This is the 4th one of these that I’ve had, and is definitely the keeper. If you don’t know anything about these guns, you should. 10M CO2, single cart, with a match-grade trigger that is just to die for. They came in many different stocks, from plastic on the Junior models to beech cut-outs, to the laminate you see here. This one wears an older El Gamo match rear sight, (which has been cloned many times by the likes of Crosman, Air Arms, and Air Venturi, but each time with increased adjustment screw lash.) The original El Gamo version is a remarkably precise 10M rear sight. It sits on an Anschutz 4mm riser. The front sight has an 18mm clear aperture disk.
This gun, with these sights, and with this trigger, will one-hole shot after shot in my basement. Kinda scary-boring.
they are a nice rifle who sold those Top Gun back in the day
nothing at all wrong with a lower powered CO2 rifle and seeing that it is not bulk fill anyone can use it
there is no downside i see parts well they could be hard to find but that is true with most of the old stuff we have
great rifle
I have been given this rifle. The person who gave it to me cannot remember where he got it from and he has never shot it, so I am hoping the collective brain can help please.
It is CO2 powered from a single 12 g capsule.
It is single shot only.
It is .177 calibre.
The breech is stamped with the following:
Czech Republic
TAU-200
T20 240
I have 3 problems/issues that I’m hoping you lovely people will know the answers:
The butt plate and cheek piece can both be adjusted, and you can see that the cheek piece is raised and is too high for me. However, whilst the 2 black “screwheads” for adjusting the butt plate have straight screwdriver slots in them, the ones for the cheek piece do not. How can I adjust the cheek piece?
The CO2 filler cap unscrews, and a 12 g cartridge is dropped in neck upwards. However, when I screw in the filler cap, it gets to the point where the cartridge is punctured, but before I can tighten the cap, all the gas is gone. Any ideas, please?
There is no rail to attach a scope. Can a rail and scope be fitted, and if so, how?
Many thanks for your thoughts/comments/suggestions.
The screws for the cheekpiece adjustment are in holes on the bottom of the stock. Loosen them a little and you can slide the spacer out. You can also adjust the cheekpiece a little bit side-to-side. You can also adjust cant of the buttplate a little.I have been given this rifle. The person who gave it to me cannot remember where he got it from and he has never shot it, so I am hoping the collective brain can help please.
It is CO2 powered from a single 12 g capsule.
It is single shot only.
It is .177 calibre.The breech is stamped with the following:
Czech Republic
TAU-200
T20 240I have 3 problems/issues that I’m hoping you lovely people will know the answers:
The butt plate and cheek piece can both be adjusted, and you can see that the cheek piece is raised and is too high for me. However, whilst the 2 black “screwheads” for adjusting the butt plate have straight screwdriver slots in them, the ones for the cheek piece do not. How can I adjust the cheek piece?
The CO2 filler cap unscrews, and a 12 g cartridge is dropped in neck upwards. However, when I screw in the filler cap, it gets to the point where the cartridge is punctured, but before I can tighten the cap, all the gas is gone. Any ideas, please?
There is no rail to attach a scope. Can a rail and scope be fitted, and if so, how?
Many thanks for your thoughts/comments/suggestions.
WRT the gas issue, always cock the action before piercing a cart. Should solve your problem, if the rest of the seals are still good. I always use a small drop of pellgun oil on the tip of each cart.
For scoping, the receiver is grooved, and so is part of the barrel. You may have to try several different types of rings, since grooves are very shallow.
Enjoy your Tau 200.
@jcb2 I have two rifles and a few parts and tanks. Seals are available on eBay.
@crosman140 Thanks!! I'll need to pull out my Tau 200 and see if I can locate the various parts that came with it. I had a piercing cap and then a different cap that would allow me to fill it with CO2 from a couple of large CO2 tanks that came with the gun. But what I can remember is that I buggered up the piercing cap because I thought maybe filing the piercing pin into a finer point would work to pierce the small CO2 cartridges. I know...I know, this was not a smart thing to do. Anyway, it's that piercing cap that I think I would need if I wanted to use this gun with the standard CO2 cartridges. One other question - This has been so long ago now that I can't remember the details, but I think someone was doing a conversion on this gun to turn it into a PCP. Does anybody recall that? Thanks again for the info.
FWIW the factory piercing cap has a buna N o-ring that will absorb CO2, since these are pressurized-tube guns, as opposed to a face-seal CO2 cart.. The easy solution is to obtain two piecing caps and let one rest while you use the other. The better solution is to replace the buna N o-ring with a urethane one. You have to disassemble the cap. Careful not to lose the small e-clip.
I forget the o-ring size, but I have a few spare urethane o-rings, if you want one.
A follow in California that went by the name MAC1 I believe. He converted them to air. He was big for working on the Crosman 600 pistols. I forget his man. He may have passed on by now. I have a TAU 200 in 22 he converted to air but it is very anemic on power. I just sold a TAU 200 at the Carlisle airgun show in PA. the past weekend. I have some tanks, sights and piercing caps and other misc. parts.
I just checked and I have a wood stock in good shape. Let me know and it is yours for a low price.
I remember those crosman 600's. I had one for awhile, but like the LD pistol I had purchased from Tim at Mac 1, I ended up trading it towards another airgun. And I just remembered - I bought my Tau 200 from Airguns of Arizona off of their used airgun listing. I used to watch their listings like a hawk because they had some nice classics there at times. Actually, they still do. Crosman140, thanks for the info about Mac1. Yep, I think he is the one I was thinking of who did the PCP conversions.
