20 months in hospital, finally shoot condor again, and it…
SUCKED! Man I was sooooo disappointed! I made sure she was all pumped and ready to go fire some rounds in the backyard with my pops. SO I am talking all sorts of crap about how good of a shot this rifle is, blah blah blah…er rather I should have said “Hey Dad, can you hand me that shovel over there and watch me dig a hole….look how quickly I can do it!)
My 1st full power shot with RWS Super Points 14.5g .22cal pellets at a 2′ by 1.5′ box about 20yrds away. Not only had I missed the box, COMPLETELY, I could have thrown that pellet faster then it came out of that gun. Man, WTF was going on? After adjusting the scope a little, fired another one, missed target high HIGH left. Basically I was shooting like an elephants ass, high and shitty!
I give my Hammers 6-24×50 scope a couple clicks to adjust her to the right about 2″ and down about 4″, I shoot another. HIGH RIGHT! I scratch my head, WTF, how did I adjust it to shoot almost 1ft right with 8 clicks (1/4” / click). So I go back 4 clicks and think I should be aligned right left, and then just work on elevation, right?
WRONG AGAIN, I shot right on top of each shot, shot after shot. And each shot was weak. Should be slamming the cans and the box and then some. but nope, kinda like Muhammad Ali punching you, it may sting, but it doesn’t compare to the punch he used to have! Nor as accurate.
So pops, gets tired of me farting around with the scope, takes it and shoots. Guess what, yup, same spot. HAHAHA, so he just starts cranking the scope, finally get something in the numbers after quite a few tries.
So, I am scratching my head. I look at the scope and see that I am missing a screw that holds the scope. HMMMM Think that could explain the in accuracy, YUP!
So I disassemble Johnny #5 (sorry for the Short Circuit 80’s movie ref.). I clean her out nice and purdy again. BTW my condor is approaching 6 or 7 yrs old, maybe 8. I believe my serial number is XX000086.
I need to go down to Big 5 or something and pick up new mounts. Plus I just got my BlackBird in and it is time to go destroy some phone books, then next weekend out to the mountains to get varmint!
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I was also a long time in hospital. Did see almost the big light, but lucky i still see the black talon frame:-)
first i did’t have the power to lift the rifle.
But after a extra 1/2 year, the triggerfinger gets horney.
On morning the where crows at my bedroom at 50 yards.
I take my rifle and first shot first kill.
The rifle was NOT shot for more then a year.
Think the valve was okay 🙂
after so long in a hospital you deserve some extra hunting time,
i know you will love it out there, after all those days behind the windows.
Have a VERY good outdoor time, cheers.
Ewoodie.
WTF put you in the hosp. for 20 months? 😯 Did I miss that thread or have I forgotten? In any case, I’m glad your out.
Thanks Wok, you got male, I mean MAIL! LOL
You probably have the old style Condor valve. Filling to 3k psi might not work for you. Try 2500 psi.
You probably want to get the parts to update your condor valve to the new specs.
Glad to hear you are out of the hospital!
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thanks guys! And yes, the old trigger finger itches after all that time! We are heading out to the mountains this weekend to shoot some Varmint Grenades out of the Condor and 10,000 bbs through my Blackbird
for those in the dark…I was in a head on car collision on my way home from work one day. I woke up in the hospital 6 days later from a coma. I did meet God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost. I do not have my doubts on that. Gotta love em!