AAA Evol tweakage

For those of you who’d like to adjust your regulators; this holds true for about every reg I’ve messed with, including a Huma that loses the graduated label. 
*Disclaimer: If you get lost in your tinkering it will be very frustrating. Don’t make huge adjustments without testing small changes first. It’s on you.

After pulling the reg, make a mark on the adjuster and a mark on the reg body that lines up. Think of this as the 12 o'clock position, with the mark on the body being the hour and the mark on reg adjuster being the minute.

Counterclockwise adjustments increase pressure and clockwise adjustments decrease pressure. Each minute equals 2 bars ~ 5 minutes or 10 bar equal about 25 fps.

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Now, as you begin testing over the chrony, find the highest fps with the hammer spring adjuster. This can be found by dialing in HST clockwise by 1/2 turn increments. As the jumps in speed begin to get small, use 1/4 turn increments. When the speed no longer increases after a few 1/4 turn increments or the speed actually goes down, this is when you’ve found the highest speed that this given reg setting can produce. This is your plateau. Now dial back counterclockwise until you’ve subtracted 1.5% to 2.5% from this plateau. Some guns like a smaller differential than others. Testing will indicate. 

P.S. The Taipan regs are a bit different and these PCPs can perform well with up to a 3.5% differential. Watch Ernest Rowe’s video on them. Each hole of adjustment equals about 2 bar ~ 5 holes or 10 bar equal about 25 fps.
 
A few quick comments to relevant to the content on this thread.

1) Lower rail - We will be offering 3 new rails for the TAC 30 very soon. The current rail was a bit "over lightened" which lead to the loss of torsional stiffness which was somewhat unexpected. These ultra light rails are perfect for hunting and carry but not well suited for bench shooting. The originals were very stiff but much heavier. We have a webbed version of the current picatinny rail in the works, the webs will restore the torsional stiffness without adding too much weight. Also there will be a webbed M-LOK version. The third rail will be a dedicated F-Class rail for F-Class rests. This rail will be super stiff and tie into the chassis at 3 points.

For those who want the torsionally webbed rail as a replacement to the current Pica rail we will upgrade them free of charge. Just reach out to AoA or AAA depending on where your gun was purchased. These webbed rails will be available in mid-February.

2) Regulator - The baseline of 2000 psi can be simply set by gently turning the adjuster until stops on the seat and then back out 7/8 of a turn. The adjustment is very fine, approx. 1 hour per 50 psi. Clockwise decreases and counter-clockwise increases the reg pressure. We will set them at tad higher at the factory for a couple of reasons. A slightly higher pressure will allow for frictional velocity losses of pellet weight slugs by a simple striker adjustment. Also, we have found the shot count to be slightly higher (36 regged shots with 44 gn. JSB) and the ES slightly tighter. As you can see from the independent ES data published in this thread; ES is not an issue.

As a general philosophy, EVOL is designed to have a wide operating range in terms of accuracy and velocity. The extremely stiff barrel system allows for this wide velocity range by mitigating harmonics, thus reducing the need to micromanage fps. Of course there is always a sweet spot; EVOL is designed to have a very wide sweet spot.








 
Thank you for chiming in @slayer. I’ve now made a final adjustment. I lowered reg 5 more bar to 132 bar ~ 1,915 psi.

After cooling from the recharge from zero pressure, I got a plateau of 905. I have it set for 890 fps with the 44.75 gr JSBs. I picked up about 3 shots from a 250 bar fill and string has tightened a bit more. 

It’s time for a head to head at 100 yards against my .30 Uragán which is set to the exact same speed with the same pellet. Let’s see which gets the nod 💪🏼
 
Alrighty, got to the range and got her tested. The Evol can shoot. And it won this game but I can’t say the Uragán got a fair shake........

Shot 6 5-shot groups at 100 yards with the .30 Evol and then .30 Uragán. Uragán has a nice FFP Bushnell mounted and the Evol has a Discovery. I’ll tell you though, this Discovery is a nice FFP scope. The best average group size wins. 

