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Rimfire Weapons => Rimfire Weapons => Commercial Rimfire => Topic started by: Loose}{Cannon on October 02, 2014, 11:03:32 PM

Title: Russian Taiga-2 Match Rifle
Post by: Loose}{Cannon on October 02, 2014, 11:03:32 PM
This rifle makes only TWO known examples on the entire US interweb and my serial # is consecutive to the other being #197 and mine being #196.  They are also British gov proofed in 1966. My rifle happens to have a large sticker showing it was used in the 1977 Queen's Silver Jubilee Competition which I am currently trying to research.  Its amazing to me the limited amount of info about these rifles... you would think they would be better documented as to production numbers/years etc.  Oddly enough, this rifle has an offset front and rear set of sights and the front being fully adjustable up/down and left/right.  This is another double set trigger configured rifle with an extremely light pull.

Anywho... here she is. 

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/URAL_2_zps77086eb7.jpg)

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/URAL_1_zps8a0bc81b.jpg)

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/IMG_20140108_190856_zps56bf8a1e.jpg)

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/IMG951309_zps03170802.jpg)

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/IMG_1289_zps907fbe44.jpg)

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/IMG_1273_zps5dbd0a2e.jpg)

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/IMG951283_zps5c61a837.jpg)

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/IMG951309_zps03170802.jpg)

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/IMG951308_zpsa3aecb8b.jpg)
Title: Re: Russian Taiga-2 Match Rifle
Post by: Dannyboy53 on October 02, 2014, 11:40:31 PM
How cool is that?!! Nice looker Cannon!
Title: Re: Russian Taiga-2 Match Rifle
Post by: routeus1 on October 03, 2014, 07:28:31 AM
Thank you for the share and info...
Title: Re: Russian Taiga-2 Match Rifle
Post by: jd? on October 03, 2014, 08:54:14 AM
You dog. 

What kinda ammo does that one like?  jd
Title: Re: Russian Taiga-2 Match Rifle
Post by: Loose}{Cannon on October 03, 2014, 10:30:09 AM
I haven't even shot this thing yet..    :-[

Rimfire rifles are crazy picky about what ammo they do best with.  Yoh can have two production rifles right off the assembly line prefer two entirely dif types of ammo.  I believe most of this is due to rim thickness vs headspacing from one rifle/ammo to the next. I have tightened the headspace on my M12 by a few thousandths and it completely changed what ammo worked best in that rifle. I haven't ever weighed my rounds simply because shooting decent match grade ammo it would imho be overkill. 

I like....

Eley
Wolf
SK
Fed gold ultramatch
Aguilla match
RWS
CCI standard vel
Norma tack22

There is a bunch out there, but I haven't tried them all.  The important thing to remember is...  stick to 40gr round nose lead...  lubed preferably, and under the sound barrier.
Title: Re: Russian Taiga-2 Match Rifle
Post by: shemhamforash on February 23, 2015, 02:09:33 AM
wow - sorry for the necro thread revival but that thing is SWEET

that is all