Condor 0.22 cal on CO2 and chrony numbers
I got my CO2 tank and adaptor yesterday for my condor. I ordered the 20 oz tank and adaptor for $119.00 my only experience with CO2 is with a little Crossman pistol that used CO2 and shot BB’s. Needless to say I was not impressed. However, my neighbors were giving a few frowns while blasting off the condor in the back yard. So after watching the video on Pyramyd air I bought the CO2 and adaptor, thinking that it would be quieter than on air, and with Paul’s chrony number be perfect for my backyard pest. Well, it is quieter but it has it’s moments and Paul was averging 18 foot pound with Beeman Kodiaks 21.10 grain. In his video he claimed you wouyld get 600’s to low 600’s velocity so I set up my chrony and I turned my power setting and moved my dial over to 12. WOW!!!! I did not know CO2 was capable of kicking butt. I fired 30 times over my chrony then got my other rifle to double check my chrony. Nothing wrong with chrony, here is what I got using CO2 on a Condor .22 cal with Beeman Kodiak 21.10 grain 691, 698, 693, 678, 686, 697, 699, 692, 687, 691. average velocity was 691.2 and putting out 22.3 ft lbs. on CO2! I could not believe it. I called a friend of mine and told him about this and he said oh yeah, they are quite capable. He kinda laughed at me because he thought that I already knew that CO2 wasn’t that bad. So I loaded the Condor and drove out to his place where we were punching paper at 50 yards easy. I still couldn’t believe that CO2 could do that. I am very happy with the gun, we couldn’t find any rabbits or praire dogs around his place, but we were able to take out crows at his place at 30 to 50 yards easy. I will definatly be refilling my CO2 bottle if it ever runs out. I will be using this set up around the house, and I will put my air back on if needed out at the farm. JW
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boy what was I thinking I must of had a senior moment, anyway the co2 is so thick you probably won’t get an extra 100 feet the readings are fair and if you where on a hotter day maybe 50fps would be a more reasonable figure.