After shooting the Evol’s groups, I waited for the next ceasefire to change targets. Well, I sent a staple into my trigger hand pinky finger. Well that was dumb! Kinda hurt too 😡 Anyway, it was a little distracting shooting the Uragán with a throbbing pinky 😐

No excuse though. The Evol averaged 1.17” for the 6 groups. The Uragán averaged 1.621”. Both shot the JSB 44.75 grainers at 890 fps. The Evol took it today. @crusher, your Evol is ready bud 💪🏼! Here are the targets and a few pictures:
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I dunno man, I think you're going to need to hang on to it for another few weeks for testing 😉 

So after all is said and done, how does the Uragan feel compared to the EVOL? Does the Uragan seem less stout, or do they both fee like they could fo head to head? 

I'd honestly drop the coin right now on an EVOL if I didn't have to wait. I love my R5 long, but I seriously need a multi-shot / mag fed for the cold weather. It's looking like an Uragan might be in my immediate future 🤔
 
I dunno man, I think you're going to need to hang on to it for another few weeks for testing
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So after all is said and done, how does the Uragan feel compared to the EVOL? Does the Uragan seem less stout, or do they both fee like they could fo head to head? 

I'd honestly drop the coin right now on an EVOL if I didn't have to wait. I love my R5 long, but I seriously need a multi-shot / mag fed for the cold weather. It's looking like an Uragan might be in my immediate future
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The Evol is definitely more robust than a Uragán. I’m not saying the Uragán is fragile but the Evol, with a tensioned barrel, titanium reservoir, no plastics, it just screams, “ I’m a tough hombre. Don’t think so, jump baby boy”. I wanted to do the EDgun challenge and run it over but I knew @crusher wouldn’t appreciate his gun getting plowed over by a F-350. I’m not the owner/manufacturer of AAA and don’t have a gun to replace it with. Thing is, I wouldn’t put it on soft damp ground to run it over 😉 

The Uragán, where some might say has better amenities; the side-lever takes less effort to cock and is smoother. The mag is easier to load including engaging it into the gun & it’s less costly to buy additional mags. Shot count; the Uragán has it beat here with that mondo 530cc CF bottle.

The Evol is a bad ass. Yes, the bottom rail has a lot of flex if you mount a bipod in the center. Tom explained that he has addressed that and claims owners will get a free replacement. I need to see this happen to believe it. When I had a Slayer, I just couldn’t get any parts for it. I tried many times.

I mounted the FC-G2, for the challenge, way toward the muzzle end and had the legs 45ing back to me. It was rock solid in that configuration. Now, would I drop $2,500 on it..............Well, yeah, I’ve done this stuff before 😂 Good luck getting your hands on one though!
 
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Thanks for taking the time to do this comparison Derek. That gives me a an idea how to measure my .30 Uragan off of. I'm curious to what's the barrel length of the Evol compared to the Uragan?

Uragán has a 22.4” barrel. Evol has an 18” barrel. 

The Uragán isn’t going anywhere. Love this PCP. I’m installing a Huma in it this week and we’re going to put in mad work together and staple puncture free 😆
 
Thanks for taking the time to do this comparison Derek. That gives me a an idea how to measure my .30 Uragan off of. I'm curious to what's the barrel length of the Evol compared to the Uragan?

Uragán has a 22.4” barrel. Evol has an 18” barrel. 

The Uragán isn’t going anywhere. Love this PCP. I’m installing a Huma in it this week and we’re going to put in mad work together and staple puncture free
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Nice, it'll be cool to see what you can do with the Huma 😎 And quit trying to tune those staple guns man, they're too dangerous!
 
Thanks for taking the time to do this comparison Derek. That gives me a an idea how to measure my .30 Uragan off of. I'm curious to what's the barrel length of the Evol compared to the Uragan?

Uragán has a 22.4” barrel. Evol has an 18” barrel. 

The Uragán isn’t going anywhere. Love this PCP. I’m installing a Huma in it this week and we’re going to put in mad work together and staple puncture free
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Nice, it'll be cool to see what you can do with the Huma 😎 And quit trying to tune those staple guns man, they're too dangerous!

touché 😂