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@853_OKG - I can verify that this works. It is a bit tedious, as you said. But it works. I'm going to have to make me a little tool or gadget of some sort to streamline the process. I have a few ideas, but if you have any suggestions or further info that might be helpful, I'd love to hear more...

Yeah, I'm a little frugal, I guess.

@boscoebrea - I keep track of my pellet usage: Critter hits, misses, blow offs, target practice, etc. I'm not anal about it; but it's in the ballpark. Since January 1, 2024, I've blown off ~192 pellets. I consider those mostly wasted shots. Yes, I've shot most of them at little pebbles, etc...

@853_OKG - That's great news! But how do you depress that plunger, keep it depressed, while you hold onto the cocking lever firmly with one hand and pull the trigger with the other? This will really help me a lot if I can manage to do this.

I think I just found the answer to my own question. From the ProSport manual: "Once cocked the rifle cannot be easily de-cocked, never fire the rifle without a pellet as this may damage the seals. If you have loaded and cannot fire at your chosen target but wish to make the rifle safe, fire the...

This video shows how to decock a TX200. From what I understand, the ProSport and TX200 have the same power plant, except the ProSport doesn't have a bear trap. Our HW97K manual says: Never pull the trigger if the barrel / cocking barrel is bent down.The barrel / cocking barrel will fly...

@Feinwerk and @marflow 777 - Thank you both very much. I think I'm going to give it a try. I was a little nervous about it at first; but you've given me enough info to go on that I'm not so scared of it now. Very much appreciated !!!

@Feinwerk - Thank you! I really appreciate it. I'm not sure if a ProSport can be safely decocked. Anybody out there have info about that? From what I understand, the ProSport and TX200 share the same power plant, except the ProSport does not have a bear trap. We have an HW97K, and they say...

Thanks, but unfortunately, it doesn't talk about how to adjust it. I did some searching about it and found this link, which does talk about it a little. But as I said, I'd rather not dink with it any more than I have to, lest I mess it up worse. https://airguns.net/general_tx200_trigger.php I...

...and down on our gravel road is affecting it, so that when I go to shoot the next critter, it fires when I disengage the safety -- unless I recock the rifle first. Is there any remedy for that? Any suggestions would be *greatly* appreciated. It's not the safest situation in the world right now.

Our ProSport has developed the tendency to fire sometimes when I disengage the safety. It doesn't happen all of the time. Just every now and then. I don't want to go dinking around with the trigger a lot since I've never adjusted a trigger before, and the manual says if you don't know what...

Thanks. 35 yards is my limit. But I shoot exclusively .177 -- I've never even shot a .22 air gun -- and I have to be able to hit within 1/4" to make a good clean kill. I couldn't do that at 75 yards in my wildest dreams. I got 5 chippers today despite being sick and not spending much time...

Thank you! A friend bought us an Arken ELP4 6-24x50 scope when they were on sale, and although I love the view at 24x, I find I shoot better with it at 14-16x. Target acquisition and parallax adjustments are more forgiving, too. I think you shoot way better than me, and it helps to know it's...

@crowski - When you're using one of your 6-24x50 FFP scopes to help you sling lead through those tiny little holes in your metal targets, what magnification do you usually set the scope at?

Crow - If you'd like to guarantee you'll get them, and quickly, or when you've given up all hope of ever receiving them, pray to St. Phanurios, and pray for the soul of his mother. And when your airguns arrive -- and they will -- have your wife bake a really nice sweet of some sort -- any kind...

Crow -- Friendly suggestion. You might want to read this: https://faq.usps.com/s/article/Missing-Mail-The-Basics And file a missing mail search here: https://missingmail.usps.com/ This may get them moving on it. Otherwise, it may never move. There's no guarantee it will help. Sometimes it...

† God bless him !!!

Who's the flag for, if you don't mind me asking?

@20calguy - Friendly observation. Take it for what it's worth: Several years ago, one of the more seemingly knowledgable guys on the list advised somebody that when he mounted his scope to his springer, to put the stop pin in the hole and then slide the mount FORWARD as much as possible before...

You might want to take it apart and check your piston seal. You might have blown it already. Our HW97K kicked like a mule -- ok. harder than a .308, maybe a .30-06 -- from day one. It blew out the piston seal, melted the breech seal, and broke the main spring within less than 90 days. I...