Have had my 30 cal Epoch about 2 months and very satisfied with how she shoots pellets. Dime size groups all day at 50 yards at 910 fps with 45 grainJSBs . Can hardly wait for Skout to produce a slug barrel for it.
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Have an @ 26 month old EPOCH purchased with the aftermarket 35" .30 barrel in the a plated alloy configuration ... it too is that accurate !!
Crazy after all this time and barrels SKOUT has played with they have nothing currently in the long barrel set up for the caliber
Crazy after all this time and barrels SKOUT has played with they have nothing currently in the long barrel set up for the caliber
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Thanks for posting Shamu, I have bought a used Skout Epoch and have had it for one week now. I appreciate you posting your tune. I have long and short barrels. And will see what I get when I try your tune. Do you know what your dwell is set to. Also what pressures are you running in the hi/low regulators. TIA. Dave
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Hi shamu,
i was wondering what kind of chronograph numbers you are getting from your tune?
I have seen LPR settings from 8-13 percent of the HPR settings, but your's is the the lowest I remember seeing ..i don't remember that much
Thanks
Mike
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Is it the 28 inch LW- This is the upgrade I see when I look at Skout 's website when ordering an Epoch. Thanks for your response.
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Yes, 28" LW latest upgrade.
Shot 5 shots tonight, 44.75 JSB
912
911
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905
909
Gauge pressures are pictured.
Shot 5 shots tonight, 44.75 JSB
912
911
915
905
909
Gauge pressures are pictured.
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in order to get the fps you are getting I have my low at 140 the high is at 1377--95 bar my dwell is 26. Skout recommends 880-920 fps 1700 hp, 160-190 lp, Dwell 23-28. I am curious if you know what is best to chase. FPS or regulator pressures and let the fps fall where it may? I'm guessing chase the FPS and fine tune accuracy with the dwell setting.
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I believe that fps is the controlling factor and maybe tweak the dwell. My gun was at Skout in PA last month and came back set up as pictured
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Can I jump in here and ask if any skout epoch owner knows how to get the standard deviation down on a sub 12?
UK restricted rifles have a LP reg that does nothing. Dwell set on 12 works best but sd is to high for constant accuracy.
Great gun though, not ready to buy anything else yet.
UK restricted rifles have a LP reg that does nothing. Dwell set on 12 works best but sd is to high for constant accuracy.
Great gun though, not ready to buy anything else yet.
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If you find a way let me know, mine is seldom below 10-15 fps some pellets better than others and I have tried everything I can think of, just out of interest what chrono are you using?
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10-15 pretty much. Using all sorts of different chrono's borrowed from others. JSB heavy 10.34 4.52 being the most accurate and consistent. 7/8mm groups at 26m so far.
Shame the barrel only shoots soft lead pellets so the choice is more limited. Looking for any valve or reg upgrades that might come out. I'm sure this gun has out and out accuracy in it somewhere.
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I have said this often, the Epoch was designed for the unrestricted market it seems far happier at 900fps with heavy pellets/slugs and strangling it for the UK sub 12 market doesn't do it any favours.
My Epoch has a few mods and I have changed a few of the poly O rings for 70-and 90 shore in the HP reg, but this will not make any improvement in consistency, I have also reduced the size of the porting from the valve face/transfer port in the hope that it would even things out a bit, but it's not conclusive as I still get too much spread IMO and the dwell needs to be kept low to work with sub 12.
Surprisingly, some of the US guys run HP pressures at not so far of what we do due to the valve restriction, but I guess it's volume that has a big effect and the heavier ammunition is also more stable.
The LP reg seems to have little effect on overall consistency and I can see that it would ever have that much effect, probably best left to run in co-op with the HP reg.
Mine is pretty accurate as I have fitted a Lothar Walther barrel as the STD offering wouldn't hit a barn door.
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