Air Arms Prosport [Archive] - British Blades

lelykins

30-04-08, 09:59 PM

Bought myself a new Prosport today in the "mans" calibre. Have been using an s410 in the "girly" calibre for a year and have been really missing the thwack of a spring. Havn't had a real chance to zero it in yet but had a few shots in the back garden, need to remember how to shoot a springer:|
Looking forward to using it in the field.
Anybody else got one?

Mark

imagedude

30-04-08, 10:07 PM

Got a TX200HC which is nice. But heavy.

rapidboy

30-04-08, 10:10 PM

Nice, i still have a few "proper" airguns and it's nice to take a break from PCP's and enjoy the simpel pleasure of a springer.
Good health to enjoy it.

ANDYLASER

30-04-08, 10:33 PM

Lucky sod.:D :D

bigkev

30-04-08, 10:38 PM

i still have my old weirach hw77.....
bought it with my holiday wages when i was an apprentice...........
18 years ago.........
also have rapid7....
but normaly use my brno now.........
but its nice to get the old toys out occasionally........

manofthewood

30-04-08, 10:43 PM

Sold all my pcp's, and i am really enjoying my BSA lightening .22 small, lightish, grab and go, kicks like a mule but is really satisfying to shoot at 25/30m.

rooster

30-04-08, 11:25 PM

Had a Walnut TX200HC for a week in girly calibre, sausage fingers, tiny pellets and fiddly loading ment it had to go!:( Lovely gun though, favourite springer is still a HW80, mans gun!!:D

bigkev

01-05-08, 08:16 AM

Cones

01-05-08, 09:19 AM

There are two or three of us at the local club that have them. :)

I get excellent groups on the zero range but it all goes a bit Pete Tong when I go on the HFT course with it. I think the hold is so vital to give good consistency. With some of the prone shots getting a good position can be difficult.

I have to admit that I have probably used the Pro Sport more this year than any of the PCP rifles though!

Thanks

Mark

My full review is here :- http://www.cones-stuff.co.uk/Air%20Arms%20Pro-Sport.htm

http://www.cones-stuff.co.uk/Airguns/AA%20Prosport%20Pics/GM6I1876%20(Medium).jpg

lemoneyewash

01-05-08, 09:24 AM

That IS a handsome rifle.

Got a TX200hc but I'd swop it for a Prosport...gotta admit :D

badger

01-05-08, 10:11 AM

I really like those myself, i always wanted one when was younger.

kjbarrass

01-05-08, 10:15 AM

I used to use a tx200 years ago for field target, was before the anti brear trap to protect your fingers :) went from that to a titan pre-charged, then a second hand air arm shimano I think then eventually to a Ripley AR4 with AR5 reg and leupold scope was well nice. am thinking of getting back into shooting again but not do competitions and always fancied a venom arms rifle but not sure if they exist anymore :(

rooster

01-05-08, 10:48 AM

excuse my idiocy.........
whats the girly caliber???????????
it seems a bit mad calling any caliber girly........
if you mean .177, i fink you should try a .17hmr.... its deffo not girly in performance.......

Yes but .17HMR is girly compared to .22WMR :D ,PS we are neighbours, i am from Hebburn.
regards

leon-1

01-05-08, 11:02 AM

I have owned a Pro Sport for over ten years and it's still going strong. They are very accurate for something that has a nine inch bull barrel sat inside that large suppressed tube.

lelykins

01-05-08, 08:45 PM

Wasn't being serious about the calibre:O The 410 was the 1st .177 rifle i have had and i loved the flight path of the pellet over .22.

The shop where i bought the rifle from said i would need to wait for 3 weeks for .177 and when it did arrive i would have to pay the new increased price, so thought i would go back to .22 for a challenge and a change and beside most of it's use will be within 35yds for live quarry so the added range without all that hold over achieved by .177 doesn't come into it.

Got this gun for what i believe to be a very good price of £360 bearing in mind that if i'd waited i would have been paying almost £400. Most manufacturers have raised the prices recently and have you seen the price of pellets these days:C , lead is proving very expensive to buy now.

Will take some piccy's sometime and post them.

