Winter Condor project feedback please
Okay I have had tuned my Condor to shoot very well at 2400 psi (thanks Walter) both .22 and .25 shoot excellent out to 120 yards but I want a little more.
I have decided to leave the .22 LW barrel alone at 24″ however this what I have in mind for the .25 barrel and the Condor.
1. Chop/machine the LW .25 Polygonal barrel down to 19″ (breech end).
2. Build a baffled frame extender that matches Condor frame appearance and finish.
3. Vent the front barrel bushings.
4. Replace the 490cc tank with a 800cc tank.
5. Install one of Jim’s quick fill/gauge valve adapters.
6. Install a Leupy customer barrel sliding hammer/spring.
So do you think I will still get decent .25 JSB Monster pellet performance with a 19″ barrel?
Thanks
Randy
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Randy
930 fps with 31 grain Kodiaks and a 13.5″ barrel on my Compact .25 😀
I’m currently building a higher powered .25 and went with just a 16 inch barrel on that one … results in about a week 🙂
Do you have that tank yet ? 🙂
No tank yet just ordered some JSB Monsters was advised I better spread out my spend the winter by the Minister of Finance. 🙁
Randy
chopping the barrel would be the last thing on my list.
Do you have that tank yet ? 🙂
My 21 1/2″ Walt in Hawaii bbl. sure has no problem. 😉
Mike
That’s pretty impressive pab.
I can push .22 21 grain at 1050 on 18″
Blod valve, 50 gram hammer, 3.070 inch combined hammer and spacer length. 2500psi fill
.25 makes better use of the air. With a 20 inch .25 barrel I can push 31 grains at 1090.
Blod valve, 90 gram hammer, 3.070 inch combined hammer and spacer length. 2750 psi fill
From the results he had with 30 grain kodiaks at 930fps you should be fine at less pellet weight. I know he used a 90 gram hammer and condor new style high flow bottle just not sure on the valve but pab probably is 🙂
Randy
Easily. 😀 (if you have the valve)
So an 18″ .25 barrel should still be able to make 950 fps with 25 grain .25 pellets then?
Randy
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6. Install a Leupy customer barrel sliding hammer/spring.
Randy
I have always wondered about these barrel sliding hammers … no data that I have seen yet … but the concept bothers me when it comes to accuracy.
Barrel harmonics .. vibrations … consistency of those things shot to shot … I would really like to test one compared to a frame riding hammer to see what happens 😀