Back again.  It seems Lothar Walther has blanks in the correct nominal OD.  I looked at the site in a bit more detail.

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Just wondering if there is a source of factory or aftermarket drop-in barrels for the .177 Taipan Veteran Standard.  I’ve not had any troubles but am thinking about the future.  I’ve looked at the LW barrel manufacture’s site and they have blanks that are close but they will need some help as they look a bit undersize.

Just thinking as I…Read more

That is the way I read it.  7/8-14 UNF.  That is what I put in my Luxfer SCBA tank.

I’m a bit weird.  I went with a DIN 300 valve as I use a SCUBA compressor to fill my tanks and my fill adapters work with either the DIN200 or the DIN 300 connections.  I’ve got many dive tanks with the DIN 200 and I can live with lower fill pre…Read more

Just a reminder.  I posted a WTB ad on a forum a few weeks back.  The number of scammers outnumbered the real sellers by 3:1.  One scammer was trying to sell me the same gun I was buying from another person!  Photoshop a few things into the pictures and hope the buyer doesn’t notice the same photos were used over and over.

Ok.  I fina…Read more

With this topic in mind, does anyone know of a source of spare hammers for the Taipan Veteran?  I can likely make some for myself on an old Hardinge toolroom lathe but that would not be feasible if my friends all like the results of the hammer mods.  (As usual the geometry is easy.  The material properties like heat treat are the my…Read more

I got one of the cool pens in an order last week.  Very nice.  Wife took it.  Better order more stuff from Talon Tunes 🙂

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New to the boards.  Tony was good enough to send me a 22 Veteran Long just before the virus got us into lock-down.  I’d read about the “dial-o-velocity” of the Taipan Veteran so I had to try it.

Loosened the lock on the hammer spring preload adjuster and took it out 3.5 turns.  Nope.  It didn’t fall out.  I’d done the same on a Vete…Read more