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Titan Manitou

MitchC3

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Here's my Titan Manitou .22, probably made 1990-1992. Still shooting well and still amazingly accurate.

I had a full reseal carried out earlier this year so hopefully, it will carry on trouble free for a long time into the future.

The scope is a Nikko Sterling Silver Crown 4-12 X 40 and possibly the same age as the rifle? The original Titan fill connector has been changed to a modern quick fill and I've 3D printed the new dust cover.

I'm not sure about the silencer which fits with an adapter. Perhaps someone will be able to recognise the maker?

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MitchC3 said:
I'm not sure about the silencer which fits with an adapter. Perhaps someone will be able to recognise the maker?
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The adaptor is the original Titan item.

The silencer, I don't know exactly who manufactured them, but I have seen them badged up as RWS (had one of those supplied in the box with a brand new RWS Rapier I bought a good few years ago) and also offered branded as Manders.
 
I had one new. As with all things, I thought the next one along would be better. I'd say in single shot mode the Webley FX2000 is 'on-par', but the magazine was the winning trump card. Both have 'sweet spots' until regulated. The FX didnt need 'that hole' drilled in the reservoir but I believe the Titan would have done. I'm now running a Daystate and AA S200. TBH, I could have saved a lot of trouble by keeping the Titan! Is your trigger original? Picture makes it look like a bit of a nail! So consistent, my mate thought his chrono was stuck. I remember 3 shots from my Titan, exactly the same, then the 4th changed by 1fps! Don't sell it!
 
Igotknobblies said:
I had one new. As with all things, I thought the next one along would be better. I'd say in single shot mode the Webley FX2000 is 'on-par', but the magazine was the winning trump card. Both have 'sweet spots' until regulated. The FX didnt need 'that hole' drilled in the reservoir but I believe the Titan would have done. I'm now running a Daystate and AA S200. TBH, I could have saved a lot of trouble by keeping the Titan! Is your trigger original? Picture makes it look like a bit of a nail! So consistent, my mate thought his chrono was stuck. I remember 3 shots from my Titan, exactly the same, then the 4th changed by 1fps! Don't sell it!
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As far as I know, the trigger is the original. When buying the gun, I was told it had only one previous owner. All the fixtures and fittings seemed to be consistent with it's age. However, the gun is 35 years old so things may have been changed over the years. And yes, it's still amazingly quiet and consistent.
 
Loverly clean looking example, very nice.
The trigger looks original with those grooves in the face and someone has rounded off the bottom corners and painted it a gloss black, other than that, original 👍
 
rockdrill said:
The adaptor is the original Titan item.

The silencer, I don't know exactly who manufactured them, but I have seen them badged up as RWS (had one of those supplied in the box with a brand new RWS Rapier I bought a good few years ago) and also offered branded as Manders.
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They were made in New Zealand I believe. Sold for .22" rimfire use they were surprisingly effective for their size on rimmies. Worked reasonably well on PCPs too. You are correct they were sold initially as being made by Manders (y) . Cheap as chips back then as old Dicko would say:D
 
El Caro said:
They were made in New Zealand I believe. Sold for .22" rimfire use they were surprisingly effective for their size on rimmies. Worked reasonably well on PCPs too. You are correct they were sold initially as being made by Manders (y) . Cheap as chips back then as old Dicko would say:D
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Does the Manders silencer have a spring in it by any chance?
 
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