This is the sixth Taipan I had the "pleasure" of owning, and every single one had been a stellar performer. Sold a "long" years ago simply because of weight and I'm not a big bench shooter plus another member wanted it. In the last year I've been working with (enjoying) a .22 Mutant standard and more recently a Veteran compact .22...Both of these examples have just WOWed me...(all my Taipans have), I posted groups and my feelings on other threads. Me being a classifieds "hawk" this .177 was only posted for minutes, and I sic'ed my buddy on it, (a recient Veteran convert by me) he bought it immediately, after the dust cleared I begged it off him...cost me the .22 compact...not given up lightly...and the .177 was shipped to me. This .177 has the older "shinny" anodizing that I really like, I polished it with polishing compound and it looks like black chrome, I have a standard .22 just like it all polished up. I've shot it twice so far....177s are tricky at the best of times...wind...and I've read mixed reviews on .177 Taipans...has been very horrible humid and breezy if not windy here in North Florida but I've seen enough and I'm not worried...the 10.34s and 13.43s did ok initially and H&N 10.65 did ok. No crony work yet but it's penciled in....This one is going to be interesting. In addition, I have another .177 standard being boxed up to be shipped to me...so, I'll be getting a lot of experience with Taipan .177s...have a ton of pellets so that's a good thing...The posted group was shot at 37 yards in not the best conditions...the second shoot was over all better but still windy. Trigger, function fit and finish are Taipan through and through...Was shipped with a red laminated stock...without a Pic rail drilled into the stock, hate that, but I put that in storage and put a Ukrainian wood stock on it...pares well with the shinny anodizing. More to come with this one!
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