Taipan Veteran 2 Air Rifle Assembling Process

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Savaj

Savaj

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A couple of months back, I had visited the Czech Republic. During my trip, I contacted the manufacturer of Taipan Veteran/Veteran 2 air rifles to check if I could see their assembly process. They were happy to welcome me to their assembly shop. Taipan technician Wilhelm was so patient and walked me through the entire assembly process while also commenting on finer points of assembling such a reliable rifle. While an air rifle requires many components, one of the most important parts is the barrel. Taipan air rifles use tried and trusted Lothar Walther barrels. Despite its quality, Taipan is slightly underrated.

I was allowed to shoot a video and I would like to share the same with everyone. It is bit long, so grab a coffee or soda. In my next video, I will test this rifle assembled in front of me for accuracy.

Big Thank You to the entire Taipan team. I had so much fun before, during and after shooting this video and pestered them with lots of questions.Cheers!

https://youtu.be/R8qcvqd8_No

This is the first time that I made a video about air rifles (normally I focus on knives and bushcraft) and I do scripting, shooting and editing on my own. I would love to hear your suggestions to help me make better videos.
 
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Good job! Enjoyed your music selection as well. Looking forward to your next video. Thanks for sharing
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Thanks for making/sharing the video!

It's really great to see the awesome Taipan bullpup coming out of the shadows more and more all the time 👍



Matt
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thanks LOU
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yeah, nice vid. would echo what you say about taipans being underated. they really are excellent, up there with the best - edguns, etc. I have a mutant .22 which had the cz barrel, wonder why they switched to LW barrels?
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Thank you guys for your appreciation and support. As a newcomer here, I already feel at home.
 
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yeah, nice vid. would echo what you say about taipans being underated. they really are excellent, up there with the best - edguns, etc. I have a mutant .22 which had the cz barrel, wonder why they switched to LW barrels?
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That's a very good question. CZ barrels would make more sense as CZ factory is closeby. Using locally made barrels would be much better in terms of inventory control and logistics. You know what, let me check with them and get you their reasons for switching to Lothar Walther barrels.

Apart from this, they told me that they were in the process of setting up a new production facility. I believe a bigger production facility would also translate to a reduction in manufacturing cost due to economies of scale and also an increased marketing/brand-building effort. Hopefully, that will lead to more Taipans floating around.
 
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Someone told me that the CZ barrels went to Airgun Technologies CZ, so Taipan had to switch their .22 to LW. The .25 was always LW as far as I know.
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I've heard the same also. 

By the way awesome video! Was great to see how there put together at the factory. Gotta love the simplicity of the Veterans. Also good to know about the rail and stock tightening sequences. 
 
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Good video ... but something stood out at me as rather odd ?

The receiver shown as well any other parts being assembled HAVE NO LOGO or BRANDING on them ... all but Air gauge.

Other was what I remembered reading years ago on the TALON forum is that TAIPAN is not the Manufacturer but TAOMAN if i got spelling right ?

KIND OF makes me question if gun being shown is the real deal or a knock off ?



Don't take this as accusing .. just stating what i view as odd ?

Personally own an original MUTANT with the CZ and it's stays around till i die .. it's that fine of an air gun !
 
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I'm an engineer who's worked with manufacturing for years and was quite surprised to see the entire assembly operation being done by one person on a bench with no use of torque gauges except for the stock screws. 

I agree it was informative to hear the assembly tightening sequence for the fasteners, in particular the stock screws. I'm curious the repercussions of tightening the stock handle screw before the forward stock screw? 
 
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Good video ... but something stood out at me as rather odd ?

The receiver shown as well any other parts being assembled HAVE NO LOGO or BRANDING on them ... all but Air gauge.

Other was what I remembered reading years ago on the TALON forum is that TAIPAN is not the Manufacturer but TAOMAN if i got spelling right ?

KIND OF makes me question if gun being shown is the real deal or a knock off ?



Don't take this as accusing .. just stating what i view as odd ?

Personally own an original MUTANT with the CZ and it's stays around till i die .. it's that fine of an air gun !
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Hi Motorhead

That's an interesting observation for sure. Let me check with Taipan about what they have to say. Apparently there have been changes to the production site and stuff as they are ramping up production. Regarding markings, I believe that was marked at a later stage. Or was that Cricket factory? I had been to Taipan and Cricket factory on consecutive days and that was a year back. To make matters worse, I forgot my notepad at Prague airport or else I would have shared some more interesting information.

To the contrary I am glad that you brought this forward, I will definitely check with them about what you said.
 
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I'm an engineer who's worked with manufacturing for years and was quite surprised to see the entire assembly operation being done by one person on a bench with no use of torque gauges except for the stock screws. 

I agree it was informative to hear the assembly tightening sequence for the fasteners, in particular the stock screws. I'm curious the repercussions of tightening the stock handle screw before the forward stock screw?
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Hi DanielL,

They had arranged for Wilhelm to assemble it on a bench specifically for the video as shooting it at actual assembly area would have disturbed their other technicians. Moreover, I didn't insist on shooting in the assembly area because as it is, they allowed me to shoot there on such short notice. This is my first such video about air rifles so I could not think of questions that you have raised. But I will keep them in mind for subsequent videos and thank you for helping me expand my horizons.


 
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Hello everyone, here's a follow up video about accuracy test of Taipan Veteran that was assembled in front of me in last video.

I was shooting JSB Exact King Heavy Diabolo (33.95gr) pellets at 40 yards. Scope was Valiant Zephyr 5-20x50.

Unfortunately I was running out of time and could not do a detailed review. But I have shared my observations about Taipan Veteran 2 and would like to hear more from those who already own it.

https://youtu.be/kHAhtCSFKac
 
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Good video ... but something stood out at me as rather odd ?

The receiver shown as well any other parts being assembled HAVE NO LOGO or BRANDING on them ... all but Air gauge.

Other was what I remembered reading years ago on the TALON forum is that TAIPAN is not the Manufacturer but TAOMAN if i got spelling right ?

KIND OF makes me question if gun being shown is the real deal or a knock off ?



Don't take this as accusing .. just stating what i view as odd ?

Personally own an original MUTANT with the CZ and it's stays around till i die .. it's that fine of an air gun !
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M'head, 

I remember the TT story as well. I think it is a matter of branding. I'm not sure if you heard him while he was describing the new gauge. He said "... Taipan or your local "branding"."

So as we have heard, it is marketed and branded differently around the world. I remember "Raptor" was one of the names used.

If I'm wrong, I will crawl back into my lerking reader hole. ......That is all.
 
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