 31gr slugs sent to my house for less than $40. He packages them like a psycho so the arrive pristine, no dents, shavings or bent lips on the cups….Id what’s so different about them but a 35gr Franco slug does 895 out of my gun but the H&N 34gr would only do 850… same diameter too.
Pretty sure he makes .22 slugs too. Maybe he can make a good slug for you.
His email is [email protected]
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Cool! Thanks for that info! I have seen his listings but I need to ask him if he could swage certain diameter .22 slugs! The AVS slugs also move quicker than NSA or H&N thru mines barrel, maybe because they are made of pure lead.
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I like slugs because i can take long shots without wind and gravity affecting them as much unlike pellets. I was able to get the H&N 25gr slugs for .07 cents a piece shipped. I stocked up so I have around 8400 in stock. Mine shoots 25.5gr Zan’s really well too but they cost more. So yea, I got lucky! And thanks I love the stock too!Man! I bought a tin of H&N .218 21gr slugs and and.....couldn't get the accuracy....bummer as they are more affordable than most other slugs! Mine really likes AVS 20gr .2183's, nice slugs but costly. Mine will shoot NSA 20gr .218's but not as accurately as the AVS doggonnit!
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Like you, I mainly use slugs for pesting ground squirrels if there is wind, I load up magazines with both pellets and slugs and use what's needed! When just target shooting at my range, it's 90% pellets. I also use JSB Monster 25gr pellets (almost slug like) for pesting. These non choked barrels are great for both slugs and pellets, fun stuff! You're welcome and enjoy shooting!
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I really thought when I purchased really uragans that there was no way I would purchase a rear cocking pcp . I was wrong I really enjoy the no drama acurracy that I get from this taipan 1 .. the .22 is a mutant standard, the tactical is standard. 25 n this one like 34gr knockouts, which is perfectly for me..
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A Question I'm really Interested in purchasing a .22 long those last taipan long are unchoke, how difficult would be to push 25gr slugs in the 960fps without stressing to much the gun ..??
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From my experiences with the .22 Long and Standard, take a tune that you're comfortable with your Standard and add about 5 FPE for that same reg pressure in the Long. My .22 Long was shooting about 31 FPE at 100 bars reg pressure while my Standard .22 was shooting 27 FPE with the same reg pressure.
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My .22 Long 700mm is pushing 25 gr H&N slugs (.218 head size) at 940. Reg is set at 135bar. Same tune pushes the 25.5 grain Zan at 905fps average. Keep in mind slugs of same weight and headsize but from different manufacturers can vary in speed because of the surface area in contact with the barrel.
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Good to know.
I have a .22 long 700 mm. Reg set from factory at 135 BAR.
Which slug is more accurate for you and at what distance(s)?
Thanks
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Thank you..could you post a pic to see how it looks with the 700mm barrel .. I have a 700mm taipan barrel but I was going to use it in another thing.. but if it looks good I might then buy the .22 long .
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