PA_AirHead
HAM Marksman
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I took delivery of my latest “budget” gun yesterday 7/25/25. The Stoeger Scout .25 arrived in two days from Airgun Revisions along with the AR optional CF shroud which adds a touch of class to the rifle.
For the time being I’ve mounted a UTG 3-12x44 compact scope. The short tube length of the optic doesn’t quite lend itself to a proper eye relief, but I can make do until I get the Helos Gen2 2-12 on it. But that’s for later.
The rifle has a synthetic stock that is nicely wide enough in the fore-end to rest well in the palm. Coming with two pistol grip inserts (one installed) you have the choice of a little thicker or a little thinner, shooters choice. However, not in the palm swell, rather the finger wrap area. The palm swell is quite nice and fits my hand well. The adjustable cheek-weld is easily adjusted and seems to work well. It’s solid and in my initial testing I noticed zero movement. It’s really nice when simple designs work so well.
Moving to the trigger. It is what it is. Non adjustable. I don’t have a trigger scale so I don’t know what it breaks at. It’s a good hunting trigger I’ll say that. It’s pretty much a single stage with a relatively lengthy pull before breaking. Not overly heavy but no where near too light to be dangerous in the field. It has a bit of a grit feel to it. In a hunting scenario, I doubt I’ll even notice it. The side push safety works well. It’s quiet and smooth going from safe to fire. Fire to safe I find it a little “notchy” I guess.
Onto the side lever. She’s got a stout hammer spring with the feel of the cocking. Be sure to have a positive grip on that side lever, as it has a floating barrel handle. It can spin off of your finger tips, cause it to load a pellet before it’s cocked. Just remove the magazine and take the shot. Don’t recock it, as it will double feed. Ask me how I know. I didn’t not double feed it, I did fire the shot and there was infact a loaded pellet.
As for the magazines.
They’re nicely made of mostly metal. They load very easily and also have that tab that lets you know you’re out. It’s the typical preload the spring, load one from skirt side then continue on as many of us are used to. They are very smooth pieces. The pellets fit very nicely. They’re magnetic as well. As is the handy single shot tray that comes with the gun.
As for the chrony,
I cleaned the barrel before shooting. DO NOT, not clean the barrel, it was heavily protected for shipping. I’d rather a greasy barrel than a rusty one. I believe once the regulator is exercised a little bit, she’s going to get even better. 18 shots out of the box and she recorded what I think is a very usable back yard and farm usable pesting consistency. The second magazine actually had a much tighter spread than the first, but I didn’t separate them. So this is the first recorded string. Still, very respectable for just a hair over $300.00 (I got this one on Rich’s close out pricing so it was under $300
).
With an initial 25 yard zero it’s looking to be a sub MOA shooter. Get ‘er broken in and I’ll see what I can do with it. I like this gun, I like it a lot. The hammer spring is adjustable, so I’ve little doubt the chrony numbers can get even better. I know for a fact I can make em worse, I’ve proven that to myself in the past
. I have a fat ol woodchuck out back I’m waiting to show itself again then it’s game on. 
For the time being I’ve mounted a UTG 3-12x44 compact scope. The short tube length of the optic doesn’t quite lend itself to a proper eye relief, but I can make do until I get the Helos Gen2 2-12 on it. But that’s for later.
The rifle has a synthetic stock that is nicely wide enough in the fore-end to rest well in the palm. Coming with two pistol grip inserts (one installed) you have the choice of a little thicker or a little thinner, shooters choice. However, not in the palm swell, rather the finger wrap area. The palm swell is quite nice and fits my hand well. The adjustable cheek-weld is easily adjusted and seems to work well. It’s solid and in my initial testing I noticed zero movement. It’s really nice when simple designs work so well.
Moving to the trigger. It is what it is. Non adjustable. I don’t have a trigger scale so I don’t know what it breaks at. It’s a good hunting trigger I’ll say that. It’s pretty much a single stage with a relatively lengthy pull before breaking. Not overly heavy but no where near too light to be dangerous in the field. It has a bit of a grit feel to it. In a hunting scenario, I doubt I’ll even notice it. The side push safety works well. It’s quiet and smooth going from safe to fire. Fire to safe I find it a little “notchy” I guess.
Onto the side lever. She’s got a stout hammer spring with the feel of the cocking. Be sure to have a positive grip on that side lever, as it has a floating barrel handle. It can spin off of your finger tips, cause it to load a pellet before it’s cocked. Just remove the magazine and take the shot. Don’t recock it, as it will double feed. Ask me how I know. I didn’t not double feed it, I did fire the shot and there was infact a loaded pellet.
As for the magazines.
They’re nicely made of mostly metal. They load very easily and also have that tab that lets you know you’re out. It’s the typical preload the spring, load one from skirt side then continue on as many of us are used to. They are very smooth pieces. The pellets fit very nicely. They’re magnetic as well. As is the handy single shot tray that comes with the gun.
As for the chrony,
I cleaned the barrel before shooting. DO NOT, not clean the barrel, it was heavily protected for shipping. I’d rather a greasy barrel than a rusty one. I believe once the regulator is exercised a little bit, she’s going to get even better. 18 shots out of the box and she recorded what I think is a very usable back yard and farm usable pesting consistency. The second magazine actually had a much tighter spread than the first, but I didn’t separate them. So this is the first recorded string. Still, very respectable for just a hair over $300.00 (I got this one on Rich’s close out pricing so it was under $300
).With an initial 25 yard zero it’s looking to be a sub MOA shooter. Get ‘er broken in and I’ll see what I can do with it. I like this gun, I like it a lot. The hammer spring is adjustable, so I’ve little doubt the chrony numbers can get even better. I know for a fact I can make em worse, I’ve proven that to myself in the past
. I have a fat ol woodchuck out back I’m waiting to show itself again then it’s game on. 
.
