{"id":7169,"date":"2022-11-28T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/?p=7169"},"modified":"2022-11-28T02:08:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T09:08:30","slug":"evol-30-magnon-tactical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/evol-30-magnon-tactical.html","title":{"rendered":"EVOL .30 Magnon Tactical"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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EVOL .30 from American Air Arms<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This .30 caliber air rifle is the little brother carbine to\nthe longer Magpul PRS-stocked version with minor give ups for the benefit of\nthe lighter weight and portability in the field. It\u2019s a tactically-styled beauty\nthat is all business with obvious AR-15 DNA, it is no wonder that the grip and \u201cFixed\nCarbine\u201d stock are Magpul MOE on the Magnon. Therefore, modding is the name of\nthe game for those that want to swap parts with aftermarket AR-15 compatible\ncomponents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thin and sporty and lightweight, the Magnon is one of several\nmodels of PCP air rifles produced by American Air Arms out of southern California.\nA small company started by an engineer who is an avid airgunner and airgun\nhunter, Tom Costan, they produce limited numbers each year. This smaller yearly\noutput is a causal effect of the company\u2019s mission and extreme quality. Their\nmission is to design and create airguns that meet specific vision, purpose and\nperformance goals and are almost 100 percent American made. Except for the\nbarrels, grips and bolts, all other components are designed, manufactured, and\nassembled in-house, allowing AAA complete control over quality. The outstanding\nfit and finish makes it easy to see the company is meeting its lofty goals.\nThis airgun exudes quality with the main chassis parts and many components\nbeing made from the highest-grade aluminum and finished in matte black. The\nMagnon model weighs in at a mere six pounds without optics, thanks to the\nweight-saving benefits of a titanium air reservoir. The 250cc reservoir was\nmade slimmer and thinner without sacrificing structural strength or safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Side view of the EVOL .30 with the magazine in place<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Overall, the EVOL Magnon reaches a length of 32.5 inches with\n15 inches of that being the shrouded, rifled steel barrel and an additional\n5.75 inches for the housing containing the forcing cone air stripper which helps\nreduce the report. The EVOLs were built from the ground up around the available\ndiabolo pellets and the barrels are optimized at the power levels and caliber weights\nto provide the best accuracy. The muzzle end is threaded to accept the\nproprietary air stripper unit (which will not fit other makes of airguns) and\nthe breech end is threaded to screw into a massive lug as part of the breech\nblock. Combined with the shroud, this produces a tensioned barrel system, far\nsuperior to barrels secured by set screws and Lock-Tite\u2122. In combination with a\nchamber insert system that ensures consistent transition of pellets into\nengagement with the rifling, the result is a high level of accuracy due to the\nconsistent repeatability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking a tour starting from the top \u2013 the upper picatinny rail\nis a two-section design that spans the magazine slot with a 2.5-inch rear\nsection and 3.25-inch section in front for a total of 6.25 inches for mounting\noptics. Additionally, the upper rail incorporates a 40 m.o.a. incline to aid\nthe long-range shooter. An all-metal, 9-round, self-indexing rotary magazine is\nincluded with the Magnon, and next up is the buttery-smooth side lever that\ngives good mechanical advantage for cocking the heavy hammer spring (which is\nadjustable). The cocking lever is held closed until needed by a neodymium\nmagnet. Sorry lefties, but this one is not swappable. Underneath the barrel is\nthe 14-inch titanium air cylinder incorporating a black (nice touch) QD foster hose\nfitting on the right side, just opposite of the easily readable one-inch,\ncolor-coded pressure gauge marked only in PSI. A fill is to 4000psi. Beneath\nthe air cylinder is a sturdy 10.25-inch picatinny rail to which I immediately\nattached a UTG folding bipod with extendable legs and 360\u00b0 swivel capability.  Between the bottom pic rail and the trigger\nguard sits the regulator pressure gauge. Factory set for optimized results, it\nis user adjustable and will require a YouTube search for instructions. Just\nabove the pistol grip in a convenient location for either-handed shooters is\nthe ambidextrous safety switch. A sliding switch, it is easily engaged by\npressing upward to \u201cSafe\u201d, which blocks the trigger movement. Next comes the\ncurved metal trigger blade that has been left in the white as a nice contrast\nto the all-black finish. A sweet, adjustable two-stage match trigger, the\nsample gun had more takeup than I like, but the second stage broke like glass\nat a feathery 11.3 ounces out of the box. \nIn order to adjust the trigger, the lower must be separated from the\nupper and an easy-to-follow YouTube video by Tom Costan is on the web. Lastly,\nthere is the Magpul MOE fixed stock. It provides a 14-inch length-of-pull and\nincorporates a hole where a QD swivel for a sling can be attached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Look at all that space on the bottom pic rail!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The EVOL comes with a three-year warranty that is transferrable.\nAofA is an authorized repair facility for the entire AAA line so you\u2019d be in\ngood hands should you need warranty service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building airguns really is a labor of love for AAA and I imagine that is how they came up with the name for this model (read it backwards\u2026). \u00a0In the next installment I\u2019ll report my results behind the EVOL .30 and hope to include some long-range results using NSA slugs depending on the weather and ability to get to the range. In the interim, check out the EVOL lineup<\/a> on the AofA website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This .30 caliber air rifle is the little brother carbine to the longer Magpul PRS-stocked version with minor give ups for the benefit of the lighter weight and portability in the field. It\u2019s a tactically-styled beauty that is all business with obvious AR-15 DNA, it is no wonder that the grip and \u201cFixed Carbine\u201d stock…»<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7169"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7178,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7169\/revisions\/7178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}