Regards

Mark

lelykins

17-05-08, 03:00 AM

Some (not very good) pictures as promised.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x231/lelykins/IMGP2463.jpg
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http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x231/lelykins/IMGP2465.jpg
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x231/lelykins/IMGP2467.jpg
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http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x231/lelykins/IMGP2469.jpg

Tony G

17-05-08, 04:05 AM

Nice looking rifle that, I bought a BSA Lightning XL last year and fitted a Theoben gas ram, wow, I have had guns all my life and this is real sweet, and in the "Girlie" calibre, wouldn't use anything else in non FAC.

And as you can see, She's as light as a Fairies Fart....;)

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn205/TonyGower/HomeGun.jpg

grummit

17-05-08, 07:47 AM

i had a prosport mark 1 had to change the stock to a mark 2 after the lever flipped up and cracked across the front .
had to drill and tap it for the two extra bolts had some good fun with it.
now have a theoben slr98 still got my old air arms tm 100 ft rifle with all the tuned bits shoots like a dream :)

NOTSHARP

17-05-08, 08:58 AM

I have just (two days ago) acquired my first pcp.Old, but virtually unused, I am looking forward to trying it out.

Up till now I have only ever used springers.

Mk.1 BSA Meteor .177 circa 1965
Mk.VI BSA Airsporter .22 circa 1985
Webley Mk.3 .22 circa 1957

Modern air rifles are a million miles away from the old springers, but I would not want to be without my Meteor. I bought it secondhand in 1967 for £3 :O and i would not like to try and guess how many pellets have been through it.

NS

rooster

17-05-08, 10:13 AM

Really nice gun the Prosport, think it would look better with the cocking arm blued as well though.

Cones

17-05-08, 10:17 AM

The trouble is the cocking arm is aluminium and anodising it would cause it the wear quickly and look tatty.

Mark

APG1961

17-05-08, 10:38 AM

The trouble is the cocking arm is aluminium and anodising it would cause it the wear quickly and look tatty.

Mark

Hi Mark

Are you sure you've got that right:huh: The cocking arm is already anodised and anodising forms a hard layer on the surface, therefore reducing wear.

Andy.

lelykins

17-05-08, 10:48 AM

You would need to anodise it to blue it though wouldn't you? I think he means that these 2 process' would eventually become tatty and the very light colour of the aluminium would show through. I may be wrong.
Nice gun though, believe it or not i nearly swapped it the other day for a thumbhole venomised HW80 with a slimtech silencer:O This also was a stunning gun.

Mark

Cones

17-05-08, 10:55 AM

Hi Mark

Are you sure you've got that right:huh: The cocking arm is already anodised and anodising forms a hard layer on the surface, therefore reducing wear.

Andy.

Yes, you are correct. :rolleyes: But I did mean doing it in a non silver colour. A bit like what a used Maglite would look like! :)

Mark

Ropeman

17-05-08, 11:37 AM

It would look good in HAIII though. Think what a used Surefire looks like :D

Steve George

17-05-08, 12:12 PM

girlie caliber :O dont matter what caliber your shooting what counts is that you hit what your aiming at, my mate shoots .22 and has worked out his aim points
hes a better shot than me with my .177(damn him:( must practise more )

jerbal

21-05-08, 11:03 PM

I have an old BSA Cadet .177 rifle which is older than me :O I also had a .22 underlever Original model 50E but it was too heavy for carrying about so I sold it. These new rifles are a world apart from the ones we used as lads.

lelykins

21-05-08, 11:25 PM

I am actually thinking about swapping this for somthing "tuned", i like the way the gun shoots but am starting to realise i prefer break barrels:C

lelykins

03-06-08, 10:41 PM

Got myself a HW95k today that has been tuned and silenced by Sandwell Feild sports. The smoothest cocking rifle i have ever owned without a doubt. The stock has been fettled so that it has cheekpeice risers like a target rifle and it has an adjustable butt pad, oh and its all black:D . Runs at 11.79ft/lb's with H&N FTT's.:]
The Prosport is away at Air arms now cause it was running at 9.7ft/lb's and should be back at the weekend, can't wait to compare the 2 side by side and then make my choice.

Mark

archie

07-06-08, 03:04 PM

I`m currently using a Falcon pf18mp precharged, shoots great, ergnomic, just the right weight & it does what it says on the tin. I got it in 1.77 cal & reckon the only other calibre that I`d entertain in a legal limit gat would be
.20.

lemoneyewash

07-06-08, 04:23 PM