New guy Making a 257 Condor
Hello New guy here.
I been lurking on this forum for about a month now. Thought it was time to sign up and post. I bought a condor and going to convert it to a 257 cal. I never own one or even knew what one was but knew this was what I wanted to do. I own a couple Marauders one .177 and the other in .25 cal.
Tofazfou don’t know me from anything but he is the one that inspired me to do this. I came across a video from him and he shot a coke can at 400+ yards. 😯 I was hooked right there. I know others has shot that far and farther too after I done more research. I started to do a lot of research on the subject and found a lot of great info. I found this site and read up on some stuff from here. 257 seems to be a great casting round for airguns. I will start with the Lyman 65gr mold. I got some pluming pipe that I will make my first bullets from. I will need to practise casting because I haven’t done any of it in years and that was only round balls for a muzzle loader. I bought all the stuff I need to start again. This is getting to be an expensive project.
I got me a TJ 257 barrel that is 28″ long. I am in the process of machining it to work in the condor. I will make my own bushings and hammer and breech. I have a lathe and milldrill so I can make most of the stuff I will need. I contacted Doug (dyotat100) about making me a valve. Heard nothing but good things on him. He has been giving me some pointer on what I need to do. I am trying not to bug him to much 😉 I know he is busy.
Anyway just thought I would post and say Hi. I have seen some of you member from other forums so I recognize some of you. I will post more when I get some stuff done on my gun.
One question is what lube should I use when shooting the lyman bullets? I have no experience with lubing the bullets. I asume you don’t use the same stuff as you would with powder burners? Thanks.
Gary
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Gary,
1st off, HELLO and WELCOME aboard. Very glad that you have come forward and started posting. Glad also that you have a Condor and that you want to mod it. Doug is definitely the technical Guru with valves and the AF guns and me knowing him, he is probable very happy to answer your questions as best he can. He is AWESOME.
Doug and i have both used the LEE ALOX lube that comes with LEE bullet sizers with much success. Its not the prettiest or cleanest stuff in the world but good Lord….it works. Doug uses it exclusively. I use food grade silicon on my bullets before and after sizing with much success the barrel for sure stay clean longer and is easy to clean. I also use SAILKOTE which is a Teflon lube that dries quickly and works great. There are lots of lubes one can use and i am no lube expert. The Lee Alox and Food Grade Silicon are my recommendations. They may not be the BEST but again, i am no expert on the subject.
Tofazfou