I thank you all for your sage advice. You all have well educated opinions. I still don’t see a consensus. I guess everyone has to figure it out for themselves. No one wants to make the $2000+ mistake, but it looks like there is no real mistake, only the best choice. Keep shooting.
The Taipans have the lowest cost of ownership or cost of entry. Even If you were to find a great used one on the classifieds it's rare not to get them shooting awesome out of the box. The only thing for me was the rear cocking. I lived with it for so long because everything else about them made it not a big deal.