Jeff, LOL.. easy there buddy. You get too excited :)
There are actually some things that I ought to point out when buying an "unregulated" PCP. Just food for thought.
Lots of Power and everything sounds very appealing but the truth is, the Condor shoots very differently when going from 40fpe to 55, and then to 70fpe. It can get frustrating and take a LOT of practice to get the pellet to hit the same spot after dialing up the power. This is why I leave it at the same power setting (lowest for backyard hunting.. for now) and forget it. You also have to consider that sometimes you may fill 100psi less or more if you are not careful or quick enough to shut the K-valve or not releasing the air too slow from the scuba. This can slightly change the POI (elevation mainly we are talking about) as well, since the velocity will vary according to the fill pressure. AF guns are not regulated like higher-end $1200-2K PCP's where they will shoot at 2500psi all the time for example, but you know this since you have a Talon. It took me a lot of practice to get very good groups starting at 1,000fps w/Kodiaks before refilling at around 825fps, or 50 shots. The difference in elevation of the POI can be more than 1/2" after 45 shots at 30yds. The difference is negligeable or a non-issue for the first 25 shots but it becomes noticeable after that, and even more when shooting at 40, 50yds, etc.
Then lets say you 've taken 20-25 shots or so and now you want to increase the power. Well not a good idea. You may have practiced hard at PW setting 7 the other day but that was from a fresh fill of 2700psi for ex. Now you 've taken a couple of dozen shots, and going up to PW 7 will not yield the same results/POI or that 60+fpe you are looking for, and then you have to consider the distance, etc. Many people go crazy over this and I can see why..
So what most people do with an unregulated Condor is to set it at one setting, zero the gun, and practice at various distances. So the question you will have to consider is, would you have your Condor set at 60+fpe all the time or how much power would you be willing to sacrifice to find a reasonable medium? I just want you to think about all the "issues" of a powerful unregulated PCP. Your Talon has 1/2 the power of a stock unmodified Condor and you can experience these issues, but to a much lesser degree I think. Playing with the power setting Up or Down is really not a good choice and calls for much unpredictability in the outcome, namely accuracy. Shooting and zeroing at one of the highest power settings all the time, may be good for you since you hunt on a large farm.. but keep in mind that a Condor can be twice as loud as a .22LR rimmie and even louder when the pellets exceed the speed of sound. You may scare critters or g-hogs for 1/2mi. around.. seriously. I took the shroud off and at the lowest setting I could swear the Condor was louder than a .22LR.
I guess I just want to make people aware that the Condor looks great on paper and it does really have a lot of power, but to take advantage of this gun and be accurate with it, you must select 1 power setting, from 1 to 12, and forget it - for best results. The power wheel is also not very accurate. You may set it at 4 one day and shoot well, and a few days later you go back to 5 and the gun is shooting higher or lower. Another thing that most people don't know, is that you may get more consistent (power & velocity wise) shots at 1 power setting than another, or 1 fill-pressure and not another. It is a quirky gun that demands a lot of chrony time to understand how it works and to get the most out of it and eventually master it. You will be experimenting with it for weeks, I guarantee you that. Why do you think I did not make my first kill until 4 weeks after I got it? :-) With great power comes a lot of headackes, but once you figure out your Condor (most are different btw!) you will enjoy it, no doubt about it. All this info you often don't see in a single post on PCP forums. You 'd have to read 100 posts or more to put it all together, but since you own a Talon, you should know some of this or have run into a few of these idiosyncracies by now. For me a Talon w/18" barrel would probably be easy. Set it to the highest PW setting and zero in :) With a Condor that can propel a heavy pellet through a car door.. and sound almost as loud as a .223, it's not as easy a choice.. at least for me.
