Page 2 - AirForce Condor SS Reviews

Insane amount of power. Only reason for 4 stars on accuracy is I haven't tested a lot of pellets

Less picky barrel

Be prepared to work with a hand pump to fill

It is quiet and has power.

Not too much. Maybe a better shoulder but plate.

If this is too loud for you to shoot in your backyard then your yard is too small! This has a lot of power if you are about 100 feet from the next house you should not be shooting anything in your yard period. I can shoot holes in 1/8" thick cast aluminum at 35 yards with a 31 grain pellet.

Ruggedness, reliability and accuracy.I absolutely love the simplicity of the AirForce line. Simple, straightforward design.

For CPHPs I'm tuning mine down. The safety keeps hanging up on mine. No biggie, easily fixed. Offer with a one piece tophat with insert bushings. That's how I'm tuning mine down for backyard practice and lighter pellets.

This gun has a lot of power out of the box. 21 gr. Barracuda pellets were going supersonic, making a very loud crack. Not exactly backyard friendly at the moment. ACCURACY so far is outstanding. First three, although loud, were in the same hole at 25 yards sight in. Great guns.

Very accurate and very powerful. Have a 22 version that shoots 21.1gr Kodiaks at 1000fps like it is nothing, one pellet on top of each other.

Would like the tank a little lower for cheek placement on the stock. Would also like to get rid of the fact that the gun once cocked CAN"T be uncocked .... very poor. (Yes there is a modification you can do, but I'm talking for a stock gun, I'm not talking about the auto safety which I can live with ----- it is the un-cocking of the gun when you don't want to keep it cocked in the field or on the shooting bench that I am talking about).

This is a very good hunting airgun. using heavy for caliber pellets, this gun is very capable of harvesting large pest animals. Also because of it's power a good backstop must be chosen .... using your wooden back yard fence doesn't mean a thing as the pellet will go through it like butter and travel another 500+ yards to go through your neighbors window or worse. I have a few Condors and my next one will be a Condor SS in 25 caliber .... enough said !

I LOVE THIS RIFLE! i was at first unsure about its design, it looks more like a paintball gun than a traditional rifle, but the INSTANT i got my hands on it and started shooting, i was won over completely. what it lacks in traditional rifle styling, it makes up for in weight, balance, engineering and ergonomics. from the lightweight aluminum frame, the comfortable pistol grip, the generous air tank and its balance focused placement, this rifle immediately convinced me that its styling and engineering makes it superior to traditional rifle styling. add to that its accuracy and adjustable power, and you are in air gun heaven. you want the pellets to fly *just* sub-sonic to improve accuracy, and with a good chronograph and the easy power adjustment, you can be sure that you get maximum subsonic velocity regardless of the pellet weight. it's like having your cake and getting to eat it too. this rifle changed my thinking about styling and engineering. and it's QUIET as a door mouse.

it would be nice if it were a regulated pcp. outside of that, there are no superfluous parts, like all good engineering, there is nothing there that doesn't need to be there, and in this instance, with the possible improvement provided by air pressure regulation, there's nothing missing, either. i guess i should also mention that it requires optics of some sort, as it doesn't come with "iron sights" of any type, you'll need a good air rifle scope or bolt on sights.

airgunners should know that this rifle is absolutely COVERED with 11mm dovetail so there's plenty of room for attachments. (you WILL need some type of optics, whatever you prefer) and anyone new to air gunning should know that you should be sure that the optic you get for this rifle should be specifically made for an air rifle; even a good rimfire rifle scope could be damaged by the "two directional" recoil that you get with some airguns.

Great gun. Great accuracy and power plus very quiet.

Nothing, really.

I'd been looking at this gun for a long time but just couldn't bring myself to fork out the money. I'd owned lots of springers, but had no PCP experience. My wife wanted to buy it for me for Christmas (yes, I'm a lucky guy), so I sent her to Pyramid Air because I knew they would treat her well. My experience with the gun was initially pretty disappointing since they sold her a 3000 PSI scuba tank. You actually can't get a single full fill from this tank, and every subsequent fill is even lower. When I learned about 4500 PSI tanks, I was really frustrated that this was the tank they sold her. I'll make do with this until I can afford to replace the tank, but I won't be buying it from Pyramid Air. I'm really disappointed in them. And yeah, I figure this review is about as likely to be published as we are to get a good president this year...

