Skout Airguns- Advantages of Electro-pneumatics

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Never owned an electro operated gun. I fear them, lol. I think my biggest fears are battery failure/leaving me stranded if something dies, recharging, and failure due to some sort of magnetics or other electro influences. From what I understand they are much more consistent and efficient (?) So maybe someone could enlighten me on these systems. Similar to what @Trucker3573 said, it's also very satisfying to figure out the sweet spot my guns shoot at. https://www.airgunnation.com/threads/and-the-scout-secret-sauce-is.1333157/#post-1973939
 
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MOhunter said:
Never owned an electro operated gun. I fear them, lol. I think my biggest fears are battery failure/leaving me stranded if something dies, recharging, and failure due to some sort of magnetics or other electro influences. From what I understand they are much more consistent and efficient (?) So maybe someone could enlighten me on these systems. Similar to what @Trucker3573 said, it's also very satisfying to figure out the sweet spot my guns shoot at. https://www.airgunnation.com/threads/and-the-scout-secret-sauce-is.1333157/#post-1973939
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I wouldn’t say they are any more efficient or consistent than a properly tuned mechanical gun. Properly tuned is key I suppose. The electro is just easier. With the Skout guns it’s pretty much just adjusting the hpr to the desired speed. You can mess with the dwell to see if it can tighten groups but again that is straight forward just adjusting a number up and down and shooting at different settings.
 
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While I don’t feel either of the electro guns I have owned are particularly soft shooting, I do love the complications of tuning a mechanical system that they completely remove.
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I have one fully mechanical pcp that was set at 49 fpe, also my EVO set exactly the same fpe using the same slugs, 'Edit much the same weight as well', and with the EVO it's very obviously softer feeling to shoot, so much so it feels like a 30 fpe gun instead.
Could be how each one is tuned but....

My EVO has had plenty of problems but there's so much to like about it I kept it. My G1 Impact had problems too but there wasn't enough to like about it to keep it and I can say that about a bunch of pcp guns I've owned that had fewer problems.

The trigger, Ergos, precision capability using Altaros 32.2 gr slugs, the extra weight for comps, the higher quality simply designed high cap mags, and easy options to tune the EVO are great attributes. I must admit I like the way it looks as well.

That other pcp I mentioned in the first paragraph is much more precise when tuned perfectly for my swaged custom made slugs and has been much more reliable. It does have a heavy HS and a heavy hammer though. I like both guns in different ways but tuning the mechanical gun is best left up to the builder of it as I've found out the hard way a few times in the last 4 years, lol.
 
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I have one fully mechanical pcp that was set at 49 fpe, also my EVO set exactly the same fpe using the same slugs, 'Edit much the same weight as well', and with the EVO it's very obviously softer feeling to shoot, so much so it feels like a 30 fpe gun instead.
Could be how each one is tuned but....

My EVO has had plenty of problems but there's so much to like about it I kept it. My G1 Impact had problems too but there wasn't enough to like about it to keep it and I can say that about a bunch of pcp guns I've owned that had fewer problems.

The trigger, Ergos, precision capability using Altaros 32.2 gr slugs, the extra weight for comps, the higher quality simply designed high cap mags, and easy options to tune the EVO are great attributes. I must admit I like the way it looks as well.

That other pcp I mentioned in the first paragraph is much more precise when tuned perfectly for my swaged custom made slugs and has been much more reliable. It does have a heavy HS and a heavy hammer though. I like both guns in different ways but tuning the mechanical gun is best left up to the builder of it as I've found out the hard way a few times in the last 4 years, lol.
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Yesterday I was shooting both of these rifles at 250Y BUT the other pcp/Thomas HPX was now set to 65 fpe and also using 42 slugs, and BTW a tune I'll be staying with because this HPX shoots awesome right here. The HPX moved enough so that it was a little harder to see where on the steel I hit or in the dirt I missed while it was easier to see where I hit using the EVO. The EVO had settled down and moved less so I was able to see the slug arrive. This isn't much of course but there. Of note since the EVO is a repeater and gets more shots per fill I could keep laying lead on the steel during a certain wind condition. The HPX is a single shot so getting to the next shot takes 5-6 seconds longer.

Imagine looking at a target through a spotting scope on a tripod that is being buffeted by the wind and looking through the same scope when it's calm out. It's kinda like this.

For the fun of it I think I'll try the Altaros King 40gr at a higher velocity in the EVO so I can compare the two guns again.

Also of putting a compensater on the HPX to see the difference.
 
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