About three weeks ago I did some trading plus funds out of state for this Skout EVO. I got it home a few days later, aired it up, shot about 40 shots, and the gun seemed to shoot well, then I went to fill it again and the air started leaking out. Darn... Turned out the HPR was where it was leaking.
I called Skout and reg parts were sent out the next day which I received four days later. I installed them and the same leak persisted. I called again, said what had happened, and requested a whole HP Reg assembly be sent, however I was overlooked because no parts showed up. When I called 6 days later they apologized when they realized the parts hadn't been sent. Miffed I asked for 2nd day shipping which they did for me. I installed the HP reg assembly which held up after a 4000 psi fill but there was a leak where the bottle gauge screwed into it's housing. I tightened it and that leak was stopped.
Finally I could get going!
I want to use this EVO in a match called the FullMonty/FM, a new UFT match format here in AZ, that is 72 shots on heavy duty steel FT targets, consisting of 2 shots at closer targets, 2 shots at mid range, and two at the longer distances, for 12 lanes, from 11y to 100Y.
Why I chose the EVO?? It's because it meets some personal requirements.
#1 It's a heavy gun which helps it to be steadier off of the bucket and sticks like people use in HFT and the way this match is prescribed to be shot.
#2 It has high cap mags which means fast follow up shots within a time limit of 4 minutes of 6 shots, and since I can have loaded 30 shot mags ready to go before the match starts it's something I won't need to think about during the match. BTW these mags are awesome!
#3 I like cocking from the left side even though I am a right handed shooter so I was able to switch it to the left side.
#4 It's also a smooth cocking gun with very minimal cocking resisitance which I do enjoy having.
#5 Is it's available with a faster twist 22 cal LW barrel/15.75 per inch - mine being the 600mm, which works well with my choice of slugs, those being the Altaros 40gr Kings and their 32.2gr Smooths, since I plan on competing in the slug division, and that I don't much care for using pellets for long range.
and I wanted 22 cal because some of the KZ holes are 3/8ths inch and that the 25cal or 30 cal projectiles don't give much room for error.
Some other aspects I found out when I got to shooting it.
With the skeletonized butt the LOP is a bit shorter which suits me better.
The ARCA rail is great and goes back far enough to balance on my tripod perfectly and it has MLOK rails so I can mount a pic rail on for my bipods.
The Ergos and balance also feel good to me, superior to some rifles I've owned before.
This trigger can be adjusted low and it's very good for an E-trigger. Mine is set at 2oz, and it came that way which is odd but I left it there.
The firing impulse is nice but likely half the reason is the weight of the gun and scope.
I'm not sure on the shot count yet but I should only need to fill once during the match.
And the tunability on this gun is something even I can do, LOL! I've already got it set to 828 fps with 32.3gr which is 49 fpe, which is just below the max FPE of 50 fpe for the FM. I'll explore a bit more on tuning the HPR, the LPR, the Dwell, and indexing the barrel. After all I've just started having less than 80 rounds down range at this point.
At 25Y, which is my zero, it puts most holes touching with both weights of Altaros slugs. But check this out, that's twenty-ish 32.3gr slugs, half at 82Y, and half at 99Y, in near as I can figure 12-16 mph full value winds today. I held off anywhere from .4 mil to .7 mil and this KZ is a 3" circle.
I'm not displeased with the precision capability so far.
I'll update how it all goes....
The tripod is a Fat Boy which I used for todays try.
The scope is a Meopta Optika 6 5-30x56.
Rings are ARC.
And I dug out my old Avet fishing reet with 80 pound line to reset the target.
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