I own this gun in .177 and .25. The accuracy out to 75 yd. is great. one hole groups at 30yd. 1\2 inch at 50 yd. and 1 inch at 75. I have an Altaros regulators set at 1800 PSI on both guns. I get 90 shots with JSB .177cal. 10.34's at 1000FPS and 50 shots with JSB King .25 cal. at 900 FPS. They are very quiet, most of the noise is hammer slap.I own an Air Arms S510, FS Bobcat, FS Royale, ATC vulcan, and several other guns,but my Condors get shot the most.They are just a lot of fun to shoot.For the price they are a good value and I highly recommend the AirForce Condor.

If they would offer a tank drop adapter and a pressure regulator it would be well worth the added cost. Also i like to carry my gun uncocked when hunting so I removed the automatic saftey because it does not allow you to uncock the rifle

If you are looking for a powerful,accurate grab and go gun,this a great choice

Accuracy out to 50 yrds. Is less than half an inch with jsb exact 18 gr pellets in 22 cal. I like the flexibility of the adjustable power setting. It allows me to fine tune the rifle to any particular pellet. I also like the flexibility of being able to change caliber sizes. I have barrels for both 22and25 cal.

If there is anything at all to gripe about, it is the automatic safety. I also had to use high scope ring mounts to get the scope up high enough for a comfortable shooting position. The ergonomics may not be for everyone. I would also like to see air force come up with a regulated version of this rifle. That would make this rifle the ultimate in performance!!!

My automatic safety was somewhat problematic. It would set upon opening of the bolt. But when I would go to fire and attempt to release the safety it would hang up occasionally and not release. I would have to recycle the bolt in order for the safety to release. The rifle is defnintly designed for the guy who likes tinkering. It took a lot of trial and error to find the right power setting and correct pressure to get the desired accuracy and performance. For lower power settings under 3 the sweet spot pressure was between 2800-2500 psi for the best accuracy and lowest extreme spread. That gave me roughly 25 good powerful consistent shots. Anything 2500-2100 psi at # 3 power setting I started to get erratic pellet flight out past 35 yards due to the extreme high velocity. Plus I don't like to fill with a hand pump from 2100 back up to 2800 psi. I found the jsb Diablo exact 18 gr. 22 cal pellets to be the most consistent out of my condor. These are my findings your results may vary.

very accurate and hard hitting with eunjin 28gr pellets. Great for dispatching pesky varmints without a lot of noise

I don't really care for the auto reset safety. i prefer to be able to de-cock the gun if I decided not to shoot versus having to fire the chambered pellet out

Accuracy, is by far what I like the most... Power is second... It's quiet, I can shoot it in my back yard (in town) or indoors in winter... The adjustable power setting is nice...

I can only think on one thing... The bolt... After pulling the bolt towards you have to move it either left or right from center... No big deal except it is easily bumped out of position (back to center)... Of course you have no power if not left or right... I would make it a little harder to bump out of position... You need to train your self to check bolt when taking safety off...

Make sure that an air supply is not a problem...

This gun is a power house. It does that some getting used to the lack of recoil. Target is in scope entire time. Not easy for a shooter used to shooting big bore powder guns

Nothing that TT can't take care of.

If power is what you want this gun will satisfy your hunger.

It is QUIET! It is EXTREMELY accurate even with less than 2000 PSI. Did not need to "adjust" for drop at 100 yards. Crosshairs on target center at 20 yards put round dead center. Exact same for 100 yard shot. HONEST!.

would like a multi-shot capability

great quality and accuracy

This is one nice gun, light weight, powerful and accurate. After just 6 sight in shots I was making a quarter size group at 60 yards. The airforce scope is great. I have the 25 cal. I sold a mrod because it was so heavy, great rifle but couldn't shoot off hand. I'm a light weight so the pump was more work than I could handle, I could only get about 2k pounds, so I built a pump assistant out of 2x6s works great.

I should have had gun tested before shipping. The air filler leaked and wasted a lot of work,had to remove it and put thread tape on. Then the air gage seeped and after about a month it broke so I fill off the pump gage til I figure how to get another one.

