Nice!Love the feed back,
I bought a used TX200 in Beech and fell in love with the design. 1 month later I sold it and ordered a new one in Walnut.
I am tempted to sell one of the powder burners to get a Prosport also.
I absolutely love my tx200, I also have an older S510 non regulated I love shooting.
Both are in .22 cal.
I am becoming an Air Arms fan.
I will be able to shoot air rifles more often than firearms when I am older.
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I've heard a lot of complaints about the anti-beartrap mechanism, but it has never bothered me either. I've found it easy to use and I quickly got used to it. I suppose it does make a clicking noise when cocking that could alert game to your presence, but I don't hunt with mine so that hasn't been a problem.I recently got a prosport and a tx hc both in .177. The tx is harder to cock with a pg4 12ftlb kit than the prosport with a full power pg4 kit with one coil removed. The prosport is very easy to shoot off a rest and I struggle with the tx. The tx actually fits me better and is more fun to shoot. The prosport is the first time that the cd trigger was clearly better than the rekord.
Up until then the cd trigger has never impressed me. If I only had one it would be the tx hc. BTW the anti bear trap on the tx is not an issue for me and I always thought it would be.
The funny thing to me is that I also bought a HW80 with a Maccari soft tune kit with a .177 HW98 barrel installed and I can shoot it better and easier than either of my AA guns
Wow those are some great looking guns. Totally jelly.I've never shot a TX200, but they must be pretty good because a lot of people love them. I chose the prosport because I think it looks bad azz for one, and I've always wanted one in walnut. TX was never on my radar, the TX also has the ratcheting bear trap that must be released before firing, I'm not fond of that either.
The prosport was awkward and hard to cock at first, but after shooting it for several months I've gotten used to the cocking sequence and it's not a problem for me. Mine is full power so it's not as easy to cock as my 97K at 13ftlbs, the prosport is pushing 15ftlbs. Both are "one holers" if shot correctly.
I would choose a 97K before a TX200, but that's just my preference. Either of them can be made easy to cock with the right spring set up. I removed the trigger block linkage (half azz bear trap) on my 97K and 77K, so I can easily decock them if I need to, which I do on occasion. The prosport has a plunger that the cocking arm depresses when closed, so you can't fire it with the cocking arm down, so I haven't been able to decock the prosport.
As far as cocking and leisurely shooting my 97K and 77K at 13ftlbs are way easier to cock than the prosport. But like I said it's not a problem, and I like the power of it. I don't think you can go wrong with either of these piston guns because IMO they are the best in their class. Mine are all .177 and I shoot 8 to 9 gr pellets.
Walnut prosport.......
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77K green laminate.....
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97K beeman, Huntington Beach model...
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