SCSA Taipan Rifle - .223 Wylde

Not a long report, it was a cold day on the range so I only did about 150rds. I took my new Taipan X out to basically sight it in. Impressed with quality and the fact that the upper and lower are bolted together, you don’t get that AR slight wobble between them. Ultra smooth cycling especially with the spring assist feature. After I had sighted in the rifle, I tired a couple of fast firings and did two 10rd dumps both just under 5 seconds (remember this was my first time with the rifle) and kept both groupings in a 6” circle at 50m. As for accuracy I did 6 five shot groups with my hand loaded 55gr rounds and 4 five shot groups with the 62gr PMC green tips at 100m. The rifle did very well with both bullets but did seem to like the 62gr a little better. 55gr groups averaged 1.29” and the 62gr groups averaged right on 1.15” (based on 100m vs 100yds this is almost exactly 1.0 MOA). Someone with younger eyes and with a higher power scope (mine is a 1-6x LPVO) could obviously do better. Only downside I have with the rifle is the trigger and it’s the same complaint voiced on videos from Australia and that is the trigger pull is very heavy. Good news is that apparently there are lighter replacement trigger groups that can be bought for the Taipan bad news is that I will have to order them from Australia. The Australians designed the Taipan X so you couldn’t in your wildest dream say that it is somehow related to an AR, obviously no gas hole in the barrel, no gas system, nor space for a gas system, upper and lower are not AR compatible, the bolt and carrier are not compatible with any AR design and even the trigger group is not compatible with AR style trigger groups (you would need to drill a extra hole in the receiver). I like the new rifle and it will stay in my collection regardless of what happens in the coming months/years. Coyotes beware.
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Guys in Australia have posted some videos of the Taipan X where they are getting sub MOA groups with it and after my little trip to the range I can definitely see it getting that accuracy, just need to find out which bullet and load your Taipan likes the best and then put a nice scope on it. Below is a screen shot from one of the videos. General consensus is that it likes the heavier bullets, I'm probably going to just shoot my CamPro 55grs out of the Taipan (they are cheap and easy to find) but I will try some different loads to see if I can get the Taipan to shoot the 55s at or under 1 MOA.
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Years ago my friend bought a Remington 7615. We took it out and shot it all day long and had an absolute blast. Thing was accurate, no failures, and just so much fun to shoot. Had a soft spot for a 223/5.56 pump ever since. Have not shot the Troy or any other pump 223 since that day so this one catches my attention.
 
Would possibly consider one in the future pending the election outcome and whether or not PP makes good.
I couldn’t abide by that trigger though. If they get popular in Canada maybe trigger tech will consider manufacturing one?
 
I'm looking forward to mine arriving hopefully tomorrow. The spring assist pump should help with the main problem with the Troy which you can chamber a round but end up with a dead trigger if the bolt is not fully engaged. Which is a problem for many new pump action shooters.
 
Forest1488 said:
Years ago my friend bought a Remington 7615. We took it out and shot it all day long and had an absolute blast. Thing was accurate, no failures, and just so much fun to shoot. Had a soft spot for a 223/5.56 pump ever since. Have not shot the Troy or any other pump 223 since that day so this one catches my attention.
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I like the pump actions too, I have a bunch of semis but still like the handling of the pump actions. I have had a Troy PAR 556 for several years and picked up a custom Troy PAR in 7.62x39 (with a nice 12.5” barrel) about a year ago. Both of them shoot great and are more accurate than my semi 556s.
 
xdmer said:
I like the idea of Taipans .. but no way in hell, with how they're currently taken down. It's their major downfall, and not meant to be self serviced.
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I just watched a video of disassembly. FOr sure more involved than popping out some AR15 pins but I wonder how often it needs to be fully taken down? It's not going to get dirty like a semi so probably just needs some attention to the bore/chamber and a wipe down of the internal action for the most part.
 
Gatehouse said:
I just watched a video of disassembly. FOr sure more involved than popping out some AR15 pins but I wonder how often it needs to be fully taken down? It's not going to get dirty like a semi so probably just needs some attention to the bore/chamber and a wipe down of the internal action for the most part.
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Exactly like most bolt and pump action rifles 99% of the residue flys out the end of the barrel and you don't have a gas system that needs regular breakdown cleaning.
 
I've been looking at these a bit lately, something to help scratch the Itch over the next year...really not something I even want to buy really but it it what it is.... would this or the Troy be better if anyone has experience with both?
 
I’ve shot Troy Par, Troy Sar and MRA rifles as well other bolt guns that take AR mags. I’d go with the Taipan over them. It’s a pretty handy rifle that has some nice features.
 
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