Knowing what you know today, would you of done it different?
Pertaining to your talon/condor purchase. After everything is said and done, some of you, if not most have modified your AF gun in some manner.
From what Ive read, you could start fwith either one and get the same/similar results with time and money.
So, I ask this. If you could start all over again, which gun would you go with? The talon? talonSS? Or the condor? Why would you pick one over the other?
To the mods, if this debate has been beat to death, I understand, but didnt locate it while searching.
Im leaning towards a handpump talonSS in .22, but would like to reach out and touch some paper at longer ranges. My main nemisis where we live is the midnight coon’s ransacking the garbage cans. Id like enough power/penetration to end thier buffet with a shot to the brain/brainstem at 20 yards or so max.
Though I do want sub .5″ groups at 50 yards as well. Since I live in the city limits, Id prefer not to crack off a handcannon in the middle of the night, so the quieter the better.
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I don’t think I would change a thing. I originally bought a TalonSS and enjoyed it to no end. After doing some research, I decided to drop a wad of cash and buy a fully tuned and shrouded .25 Condor from Tony. I ended up selling my TalonSS not long after that and soon regretted it so I bought another used one that had already been tuned. Fully tuned Condor .25 w/ scope…$1550. Custom wood grips….$250. Laser, bipod and sling…. $175. The sound a 42g pellets makes when it hits a squirrel 40yds away at 965fps…. Fuckin’ Priceless! ð
I probably would do the same I had done. Bought a condor. I bought a shroud before I got the gun, because I knew noise would be an issue. But I do like the power, and I like how you can go down in power so easily, which is what I have ended up doing. I shoot at about 800fps now, and it sounds like a tick farting and it’s as accurate as a surgical instrument. I can go up in power to 1000fps just by turning the wheel, but I loose a tiny bit of accuracy, and it’s much much louder. I definately like it where it is. ð
If I found this forum before buying my TSS Iâd probably would not have bought it and shopped for something else. This forum is great for pointing out the faults with this product line, but also provides a lot of solutions on how to resolve them as well.
I live in the inner city as well and thought that a âSound Suppressedâ was meant to be quiet, wrong! Now that I have owned it a while and tuned and modified to the point itâs not even the same rifle anymore. Warranty been voided many times over! IMO the SS is the ultimate urban critter control rifle. Compact, light, quiet when shrouded and accurate out to 50 yards with 12â barrel. Out of the box, it begs to be modified and is a âdiamond in the roughâ. Once modified youâll enjoy it immensely.
For me I thought long and hard when I purchased the Talon SS. My criteria was
1. PCP
2. At least 20 ft lbs of energy
3. It had to be accurate
4. It had to be quiet
5. Portability is an option
6. It had to be light enough to carry in the field.
7. And it had to cost around $500 w/scope.
I started with the SS accushot rings and 3X9 50MM leapers scope.
If I had a do it again I would still buy the SS over the Condor. If I wanted more power I would buy a longer barrel and use the stock valve. I personally do not like nor need my pellets to shoot over 950fps so a Condor is not something I want.
Now to tell the truth I bought my Talon SS first and my AA 410 second. If I did that again I should have bought the AA410 first. At the time it would have been the better choice. Now the AA410 is $400 more then what I paid for it 2 years ago and is not even in the same price range anymore with the Talon.
As for the Talon SS. The way I have it set up right now it is exactly perfect and it is the way Airforce should build them.
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I would have stayed in School. ð