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should I get the 22 condor or wait for the 25 to use on vermin and pidgeons as well as other small game?
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I love my .22 but after seeing the .22 Kodiak next to the .25 Kodiak, I can see why everyone is so crazy about their .25 Condors and Talons. We might as well take advantage of our powerful PCP’s and shoot the big boys. The .25 really does make the .22 look like a wimpy little .177 pellet. I have a .25 barrel on the way and cannot wait to test it out! I think there is a purpose for both. I’d start with a Talon SS in .22 caliber and then get a .25 barrel later on. You may decide the .22 is all you’ll ever need. If you get a .25 later on, you’ll have the best of both worlds. The Talon SS is powerful, compact, very packable, lightweight, quiet, and backyard friendly. The .25 will allow you to hunt bigger critters and can reach out for the kill at a longer distances. The .22 is all I really NEED but I want a .25! Getting .25 pellets isn’t that difficult as long as you buy them online and get enough to keep you shooting for a while. Just order more before you run out. I’m still waiting for my .25 barrel but I already have 15 tins of .25 Kodiaks on my shelf at home. I’m sure I’ll love the .25 but I think the best place to start is with the .22 Talon SS.
this is great getting this free education….looks like I’ll be doing the .22
since you replied any one want to open the following can of worms answers?
I’ve been looking at several air rifles and seem to keep ending up back at a condor. My buddy has a talon ss and I fired it and it is sure quiet …I am new to this and it would be my first and at these prices, hopefully last PCP…I am not as particular weighing pellets and measuring velocity and trying to figure out if I can’t put all pellets in the same hole because a butterfly in Mexico farted and made the world wind currents change…..Cut to the chase,,,I have vermin and pidgeon problems and want to hope to have kills out to 100 yards and less hopefully quietly…
1…is that unreasonable to expect?
2 …..can I make a suppressor to tone down the sound to talon ss level ?
3…..is it practical to expect a 3442 steel 130 scuba tank to give me several fills or do I need a s106w 4350 tank ?
4….If I used kodiaks and jsb exact heavies at a lower power ,,,can I expect kills at 50 yards?
5. how many fills from a scuba and how many shots per fills can I expect at ajusted powers from the high flow tank?
6. I heard you can use a talon ss tank on a condor. What can I expect? Is it possible? should I buy a spare hi flo or regular tank?
7. what is the largest game you could take if I could get head shots?
sorry but when I’m gonna drop a grand in this economy on a gun that doesn’t take deer at 300 yards, I just want to know what I’m getting into…I saw a Daystate air ranger ….more than twice the cost and a heavy beast and this is just the result of one of many PCP’s I’ve checked out….Thanks more than you know for your collective wisdom and this site
I hear ya…For me it is just too convenient to shoot .22…Nothing wrong with .25 just not as available and not as much variety in types of ammo….I get impatient when I can’t find JSB 15.8..I can imagine waiting on .25’s
Still just my 2cent….
Mam, while I agree with you, once you’ve looked at a .25 Kodiak next to a .22 Kodiak it’s like looking at the .22 next to the .177.
my 2cents… .22 is plenty. Ammo is plentiful and varied…Lots of shapes to
do what ever you need to do. The majority of the gunners here are shooting
.22 and have vast experience if you have problems…
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