Skout .30 Skout EVO SubMOA

What a beautiful machine! Congratulations.

Centercut said:

I had heard last year about the Skout “Golden Gun” Program, where if you were high Skout top ten at one of the Majors - EBR, RMAC, or PAC - you would receive a new Skout for campaigning their brand. For mid size competitions, like the Oregon EFT GP and EBR, or the NAC, and you WON, new gun. I did not know this early May 2024.

So when I won 100Y BR in Oregon with my .30 Skout Epoch early May, Bill Gardner, who was sitting right behind me at the awards ceremony, told me I had won a new Skout of my choice. I did ask if it could be orange vice gold since my Epoch is gold, and have the .30 SubMOA barrel. He said yes, but I’d need to wait for the EVO with SubMOA to be ready.

Well, here it is, just arrived UPS yesterday. Wow, is she a beauty!! I haven’t shot it yet but I will this weekend and compare it to the gold .30 Skout Epoch that I’ve been competing with so far this year.
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Vortex Golden Eagle 15-60x scope, AEA 45 grain pellets, STO Falx moderator, Saber Tactical bag rest, and AccuTac bipod.

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That's pretty Slick Mike!
I like the bag rider on the rear ..i ended up taking off the buttpad on my Epoch for a better glide on my rear rest...the wheel used to extend/retrack the buttpad was in the way.
Approx how much does the rig weigh??
Have fun with it this weekend ..should be some challenging winds..great time to test it out
Mike

My Evo with Sub-Moa barrel and 700 cc bottle bench rest butt pad come in right at just a hair over 18 lbs. I will be building a .177 for HFT and have a .22 LW bull barrel also for N50 I will see how light it ends up.

Congratulations on your win to well, win the Evo! Enjoy tuning and shooting that beautiful Evo!

Can't wait to see the difference in your current .30 barrel and the Sub MOA.

Centercut said:

I had heard last year about the Skout “Golden Gun” Program, where if you were high Skout top ten at one of the Majors - EBR, RMAC, or PAC - you would receive a new Skout for campaigning their brand. For mid size competitions, like the Oregon EFT GP and EBR, or the NAC, and you WON, new gun. I did not know this early May 2024.

So when I won 100Y BR in Oregon with my .30 Skout Epoch early May, Bill Gardner, who was sitting right behind me at the awards ceremony, told me I had won a new Skout of my choice. I did ask if it could be orange vice gold since my Epoch is gold, and have the .30 SubMOA barrel. He said yes, but I’d need to wait for the EVO with SubMOA to be ready.

Well, here it is, just arrived UPS yesterday. Wow, is she a beauty!! I haven’t shot it yet but I will this weekend and compare it to the gold .30 Skout Epoch that I’ve been competing with so far this year.
More to follow.

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Nice rifle. Way to go with your win . And bonus rifle!

Nice rifle Mike....my FAVORITE color too!
I'm down for taking hand-me-downs!

mike

Centercut said:

Me too! The current barrel is a .30 FX Superior 700mm 1:40 twist. It’s VERY good and I’ve done well with it this year.

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Mike, how do you like the butt and bag rider? Are they compatible with the Epoch by chance? Congratulations!

That is a sweet looking rig man. Congrats on the win too. Do you know if Skout is still going to make their standard barrels ?? I know they are working on a ton of new barrels and are literally out of every single barrel on their website. I hope this doesn’t mean they are doing away with them as I’ve had really good luck with them. I’m assuming the new LW and sub moa are going to be more expensive.

Trucker3573 said:

That is a sweet looking rig man. Congrats on the win too. Do you know if Skout is still going to make their standard barrels ?? I know they are working on a ton of new barrels and are literally out of every single barrel on their website. I hope this doesn’t mean they are doing away with them as I’ve had really good luck with them. I’m assuming the new LW and sub moa are going to be more expensive.

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It's sounds as if they doing away with the liner system:​

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With the introduction of the EVO platform, SKOUT® Airguns has transitioned to a composite bull style barrel as well as developing several traditional full weight steel bull barrels.​

Carbon Composite Bull Factory Barrels:
The factory composite bull barrels use a thick carbon outer wall, permanently bonded to an alloy liner. The solid carbon fiber wall provides similar relative stiffness and dampening properties when compared to a solid steel bull barrel at a reduced weight.

Due to the barrel’s lower cost, an airgun enthusiast can more readily afford a larger selection of barrel lengths, calibers, and configurations while still using a singular EVO airgun platform.

Factory Steel Bull Barrels:
SKOUT® engineers validate barrel design theory with real world testing, each EVO configuration is extensively tested at our on site 100 yard indoor range prior to approval for production. Utilizing this type of testing, our engineers and shooting team are able to determine an optimized shooting solution for every caliber and projectile type.
In pursuit of optimized “out of the box” accuracy, some models of EVO will be offered with traditional steel full weight bull barrels manufactured within SKOUT®’s supply chain.

Aftermarket Barrels: Factory tested & optionally equipped.
SKOUT®, has partnered with several barrel manufactures to offer aftermarket barrels factory direct. These barrels will be co-branded with their manufacture, as well as factory tested in our 100 yard indoor range before shipment, even when the barrel is purchased separately.
As an example; SKOUT®’s first aftermarket collaboration is a full weight steel bull barrel in .22 caliber featuring polygonal rifling and a 1:15.75 twist. This traditional bull barrel is produced for SKOUT® by Lothar Walther, we currently consider this to be one of our most accurate barrels.

Isn”t their composite bull still using their liner?

manabeknives said:

Isn”t their composite bull still using their liner?

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Maybe but it can't be exchanged for different bore sizes.

EDventure said:

Maybe but it can't be exchanged for different bore sizes.

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I hope so. I just want a liner that will drop in and utilize the shroud and components I already have. Multiple bore sizes is just an unnecessary gimmick in my opinion anyway.

Hopefully it came with your team logo on the boot up screen. That would be the cherry on top.