Here you go Eddie..first shot string from my 18" condor

Eddie has been “dying” to see some 18″ barrel numbers. I received my 18″ barrel from Mike and he was kind enough to give it that ol’ knifemaker polish. Smooth as glass all around the breech and man that hammer slides back like its riding on grease, and when you load the pellets in, it feels like your pushing them into silk…thanks again, Mike.

Okay, first let me apologize for the misinformation that was posted with my original shot string from my 24″ barrel. I did not have any feeler gauges at the time and with the help of a few members…we deduced my TH to be .100 to .105…Well, I finally picked up a set of gauges and my TH is no where near that setting, it is .88 😳 Sorry guys!

The only variable that is different is the change from the 24″ barrel to the 18″ barrel. PW is the same (3) and TH the same (.88) One other factor that may be negligible (you tell me?) Is the string shot with the 24″ barrel was done on a day of 80+ degrees outside. The tank was filled to 2900 psi in a 75degree inside temp and shot in around the same temp.

Todays string was filled to 2900 psi in a temp of 64 and shot in a temp of around 55 degrees (don’t know if it truly matters or not???)

24″ barrel .22 condor PW 3 18″ barrel .22 condor PW 3
TH .88 SP 2900 EP1600 TH .88 SP 2900 EP 1600
50 shot string: 40 shot string
kodiak 21gr Kodiak 21gr

952 861
967 891
978 912
996 935
996 924
1001 949
1010 953
1021 959
1026 959
1037 966
1043 970
1051 976
1053 964
1061 969
1061 982
1066 978
1066 970
1063 972
1074 978
1075 993
1072 994
1076 994
1076 989
1085 989
1083 987
1077 997
1081 986
1077 974
1074 974
1073 975
1070 965
1068 964
1064 961
1067 951
1064 945
1067 938
1064 932
1059 928
1056 891
1054 891
1051
1041
1033
1027
1016
1004
984
973
962
942
933

I surely didn’t get as good of a string as I did with the 24″ barrel. It seems that the difference in fps ranged from 50 to 100. The meat of the curve being a nearly 100 fps difference. This is only my first test and one other thing is that it was shot from a freshly cleaned barrel, so I imagine it will get a little faster once it leads in. Please put in your 2 cents as I plan on keeping this an 18″ Condor carbine. Thanks.

80 Grit