New Condor, need some help

Hey folks new Condor owner here. First, what a rifle. Accurate, customizable, powerful. Right out of the box my condor was super accurate. I was tagging bottle caps at 55 yards no problem. After about 250 or so pellets I started noticing I was missing a lot. So I set up a bull at 30 yards and sure enough, some how I have gone from shooting quarter sized groups at 50 yeards to having flyers all over the place. So I check over the rifle, nothing lose on the bottle, barrel is tight, scope and rings tight.

So out of desperation I make some adjustments on the scope, a couple clicks on elevation, couple on windage. Sure enough group came back to dime sized at 30 yards. After 4 shots the group starts to widen out and go crazy again. I make a couple adjustments on the scope and right back it comes. So I think I have got my issue figured out. Its still within 30 days so I return the scope to pyramid and got my new one today.

I remount the scope and rezero it at 35 yards and again shooting dime sized group. After about 20 shots, I am having flyers again. The group keeps getting crazier and crazier. I have tried everything. All adjustment levels on the wheel etc. 10 shots per fill up, after 3 shots fliers. Not just a little off but one high right, one high left, not even close. What are the odds I have gotten another bad scope? Should I send the scope back or should I send the rifle itself back and get a replacement?

If I should send the rifle back, what could be causing this? Like I said, out of the box it was super accurate and shot 250 or so shots flawlessly. It was accurate from the start with JSB 18.1 gr.

Or is there something I am missing to check perhaps? Any advice would be great. Sorry this is so long but the frustration level is pretty high atm

akula

Participant

August 3, 2010 at 4:35 am

Gunner; This sounds like a typical powder burner problem but our lot is not much different. Let me explain in a couple of examples:

1: Lots of Gun, Bad or Cheap Scope: On a high recoil gun a scope may shoot well for a few shots but then the gun goes crazy. Not the gun. It’s the scope.

2. Lots of Gun, Good Scope, Bad Mount: A high recoil weapon may shoot great for a few shots until the mounts go bad. One of two things. Check the torque of the mounting screws and that for the scope. Again, not the gun. If tight, bad metal. Change the mount.

3. Little Recoil, Airgun with an Scope: See examples one and two. It’s usually the scope or the mount.

NOW FOR THE LAST: Since you’ve mounted the scope and it shot well for a few shots there is one last question. Is the elevation on the scope at its limits? If you’ve turned the vertical adjustment to its limit or near limit the answer may lie in the the scope. The scope can shoot fine for a while but over time may (will) give wild shots as the optics are not stabilized.

I’ll leave it at that as there are many posts on shimming scope mounts for our rifles. AKULA

rob3dr

August 3, 2010 at 3:06 am

How fast are you shooting those JSB’s?

Sounds as if you may be leading the barrel up. Get some JB Bore Paste and give it about 15 good passes through on a nylon brush. Use patches until they come out clean…. I’ll bet your accuracy will return.

If that is the case, you’ll either need to turn down the 18gr pellets, or shoot something a little heavier, or some some lube on your pellets to ease down on the leading. I’ve had good luck with FP-10 and Krytek. Just about 5 drops per tin is all you need.