Australia’s weird AR pump/straight-pull

[u/TheSockington]

Had this for a couple months and ran about five hundred rounds through it. The original pump handles are goofy big but removing the lower one really improves ergonomics and lets you shoot off a bag a bit easier. It also lets your hand do the whole c-clamp thing if that’s your style.

It’s personally hard to justify double the cost to upgrade to the newest thing hitting the market when this has been working great for me personally.

[u/TheSockington]

I moved my Vortex Venom 5-25x56mm on it for a few trips to see how it grouped at 100yards. Shooting offhand was something with a 3lb scope combined with the rifle’s general weight.

Edit: I actually went through the whole supply chain to see if I could get a second handguard and pump handles I could just cut down. North Sylva, Gravel, and SCSA said ‘no’.

[u/Blusk-49-123 → u/TheSockington]

I'm sure you could just cut down the handguard yourself if you're cool with voiding your warranty and some resale value. I thought about that, along with making my own pic rail adapter on the back so I can get a lighter stock for it.

[u/TheSockington → u/Blusk-49-123]

My hope was they’d at least send a few over since they’ve moved onto selling the polymer lower Taipan Evo now. Their reply wasn’t hope inspiring though,

“We've just sent a small batch of spare parts to North Sylva to assist with these issues. We don't regularly sell the handguard as a spare part however will work with North Sylva to see if they would be interested in stocking them.

Thank you.

Kind regards, Service Team”

[u/Blusk-49-123 → u/TheSockington]

Ah that sucks.

The weight is a bummer because I also tried running an LPVO on it and that pushed the whole thing to 9lbs. I could "downgrade" to a microprism and shed about a pound, but then I'd have a $500 LPVO for no reason lol.