3000 shots and 1.5 years later (Condor magic)
I have been a chronic lurker of this site for 2 years and bought my first Airforce airgun 1.5 years ago (a Condor). I only started shooting it about 7 months ago and I found that out of the box it was not my cup of tea. I was looking for a short, light , accurate, simple and powerful carbine with a decent shot count to hunt rabbits and squirrels with. I have numerous air rifles and compete and hunt with them but I did not have the hunting rifle that I desired. I am not a fan boy of bullpups and most of those are also heavier than I wanted. After 1.5 years of acquiring parts, I finally accomplished the original task. The last parts from TT came last week and I am happy to say the least.
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After much experimentation, I found the sweat spot.This thing gets about 67 consistant shots at about 36.5 Ft.Lbf with a 12 inch barrel. I did not think that was possible out of such a light shooter with a short inefficient barrel. It uses air for this shot count from 3600 psi to 2200 psi (TT tank with altros reg maxed out). The delerin washer behind the tophat makes it more efecient. It shoot about 1 min of angle at 40 yards which is well within minute of squirrel head at 30. Although it is not mouse fart quiet with the soundloc baffles, the pellet strike on the squirrel is louder than the report of the airgun. I can not wait to put the 24 inch barrel on to see what it will do.
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Thank you TT for the wonderful parts (I have many on this shooter) and thank you all for the information that I have gained from this forum. I now have the hunting airgun I have desired for the better part of a decade.
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Tightened enough to hold, not to crush. Common sense!
nice gun. just one question, you clamp the shoulder pad to the cf bottle, wouldn’t it damage the resin?
Great looking and performing shooter…
You’ve done a fine job.
Tony
Thanks Tony. Coming from you means a lot to me. I hang out with airgun snobs who disregard this airgun. I can not wait to kick their ass in competition with this rifle. This is a remarkable shooter.
Very nice!
Great looking and performing shooter…
You’ve done a fine job.
Tony
Thanks Salticon…I lied it was not 3000 shots to tune this one. I just went out and counted the empty tins in my shoot shack. It only took about 2000 pellets to tune this one. In my opinion these things are good airguns but not great off the shelf. They are however, a blast to tune. This thing is now a remarkable shooter for its weight and length. It was not inexpensive in the end (none of them ever are) but I have taken apart and touched every piece of this airgun and it is simple to maintain and repair in the field with a few simple tools and spare 0rings. It is a very practical hunting rifle and hands down my favorite of several for that purpose. I look forward to putting the long barrel on and tuning for long distance jackrabbit hunting in the desert. I may try it in extreme benchrest shoots with the long barrel and king heavies if I can get it shooting well enough at high power. Thanks again to all of you that make this great information public in this forum.
Welcome to the outside of the closet!!, sweet condor you have!
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These tanks are not terribly fragile unless you throw them around. They are aluminum wrapped in high tension carbon fibre that is bedded in ressin. you need to protect the carbon and keep it from fuzing up. I wrapped mine in electrical tape to keep the butstock from twisting and did not clamp it too tight. it seems solid.