I have a TX200 in .177 that I got used on the forums here a year ago. The stock was beautiful but the previous owner was pretty rough on the blued finish, lots of scratches and some surface rust. He made no mention of it, in fact claimed the opposite, and when I got it it kinda pissed me off. Take away from that is to get as many pics of the gun before you buy cause your definition of "no issues, great condition" and someone else's are not going to be the same. That said I do believe I got it for a fair price considering the cosmetic issues.
Now besides that the gun shoots amazing. It will put as many rounds as you want into a group that can be covered with a dime at 40 yards. I had it out shooting this past summer, probably late july, early august, and I got a 10 shot string avg of 913 with a sd of 3 and es of 10 shooting 8.3 jsb. That was the last time that I shot it, because deer season was coming in and that took precedence. I didn't get anything with my bow this year but I have gotten one with my Raptor .30. We only have a month left, so fingers crossed for one more. Anywho, saw the shoot a corn kernel challenge and thought, I'd give it a go. Grabbed the TX200 and went out to the deck. When I went to cock the gun the cocking lever basically just free fell to the bear trap. There was no resistance. I panicked for a second and then realized immediately what I had done. I never fired the last shot from the summer. There was still a round in the breach. The spring had been compressed for 4 months! Oh, I'm so dumb. I forgot all about the corn and broke out the chrony. To my relief and pleasant surprise, I got a 10 shot string with avg of 894, sd of 4 and es of 12. Now I'm not saying it is ok to leave your springer cocked for 4 months at the time, but I can attest that it made no difference in my case. I used to be worried about leaving it cocked for an hour or two if I was out after squirrels or something, but now I can put that to bed. The saying goes something like a wise man learns from his own mistakes, but a wiser man learns from the mistakes of others. So I'm handin out free knowledge. Still gotta go shoot that corn.
Now besides that the gun shoots amazing. It will put as many rounds as you want into a group that can be covered with a dime at 40 yards. I had it out shooting this past summer, probably late july, early august, and I got a 10 shot string avg of 913 with a sd of 3 and es of 10 shooting 8.3 jsb. That was the last time that I shot it, because deer season was coming in and that took precedence. I didn't get anything with my bow this year but I have gotten one with my Raptor .30. We only have a month left, so fingers crossed for one more. Anywho, saw the shoot a corn kernel challenge and thought, I'd give it a go. Grabbed the TX200 and went out to the deck. When I went to cock the gun the cocking lever basically just free fell to the bear trap. There was no resistance. I panicked for a second and then realized immediately what I had done. I never fired the last shot from the summer. There was still a round in the breach. The spring had been compressed for 4 months! Oh, I'm so dumb. I forgot all about the corn and broke out the chrony. To my relief and pleasant surprise, I got a 10 shot string with avg of 894, sd of 4 and es of 12. Now I'm not saying it is ok to leave your springer cocked for 4 months at the time, but I can attest that it made no difference in my case. I used to be worried about leaving it cocked for an hour or two if I was out after squirrels or something, but now I can put that to bed. The saying goes something like a wise man learns from his own mistakes, but a wiser man learns from the mistakes of others. So I'm handin out free knowledge. Still gotta go shoot that corn.
