Helpful tips

My Talon still has the safety. But I never trust it. I always uncock the gun until it is on target then it get cocked and safety off. If I do not take the shot it is never left with the safety on. The gun is uncocked

And because I used the work cock so many times in my post Tron is now touching himself. 😛 ….Again

Interesting.. I thought most people here had removed the awkward safety. At least that ‘s what I was told by the person that sold me his Condor which had the safety removed.
I must say I was skeptical at first and very apprehensive the first couple of weeks, because all my guns, have always had a safety, but I got used to it quickly. I also got used to making sure I never leave the Condor loaded when I ‘m more than 3ft away from it. I also told my wife that if she for some reason she decides to handle the Condor, to be extra careful because it has no safety, and showed her how to tell if it’s loaded. She ‘s been through the safety & hunter’s course and got her hunting license so she knows not to point the muzzle at anyone 🙂

A few things I can recommend after taking mine apart last night for the first time:

Go real slow when you remove the trigger guard. Those springs underneath apparently hate the job they’ve been given in life and they really want to fly away home. Especially that little horizontal spring for the safety that was mentioned… mine is resting comfortably right now somewhere on the carpet and because of that, I’m now apparently forced to go without a safety on the gun. No biggie, but I’m not 100% sure I’m comfortable with the notion.

Also, be very careful when removing the trigger shoe/finger rest. There’s a tiny little hex nut on one side that also wants to go AWOL the first chance it gets. (Luckily, I found the little bugger this morning).

Other than that, I learned that it’s probably best to make sure the tabletop you use is completely clear of anything that doesn’t have to do with the operation, and make sure you have good light to work in.

Oh, and for the best results, don’t drink a lot of vodka beforehand like I did… 😯 😉

Have fun!

Yeah, deffinitely. Don’t, I say again, DON’T loose the little spring that positions the safety release bar against the safety. It is small, under tension and prone to launching across the room. Also, mark, take pictures of or copy the pictures of, the three sear spring positions so you put them back in the correct positions.

When reassembling, make sure that the trigger sear extension is UNDER the contact point on the center sear. It is very easy for it to come up on top of the sear and result in a non-functional trigger that you may not discover until you have the whole thing back together.

As suggested, if you have a drill press, doing the trigger mod and polishing all bearing surfaces while you’re in there, is a good idea.

Have fun, work systematically, take pictures so you know where things go and have fun.

Abe

if you are mechanically inclined, check the quick reference for “trigger mod”. IMHO the most worthwhile thing you can do to make it more “shootable”.

Don’t break it!