New taipan owner and a question

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tor47

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Since I am a satisfied owner several FX guns, I got tempted to try something different to play with, and went ahead and bought a taipan veteran standard in .177. So far my impression of the gun are good. It needed some adjustment from the factory tune, as it was shooting JSB heavy at 1040fps, and had no peak when it went of the reg, and was very unefficient for those pellets, at that speed. So I just dialed the hammer out a few turns til it reach about 800fps. Think that was a good starting point until the gun has settled more after some tins of pellets. Today I cleaned it after 600-700 shots, and there was no sign of any lead fouling which is nice. All the patches came out clean, except for the black gunk, which is normal.

But there is one minor issue I need advice on. The trigger seems to hang a litle on the first stage. By that I means it feels like it needs some lubrication. If I pull it slowly, it stops, and then when I pull more, it starts moving again. It seems to be random where it happens on the pull. It only seems to happen when the gun are cocked, as it move nice othervise. The second stage seems fine, but when the first stage hang a litle, just before the seccond stage, it can be hard to get an even trigger pull from shot to shot. 

So do you other owners think there is something to lube in the trigger mecanism to get a smoother first stage? Or should I try adjusting the trigger with a lighter first stage, to get it moving with less resistance?
 
Did test some more by holding the cocking lever and pulling trigger. It might actually seem it is the seccond stage which is set with a long pull. The trigger first seems to move about 1mm with hardly any resistance, and then there is more resistance, and the trigger then to move maybe 2-3 mm before the hammer release. I am a litle sceptical starting adjusting the trigger on a new gun, but I probably have to try. As I understand the taipan trigger should be easy to adjust.
 
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My advice:

  1. Unload the rifle and de-cock
  2. Remove the two socket cap screws (with a 4mm hex key) holding stock
  3. Remove the two 2.5mm flat head screws holding the trigger plate - be careful, the two brass bushings might fall out if you have to turn the rifle over to get the plate out
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    At this point, you have a visual picture of what's happening during trigger adjustment! This is a big feature and selling point for these rifles 👍

    Feel free to ping me for help.
 
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Go to the sear adjusting screw on the bottom, and start easing it clockwise until the the gun will not cock, then back it out a quarter turn and see where you are. Sounds like you just have more sear engagement than necessary, quite common, an additional margin for safety. Mine was the same. Once you get it right, it is a very good trigger with a crisp release, no creep. And yes, removing the side plate to see what's happening is a good idea. 
 
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PS - 
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I also noticed a miner detail I had not noticed before. The notches witch goes around on the outside of the magazines, have one missing. Just found out today, after owning the gun a week. They will tell you when you are at the last shot, if you load the magazine with that position up. No need to dry fire if you are in doubt:)
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If you look at the right angle, you can actually see if one is racked in the barrel 😎
 
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