You must get the extra rail under the scope, otherwize it's hard on the neck and hard to get a good sight. And if you weigh 150 or less the pump is too hard , but its easy to make a helper, all you need is 3 2x6s, a good hinge , short piece of 1'' pipe on bottom of pump, pipe strap , screws , cut boards to length.Otherwize a great rifle and lots of fun,

Purchased a PCP rifle from Pyramid Air a few months ago and wanted to get some use before providing this review. Looked at several options in detail - the Benjamin Marauder (boring but reliable - Honda Civic), the Hatsan AT44-10 Long QE (sporty and good handling but a bit long - Chevy Malibu) and the AirForce Condor SS (sporty, exciting, great performance - Subaru WRX). I went for the AirForce Condor SS. Great feel, easy to sight on target, quick to load, deadly accurate, and quiet too. I have a bad Brown-headed cowbird problem (a small parasitic bird that lays its eggs in song bird nests and will often remove or destroy all of the eggs or nestlings. They can lay up to 70 eggs in a year). So thanks to the unbelievable accuracy of the AirForce Condor, I have reduced the population of cowbirds substantially in our area. Chalk one up for the environment. Great service from Pyramid Air to help me select the right rifle.

Spin-Loc tank is really awkward to put on/take off. Should be an easier way to do this. I'm glad I don't do it very often, only when I had the loading issue. I use a scuba tank to fill the Spin-Loc tank, which is really simple and quick to do.

I had a problem with loading the rifle. A call to AirForce customer service was incredible Rachel was amazing and spent considerable time with me. All around a really good experience. Have fun with this air rifle. It's comforting to know that it's backed up with great service from AirForce. You never know until you call what it's going to be like.

Love the accuracy of this rifle! The .25 cal holds nice group out to 80 yards. I haven't had a chance to get it out further...yet! ;) I love the fact that I choose the spin-lock canister. I can shoot 10-20 rounds plinking around and in no time using the hand pump to fill back to 3000psi. Piece of cake! Finally feel like I have scope dialed in and now I am waiting on a few accessories to add to it.

I would like to see an better or thicker butt rest. This one will dig in a little. Not a huge deal but would be nice. And, a better cheek rest. Takes a little adjustment.

If you want fast and accurate out to 50 yards plus...this is the PCP for you!

this gun is awesome. it is a lot more powerful than the benji marauder and only slightly louder. using 28grain h&n pellets, this rifle's report is nearly the same as the mrod.

make a 30cal version

get it

The accuracy is insane and I think this is a very quiet gun. With .25 H&N pellets of 26 grains and 880 ft./sec. I hear more of the hammer slap than I hear a shot.

The tank should get lowered so you can have a natural hold and aim and would not need ridiculously high scope rings.

Don't forget to get a dovetail to Picatinny adapter (multiple adapters is better) so you can mount regular scope rings and goodies to the frame.

Excellent rifle in .22, with many ways to refill the tank. It is an absolute pleasure to shoot and deadly. Mine is not even broken-in yet, with only about 125 shots. I am expecting less noise and possibly better accuracy after 250 shots.

Top rail is low for most people, buy Risers even if you have high scope rings. Otherwise your neck is in an awkward position when using a scope. I use Bkl risers under a Hawke 8.5-25x42.

I use heavy pellets for less noise, such as the Baracuda 21.14 grain round nose, cleaned and lubed. I use a Hill pump, a scuba refill, and a C02 adapter. I carry the stock spin-loc tank and a Edge spare tank when hunting. I use the Hill pump to top-off the tank when target shooting and the scuba refill whenever as the pump will really wear you out. VERY Important: The bolt needs to be fully engaged forward as it resets the safety automatically. I did not do this 1 time and the trigger froze. I kept fiddling with the bolt and safety and the gun fired as the safety finally cycled to "off". Thank heavens I had it pointed downrange! I called Airforce and let them know, they recommend if it happens again to send it to them for inspection as this incident should have been impossible, which may indicate the need for a repair. I am going to keep using it unless it happens again but will send it back after the end of the season. Lastly buy the recommended "Scuba Lube" online or at a dive shop.

This is an awesome rifle, its well worth the money if you enjoy shooting.

Provide extra quick fill plastic dust covers for tank.

The hand pump U1014 is very time consuming and will give you a workout to fill one tank. Recommend the Nardi Atlantic Compressor if you do not have a place locally to fill a tank.

Love the power adjustability, the light weight, absence of kick, and the incredible accuracy. Simple to use and re-charge.

Most importantly I had trouble with the spin-lock. It was hard to get on and at the moment I can not remove it, broke the spanner wrench trying to get it off. Will call Air Force for advice. A more comfortable buttplate would be nice.

Also, having the scope mounted so high makes shooting at various distances more difficult. Doping in requires drastic adjustments or on the spot estimations take more shooting practice. Once you learn your ranges the gun is deadly accurate.