I ordered my Evo on a Thursday and it shipped on Monday. They have their 10% off till Jan 6th, plus no sales tax and on mine the did not charge shipping. I didn't order the fancy case but in did come in a nice case. When I opened the case I was really impressed on how it looked, but on close inspection the cheek rest had busted (came unglued). I emailed skout about it and said I could epoxy it back together. But 1/2 hour later I had an email with tracking number for a new one. I upgraded to the LW 22 cal, 25" pellet and slug barrel. Also got the 580 CC Tank and Evo rail kit.
I did not change any of the factory setting except I change to a release trigger, IT IS GREAT. I have developed a mental block squeezing the trigger. Even though my other gun had a 4 oz trigger my mind felt like I was pulling 4 lbs.. The release trigger mad shooting fun again.
On my old rifle I would take a shot and a little later I could not remember in I had cocked the gun for the next shot. The Evo has a yellow light when not cocked that changes to red when cocked. Just a little thing but much appreciated.
These pictures are using the settings from the factory except for the release trigger. The on of the rifle is in my bench rest configuration. It has a box on the front that fits the open window but seals out the cold from outdoors. The shed is heated to around 75 degrees and you get an awful mirage from the scope without it being in the box with cold air.
The next two are shot string and chart. Notice on the shot string the outside air is 29.1 degrees
This is one of the first targets I shot at 50 yards. Never had a air rifle group like this direct from the factory
This one is indexing the barrel
I am looking forward to tuning it. I am 78 years old and shoot at least 100 shots almost every day. I would not hesitate to by again if needed.
I did not change any of the factory setting except I change to a release trigger, IT IS GREAT. I have developed a mental block squeezing the trigger. Even though my other gun had a 4 oz trigger my mind felt like I was pulling 4 lbs.. The release trigger mad shooting fun again.
On my old rifle I would take a shot and a little later I could not remember in I had cocked the gun for the next shot. The Evo has a yellow light when not cocked that changes to red when cocked. Just a little thing but much appreciated.
These pictures are using the settings from the factory except for the release trigger. The on of the rifle is in my bench rest configuration. It has a box on the front that fits the open window but seals out the cold from outdoors. The shed is heated to around 75 degrees and you get an awful mirage from the scope without it being in the box with cold air.
The next two are shot string and chart. Notice on the shot string the outside air is 29.1 degrees
This is one of the first targets I shot at 50 yards. Never had a air rifle group like this direct from the factory
This one is indexing the barrel
I am looking forward to tuning it. I am 78 years old and shoot at least 100 shots almost every day. I would not hesitate to by again if needed.
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. If I were to do it all over again today I think I would save several hundred dollars and go with the epoch all over again. Especially now you can get them with the skeleton butt stock and newer barrels. The guns are just so close in every way. Unless for some reason you need a slightly more vertical streamlined platform. Otherwise for major intents and purposes they are nearly the same gun.
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