EVOL My American Air Arms Evol Mini and HPS.

[CTAirgunner]

The next 3 photos are the day I acquired (in my opinion) the holy grail of small bore utility rifles..... it sort of lead to a sickness I call, Evolism... where, its all you want to shoot!






Now onto the scientific data.... the next group of photos is some testing I did with my 15.89 hades in my evol mini to showcase this rifles ridiculous repeatability. In considerable winds at that.

This shooting was done in a little over a half hour. Each group is 1 mag, there is no cherry picking here, shooting 15.89 hades at 865 fps.

5 groups at each distance.
1 mag on each target.
Phone calls incoming.
Uneven shooting table. (collapsible table suggestions welcome)
Weird winds.
A large cup of coffee at 430 pm.

This rifle is my all time favorite air rifle I have ever owned hands down. It has surpassed my love of Taipans and Hubens with ease. It's a masterpiece. A work of art. A surgical tool.

And that is why after some moving around I struck a deal on a .22 Evol HPS on that very same day.

 

[CTAirgunner]

Then came the day I received my Evol HPS...
American Air Arms Evols are all I want in my rifle room now, this rifle is going to be my 100y br rifle for sure.

These groups were shot in typical @CTAirgunner fashion and @AirGun_Addicts_Anonymous and many others know, that means with haste lol

These are 1 magazine groups so 11 shots per group at 100 yards. I know for a fact I could have done better.

I will say it again, THESE RIFLES ARE SICK!


This is 11 shots per group, shooting .22 monster redesigns at ~950fps

 

[CTAirgunner]

Lastly was some long distance shooting with my Evol Mini...
I bought this BipodEXT and Modular Evolutions Bipod from Tom at Tomcat Airguns, both extremely used... (semi abused but were they really or was it just some rough loving?) ....

The point of the BipodEXT should be pretty self explanatory, I will say 100% it made holding the rifle far easier, now if only the Modular Evolutions Bipod didn't have as much bounce/play (I really should have tested this with my accu-tac). In no way am I disappointed with the bipod, I love it actually for its quick deployment and ease of changing height and positions, the accu-tacs I find you need to work a bit and aren't always the quickest to reposition.

Anyways Peri and I set out after dinner and I was going to shoot 6 groups each yardage but I decided to just give 3 magazines to each yardage.

With that said on both the 80y and 90y I made some amateur mistakes in holding over and not adjusting my parallax, ironically I caught myself at the same exact shot count after cussing myself out lmao, hence the additional shots at each yardage on those groups. The 70y group I feel is as opened up as it is due to me figuring the hold just right. These results blew me away to be honest, 10.5 inch barrel and grouping like that?

This was shooting 18.13 at 815 FPS while looking through my Helix 4-16x44 @ 14 power. I can certainly tighten these groups up and I plan to. For a rifle this size to shoot like this just shows the craftsmanship and care that's taken when putting these rifles together.

Hope you guys enjoyed the little itty bitty write up like Peri and I enjoyed the sun.... and the ticks... just kidding on the last part...

 

[AOA ROB]

Nice shooting. Fine rifles.

Rob.

 

[AtlasAirguns]

Great shooting my man. @American Air Arms are some of the finest rifles produced. And man are they accurate!

 

[Luis Leon]

Sweet looking rifles, you already know how I feel about that loooong bipod extension on that sweet Mini.

 

[oOmpH]

Looks like you got those beauties dialled in! High level of awesomeness.
Been looking at a HP and tested, absolutely fabulous. My only gripe was the rifle was very loud.
Would you agree?

 

[HubenK1Sniper92]

Someday I will own one

 

[CTAirgunner]

Looks like you got those beauties dialled in! High level of awesomeness.
Been looking at a HP and tested, absolutely fabulous. My only gripe was the rifle was very loud.
Would you agree?

The HPS is a loud rifle, absolutely, it is not OBNOXIOUS but it is not backyard friendly for the suburban areas etc. However with the Wylie Kanz moderator it really brings down the report, the mini moderator also does too but not as much.

Someday I will own one

Yes you will Mike!

 

[HubenK1Sniper92]

The HPS is a loud rifle, absolutely, it is not OBNOXIOUS but it is not backyard friendly for the suburban areas etc. However with the Wylie Kanz moderator it really brings down the report, the mini moderator also does too but not as much.


Yes you will Mike!

A custom OD green or fde paint and furniture would be really sweet

 

[CTAirgunner]

A custom OD green or fde paint and furniture would be really sweet

When my FDE MDT stock gets back its going on the hps, at some point its getting a battle worn FDE cerakote.

 

[HubenK1Sniper92]

When my FDE MDT stock gets back its going on the hps, at some point its getting a battle worn FDE cerakote.

That will be sick

 

[CTAirgunner]

That will be sick

It's either that or go with battle worn titanium with fde grip , rings, scope caps etc

 

[oOmpH]

It's either that or go with battle worn titanium with fde grip , rings, scope caps etc

Dude at my range has his Impact and acc's cerakoted in battleworn titanium and its a stunner. Straight out of a Terminator movie.

 

[CTAirgunner]

Dude at my range has his Impact and acc's cerakoted in battleworn titanium and its a stunner. Straight out of a Terminator movie.

Man I would love to see pics of that!

 

[HubenK1Sniper92]

Idk, I’m just a sucker for anything fde and OD green

 

[MountainSportAirguns]

The Mini is a bunch of fun, .22 is cool but the .30 version is a blast.

 

[Dairyboy]

The Mini is a bunch of fun, .22 is cool but the .30 version is a blast.
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So the Mini .30 is a thing! I bet that would be so fun to shoot. I do love my Mini .22 though

 

[HubenK1Sniper92]

The Mini is a bunch of fun, .22 is cool but the .30 version is a blast.
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Love it, those are sweet rifles

 

[MountainSportAirguns]

So the Mini .30 is a thing! I bet that would be so fun to shoot. I do love my Mini .22 though

Yeah a few are floating around, think Tom is finalizing a few features. The .30 is a mini canon for sure.