05/03/2025
IWA Visit 2025 🇩🇪
Of course we were present at IWA with the whole team, the management. Always fun at this time of the year to see what novelties the airgun scene has in store next for the year ahead!
So are we going to visit all the exhibitors? Hell, no :-). Because there are far, far too many of them.
A chattering henhouse it is. Nope: We'll check in with our partners we work with and in the extra time we'll see if we hear and see any news. Just old-fashioned looking around and talking to old acquaintances and then you always hear something wildly interesting.
For instance, we immediately fell in love with this awesome Taipan Slash. A semi-automatic with the looks (tactical) of the Edgun Leshiy 2 but a bit longer and with a maximum power of over 220 joules. See and then we get greedy! That's something we like to queue up for.
At the time, we were the first to introduce the Taipan in the Benelux countries, so: we know they offer top quality.
This Taipan Slash will cost around euro 2400 in the standard version and around euro 2530 in the tactical version.
You can adjust the power yourself fairly easily. The Slash is completely newly developed and features a revolutionary and patented lightning-fast valve that enables semi-automatic firing. A fairly small carbon tank was chosen but: Because the Slash is so efficient, it can still do a respectable number of shots. With the 12-shot removable magazines, you can change and continue shooting pellets and slugs nice and fast.
Are you getting greedy for this too? Email us at [email protected]. Because: You get the picture. there is a hefty delivery time. The first ones are expected in May and another batch will come out of production in June/July.
Next, we were at RTI's stand. They also had some nice novelties! The Mora has been further perfected. With a self-adjusting gas spring that replaced the old hammer spring. This hammer spring was already not a real hammer spring, but simply a spring that enables the pressure assisted valve to work optimally. It needs a tap to get up to speed. It was always a bit of a search when you adjusted the second valve. Now it is no longer necessary!
The buttpad has become slightly harder rubber so you won't lose it so easily. And there is a new thicker ‘shell’ for the smaller diameter carbon bottles. This is sturdier than the previous version. You can therefore easily attach legs/bipods/tripods/lasers/lamps etc to it. Even our most muscular board member Bram couldn't get any movement in it. And he can bend airgunbarrels with his bare hands if it is wickerwork :-).
Unfortunately, delivery time delays did occur.... We hope to receive our order in April. We are right behind the USA deliveries. Because again, they went ahead of us. That Trump also gets everything done. Disadvantage for them: they will be a bit more expensive because of the additional import duties :-)
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