Taipan Rifles

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Oh yeah:

The Taipan Veterans are excellent air rifles. Some have panned them for their appearance. When I saw this gun in person, I was quite impressed with its appearance.

And then, when I shot it. WOW!

The trigger = 10. Accuracy = 10. Cocking lever smoothness [sic] = 10.

At first, I was concerned about the rearward placement of the cocking lever. I had the Veteran .25 long at the range today and the placement of the lever was no problem.

* Equally important -- to my neighbors, at least -- these guns are Uber-quiet. Mine have Sumos, by DonnyFL.
 
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Great find Matt, it’s the first time I’ve seen it. I love my long in .22, accurate with a great trigger, and quiet. I’ll have a .25 one of these days. Looks like they moved to the Czech Republic and I hope the quality remains the same, top notch. I also noticed a small change with the white spacer on the buttstock and they’re showing the laminate stock the Balista’s had on their website.
 
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Weight? Both my Taipans are excellently balanced. This, for me, negates the weight of the rifle.

With my HST set to push 33.93 gr JSB at a clip of 51-53 FPE, I get 3, 10 round shots on reg (if memory serves me).

At first I thought, "this must be magic", with this size cylinder. 

Another important feature for me was the easily adjustable power setting, with the HST accessible externally.
 
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What about weight and shot counts? For being small, they weigh the same as my FX 400. Seems a tad on the heavy side. Thought s??
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I was just shooting mine this morning. I do not find it heavy. The excellent balance overcomes any weight concerns IMHO. In terms of shot count, this morning I was shooting the 33 gr JSB's at about 940 fps. I got 30 shots in the 930 - 940 fps range then it started to drop. By shot #40 I was getting about 830 fps, but the poi was still dead on. At that point I refilled. 
 
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