.30 Skout @100Y

[Centercut]

I’ve been trying to get my .25 Skout shooting pellets well at 100Y since November, mostly shooting .25 Heavy JSB, FX, Daystate Rangemaster, and JTS. While my groups and scores have been reasonably good, I just kept feeling that I needed more to be competitive at the highest levels for 100Y BR pellet.

I decided to change caliber to .30 and shoot the JSB Exact 44.75 grain pellets. So I swapped out the barrel and probe, then tuned the gun for about 870 fps.

This is typical of what I saw this past Saturday. I still need to shoot more to verify it’s not a one off thing, but I’m hoping I can continue 10 shot groups at 100Y like the below (other groups were similar, especially vertical spread).

What has me the most excited is the vertical spread of approx 1/2 inch, which would easily keep all ten shots in the 10 ring of an EBR/RMAC target with correct wind calls. The stats are also very good with ES of 5 fps and SD of 1.4 fps. We’ll see how it goes over the next couple of weekends prior to the Oregon event.

 

[davelarson]

Just amazing, thanks for posting the picture, I wish I could do that.
That would be a headshot on a gopher every time at 100 yards, wow.

 

[Ranchibi]

That was a great call on your part and I do hope it translates well into competitions! Beautiful Skout

 

[Alrod224]

Great groups

 

[Nico5999]

Mike - that's some fantastic shooting. Are you doing any kind of sorting for those groups?

 

[tommyb]

The vertical spread is excellent. Looks like the barrel swap worked out nicely Mike! Your Chrony results are superb. As it happens, your old FX Boss now has a .30 barrel and probe, which was set up by Newman last year to shoot the 44g at 870-875 FPS.

Good luck in Oregon.

Tom

 

[Centercut]

Mike - that's some fantastic shooting. Are you doing any kind of sorting for those groups?

Thanks Nic. That was done with unsorted JSB 44 grain direct from the tin. I’ll sort them prior to competition but not for practice.

 

[Shortcut]

Mike you using the 25” or 35” barrel?

 

[Centercut]

Mike you using the 25” or 35” barrel?

Using a .30 FX Superior barrel liner.

 

[FelixS]

That is one sweet 10 shot group there.

 

[RFORESTR]

I’ve been trying to get my .25 Skout shooting pellets well at 100Y since November, mostly shooting .25 Heavy JSB, FX, Daystate Rangemaster, and JTS. While my groups and scores have been reasonably good, I just kept feeling that I needed more to be competitive at the highest levels for 100Y BR pellet.

I decided to change caliber to .30 and shoot the JSB Exact 44.75 grain pellets. So I swapped out the barrel and probe, then tuned the gun for about 870 fps.

This is typical of what I saw this past Saturday. I still need to shoot more to verify it’s not a one off thing, but I’m hoping I can continue 10 shot groups at 100Y like the below (other groups were similar, especially vertical spread).

What has me the most excited is the vertical spread of approx 1/2 inch, which would easily keep all ten shots in the 10 ring of an EBR/RMAC target with correct wind calls. The stats are also very good with ES of 5 fps and SD of 1.4 fps. We’ll see how it goes over the next couple of weekends prior to the Oregon event.

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That is one dressed-out rifle! Skout just received 25 cal slug liners which is why I just ordered it in 35 inch. Hope the accuracy is there.

 

[Centercut]

I was looking at the videos and photos of the NAC. It appears there were about 6? total shooting Skout various caliber.

Two observations.

1. With all the posts and info about how great the new .25 slug barrel and Corbin/Skout 48.8 slugs are, I didn’t see much participation or success in the 200-250-300 yard SquatchBomb.

2. In the photos I could actually see, it appears the Skout Team is not confident or satisfied with their HP reg performance. In the three photos below, three separate Team Skout shooters are using an inline (Huma?) bottle regulator.

My question is Why, and what does this tell us about the factory HP regulator? My reg works great, and so does Augie’s @Bigragu , but we’ve worked on the CAUSE of the issue and didn’t settle for a band aid to address the symptoms.

 

[Bigragu]

Wowzie. Those pics with the inline bottle regs blew me away. As in WHY? Mike and I have definitely been putting in the time and effort to make these guns shoot the way WE expect them to. Mikes a way better shooter than I am but my own Skout is making me look more experienced than I am. But it didn’t start off that way. I know Mike was ready at one time to throw his Epoch into the closest lake, and I was almost ready to put my own gun away and start practicing with my impact, but thru perseverance and a bunch of shared testing results both him and I have shooters in our epoch’s.

Not putting these up for a comparison to Mike’s target as conditions were 100% different, I’m putting these target pics up to show results of our efforts-

So I’m gonna say what I told Mike earlier when he shared the pics of the guys at NAC using inline bottle regs- WE DONT NEED NO STINKING BOTTLE REGS!!

 

[Dairyboy]

What is the issue with the HP regs? I didn't notice the external regs at first but did notice quite a few Epochs in Michael's videos. You both sure seem to have yours dialed in

 

[igolfat8]

It looks like they abandoned their external barrel tuners too?

 

[DanT55]

It looks like they abandoned their external barrel tuners too?

Looks like they still have them on..they are really air strippers due to the internall design. They do mitigate the report but not as quiet as some witth the felt liners, etc. There is room to wrap some insulation around the perforated stripper tube or put in their whisper baffles. Try one without and see how that goes..

 

[Centercut]

My last card before the Ashland Oregon event. Tomorrow the choice was practice or ground squirrel schwackin’. That’s a no brainer for me, love to schwack ground squirrels. I don’t know how Luke shot that 238, this is about as good as it gets for me.

Breezy swirly about 5 to 7 mph quartering from the left. About 1 MOA hold left, but a few shots 1 MOA hold right. That lower left looks like a 7 but it plugged 8 with 0.35” scoring plug. Took my time but only shot 8 sighters.

 

[tommyb]

Mike - The .25 Scout is shooting amazing! Phenomenal 100Y score with pellets.

 

[Centercut]

Mike - The .25 Scout is shooting amazing! Phenomenal 100Y score with pellets.

It’s a .30 now. AEA 45 grain at 870. Couldn’t get the .25 much better than 225-226.

 

[Centercut]

All the testing and getting the Skout done right paid off this past weekend. I won the 100Y BR and came in 6th in the Extreme FT with the .30 Skout. I was told that I’ll get a new EVO once they are released. I’m going to go for a .25 short barrel slugger. Already have Gold so I’d like an Orange one. Glad I won my Skout at EBR 2023 in the raffle. The gun shot beautifully with the AEA 45 grain pellets at 865 fps.

I also shot day two in EFT GP event, and it rained the entire time, plus it was cold…. No issues with the electronics getting wet.

Getting it ready for RMAC next.