[SHOT 2025] Fifty-State-Legal Taipan X Pump Rifle: Now In .300 BLK

By Zac K

Want a fast-shooting rifle with box magazines, pistol grip, familiar control layout and all the other features of an AR—but you live in a so-called Ban State? The Taipan X pump-action rifle is on display at SHOT Show again this year, with a big upgrade: It’s now available in .300 Blackout.Pump-Action Rifles @ TFB The Rimfire Report: Showing Some Love for Pump Action 22LR Rifles Updated Troy PAR For 2024 The Rimfire Report: Was the FN Trombone a Sour Note in Rimfire History? Pump Action AK from Roll Call Custom ArmoryEnter The TaipanAccording to Wikipedia, the taipan is a snake that’s “large, fast-moving, highly venomous, and endemic to Australia and New Guinea.”

In the case of the Taipan X rifle, it’s a fast-shooting pump-action/straight-pull hybrid with spring-assist forend (see the photo below—that spring is visible inside the handguard). The Taipan X rifle is designed and made in Australia by Southern Cross Small Arms, in a country that

Source: The Firearm Blog