How to decock the Condor SS—-
I am starting a new thread on this so as not to piggy back on some one elses thread below about his Condor SS being hard to cock.
I did this mod to my Condor SS so I can cock and de-cock anytime plus the safety does not reset automatically. You can go back to the original setup at anytime as nothing is actually changed.
On these new guns you can see the little toggle link sticking up inside the gun if the breech is removed. When you cock the gun it forces the safety back and sets it. When the breech is closed you can then take the safety off to fire but you can’t open the breech and pull the trigger because the breech pushes on the toggle which pushes the safety back. The top pin in the frame where the front of the breech would be is the pin and all it holds in is this little toggle link about 3/8″ long. I just drove the pin out and dropped the toggle out then reinstalled the pin. Here are some pics.
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Worked!!! Thanks
Worked perfectly on my Escape. Moving the hammer back and forth with the dowel didn’t wiggle it free but flicking the safety on and off popped the toggle link right out. Thanks for the information. :biggrinn:
Very helpful pictorial GKU.
Already successfully completed the procedure using your guidance.
Now here’s a really stupid question from a rookie – what is the procedure for de-cocking once the auto safety reset is removed?
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mikey
. edited for PhotoFuckit ransom that I will not pay.
To remove the anti-dic-cocking device (AKA, the auto safety reset):
Lower the power wheel setting all the way down.
Cock the breach (gun).
Remove the air tank from the gun.
Remove the tank collar.
Slide the breach back, you can remove it if you want but it’s not necessary.
Place the safety in the OFF position.
De-cock by hold the hammer with a dowel through the breach and de-cock the gun.
Punch out this pin from the right side only.
Turn the gun upside down.
Use the dowel to push the hammer back a little to release the pressure on the device.
This anti-de-cocking device should fallout, or it may need to be wiggled a bit.
Reinstall the pin from the left side, this pin is directional and it goes in only one way!
Cock and de-cock to check.
Cock the gun and set the safety in the ON position.
Reinstall the air tank bottle.
Happy shooting or I should say happier shooting!
~ GKU
p.s. Be careful when removing this anti-dic-cocking device if one forgets to close the breech before firing. Now, it’s kind of like forgetting to pull up your zipper after dic cocking, anti won’t be there anymore to zip it up for you !
That would be great if you could do that Pandemic!
very easy i should make a video on this
I know I have been looking at an AR6 just cause they seem to be the only air rifle that you can cock, then uncock, and THEN remove all ammo in good shape with out having to push the pellet out out of the barrel. I wish air gun engineers would make more rifles with that in mind.
Hey Randy – can you post of pic showing exactly where the pin is located by the breech that needs to be removed?
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Mikey
I find it ridiculous to NOT be able to un-cock or decock a rifle, be it air or powder burner.
Also, be responsible to put on & off your own safety! Auto safety is an insult.
Just to add to the procedure of removing the toggle link, Make sure you drive the pin out from the right side of the frame to the left, so you can reuse it. And don’t lose the pin like I did!!
I don’t know why this isn’t a more standard feature on high end air rifles…
I just did this mod on my Talon ss….It is awesome! Very smart Randy. Easy enough to do and so worth it!!
Exactly. And many here don’t have a place to discharge a gun once cocked. So un-cockiing is desireable for saftey. Having to leave a gun cocked is bad buisness.
You would be amazed how many hunters, shooters, gun store employees have no idea a bolt action can be uncocked. Damed strange to me. DUH!!! 🙄
The only gun I carry cocked is a 1911. 😈 😉
Is the concern about the gun setting awhile in the cocked state that the spring will take a set? Or maybe you need to change the bottle after it is cocked? I’m new to the condor so this may be a dumb question. I pull the trigger as I close the bolt on all my centerfire guns after unloading them to relieve the firing pin spring if they are going to be put up a long time.
Will this work on the new Talon SS also ? I see a pin in the same location.
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Wow, great info, should be a saver!!