Taipan 215gn.......???
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Topic: Taipan 215gn.......???
Posted By: kombi76
Subject: Taipan 215gn.......???
Date Posted: March 09 2006 at 11:11pm
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I've seen this bullet listed on Taipan's website and today I rang them as I was interested in scoring some if at all possible. Cop this, not only were they out of stock, they have a two year production cycle. The woman on the phone told me if it sells out 2 days after production finishes then no more for 2 years!! What sort of way is that to run a business, especially when I know the Canadians are busting for a decent 215gn .303 bullet that isn't too much. Listing at AUD$54.10 per hundred they sit at least $15 less than the Woodleigh article although the Woodleigh is undoubtly better. Has anyone in Oz encountered these bullets? With Taipan's approach to manufacturing I'd be surprised. ------------- Cheers & God Bless Sporting Shooters Association of Australia - www.ssaa.org.au |
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Posted By: 303carbine
Date Posted: March 10 2006 at 12:23pm
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If Taipan made their bullets year round they would sell year round. Where the hell is there logic only to have a run of bullets evey two years?? I know if the 215 grain bullets were here thats all I would use. Do they have anyone in the company that shoots or what ?? |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 10 2006 at 3:19pm
Andy beware this cheap imitation of what was one of the finest bullets in the world ! The origanal Taipan (swift & deadly ) Were manufactured by Sid Churches in SA He wa the only Bullet manufactuer in the world in those days that put a crimping grove on a 235gn .375 projectile ! When he retired years ago he left the business in the hands of his ,Son who promptley sold out ! The brand Taipan then disappeared for years only to re-emerge again ! I as were many other shooters of a certain vintage ,were overjoyed ! I must admit being somewhat dis apointed in the new product ! The jackets are as soft as butter on a hot day & leave more copper deposits in your barrel than a Copper mine ! In fact you have to get a miners right to clean your barrel ! By all means try them for your self if you can get some in 25 cal ! But when you come over I'm down to my last hundred 40gn .224's of the origanal brand & I'll let you be the judge ! Dave |
kombi76 wrote:Posted By: kombi76
Date Posted: March 13 2006 at 11:05pm
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I found out why Taipan has manufacturing runs the way they do. When they order copper it takes 6 months to come in. That means they don't just order in for stuff that's out of stock then & there, they also have to estimate what will be needed 6 months down the track. That said Malcolm Bone is seriously considering making up some more 215gn bullets before his projected date of next year as they sell like hotcakes. I can't say what the quality of the bullets will be like but Taipan today prides itself on the fact that they use orginal bullet making machinery from the early to mid 20th century. What that means in terms of the 215gn bullets is hard to say. One would think that the jackets on these bullets would be heavier than on .224 cal bullets and my experience is that 40gn .224 pills are designed to be pretty frangible. Aside of that I guess it's just a case of trying them out. A mate uses the 174gn HPBT for service rifle and hunting in his full wood SMLE No1 MkIII* and is very happy with its performance so perhaps the .224 cal aren't representative of their products. ------------- Cheers & God Bless Sporting Shooters Association of Australia - www.ssaa.org.au |
Posted By: B.Churches
Date Posted: October 09 2012 at 6:28pm
he!!o all,
This is my first post to this forum and I am well aware that this is an old post. Please allow me to introduce myself. I am Sid Churches Son, Son of the Taipan Projectiles founder.
I wish to clear up a miss conception in regard to the above post. I did not sell Taipan Projectiles the bullet manufacturing business. My father ceased production in 1974. Production ceased because of the falling sales (since 1968) and the cheap American imported projectiles coupled with the ever increasing support of many local magazines that glamorized the imported product.
The last projectiles produced were 100gr. x .243 SP's. Stock piles of projectiles were sold right up to the close of Taipan Gun Shop located at 945 South Road Edwardstown in 1981.
My father wanted to retire from business in 1980 after open heart surgery some years earlier. The Gunshop business was offered to me and my sister in partnership, however it would have been a disaster and the business was closed in December 1981. The Taipan projectile machinery was sold a year earlier to Small Arms Co in Sydney. They did not want the trading name. We beleive that a few years later SAC sold the machinery to the current owner.
I had a brief conversation with Malcolm in about 1985-86 when he called me at my Gunshop at that time located in Reynella SA. It was a heated discussion as he thought that he had been dudded by the sale and could not understand how anyone could have made bullets on the machinery. The rest is history as they say.
I am currently writing a book on the Taipan projectiles history and have been slowly compiling information over the last three years. I hope to have the book ready for sale in 2013/14.
Hope this clears the air.
Kindest regards to all on this forum................Barry Churches
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Posted By: kombi1976
Date Posted: October 10 2012 at 9:40am
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Thanks for your reply, Barry. For the record I did manage to pick up some Taipan 215gr RNSNs, 200 in fact, from HPGS a couple of years back for quite a reasonable sum. I haven't used them so I can't report on their performance and the project rifle I was going to build has not going to eventuate but I'll keep them anyway. I'm sure they'll come in useful sometime. I might even pickup a Martini Enfield sometime or perhaps a Ruger No1 in 303 and they'd be an interesting load. ------------- Cheers & God Bless |