Should I buy an Air Arms Pro Sport? Arguably the most beautiful airgun in the world

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  • @GregAnslow
    @GregAnslow หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Got a 22 it will grow old with me

  • @tmurray1972
    @tmurray1972 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    $1000 USD. I bought the walnut version which is stunning. I stripped it down to the last screw, polished relubed and blued the compression tube and blacked the cocking arm. It will shoot a 1/4" five shot group at 40 yards. But my 97K will do the same. It takes a while to get the cocking down, but there is a way to do it that doesn't kill your arm and shoulder. It is the best looking spring piston rifle IMO, and I'm glad I finally got one.

    • @ShorrockPaul
      @ShorrockPaul หลายเดือนก่อน

      How did you blacken the cocking arm... I really think it looks horrible in silver.. I was thinking to cerakote mine

    • @tmurray1972
      @tmurray1972 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ⁠​⁠@@ShorrockPaulYes, cerakote or anodize would be best. I used aluma black and it's horrible to work with, but I made it work and it looks pretty good. Had to do like 10 coats, and 0000 steel wool lightly in between coats, finally a clear matte enamel top coat to protect it. If I were to do it again and I couldn't anodize or cerakote, I would spray it with matte black paint, then top coat it with a clear matte enamel. Of course I sanded and rounded the corners first.

    • @Ozravens
      @Ozravens 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I want to anodise my cocking lever in black Are they difficult to remove?

    • @tmurray1972
      @tmurray1972 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Ozravens No, it's not difficult. Take the action out of the stock and look at how it's attached, take pictures in case you forget. Now, you can either remove it as is, or remove the whole aluminum cocking assembly from the receiver tube. You will have to remove the bolt (4mm allen key) that holds the round black arm to the compression tube, then the cocking arm is free to swing back. There's one big pin holding the cocking arm on, drift it out with a punch then the cocking arm will come off. There's also a pin that holds the round black arm to the cocking handle. But first loosen the set screw in the middle where the pin is, then the pin will slide out, and the round black arm will come off. It's really pretty simple, just look at it and you'll figure it out. As far as the aluminum block that the cocking arm attaches to, there's two pins that hold it to the long aluminum rail.

    • @tzenophile
      @tzenophile 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I got one eight years ago, and it was a HUGE disappointment. not because of the weight, cocking stength or the accuracy, but the cocking lever mechanism, which screwed up royally. I tried and tried, but could not get it fixed. The TX200 does not have that problem. Go for excellence, not superficial beauty. Buy with your head, not your heart.

  • @rivit90
    @rivit90 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Definitely a once in a lifetime purchase ,, I had a walnut one quite a few years ago and had to sell it to buy something daft like a washing machine for the house as i wasnt working at the time. It grated me for years until one morning , i had a spare few quid and went out and bought another brand new walnut prosport ,,, I will be getting buried with this one . What is it they say ,, " Long after the pain of the expense , The quality still remains as does the pride of ownership " Id sell my gran for one , best production springer available imo

  • @russellham2094
    @russellham2094 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Finest spring air rifle available IMO
    Had mine 20 years and still going strong

  • @rapalaron6348
    @rapalaron6348 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Wonderful rifles but i prefer the HW77/97, i own a AA S410 walnut but with springers i stay with my HW's...Air Arms better start to produce quality break barrels again instead importing Indian made Tupperweare.
    Thanks for your video buddy 👍

  • @laurieharper1526
    @laurieharper1526 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I had a walnut stocked PS in .177. Fantastic looking gun (I bought it mainly for its looks) and extremely accurate, but I struggled to get on with it. The skinny, set-back trigger and the short reach to it meant I had to cock my hand awkwardly to get the trigger to sit on the pad, rather than in the crook of my index finger (I have large hands and long fingers). I tried a thumbhole HW97 and it felt as if it had been made for my hand, so the PS was sold.

  • @nicepojos8766
    @nicepojos8766 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A very nice video, Sir. Thank you. Here in the Netherlands, these are seriously expensive, if you can find them. Yet, the HW77K seems to consistently outshoot them at our range and looks at least equally as beautiful. You can imagine which air-rifle I went for after much contemplating. 😊

  • @stuartgray3743
    @stuartgray3743 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I loved mine,what a great rifle and definitely the best looking springer on the market. I sold it to a mate who says he will never part with it (on TH-cam as the weaponised hippy).but for the price of a new one you may as well buy two weihrauch’s.👍🏼

  • @Happy-Me.
    @Happy-Me. 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I had a Pro-sport in Beech. I never really got on with it and after selling it and all my other quality Springers I now have the TX200 Ultimate Springer in Black Beech which I've short stroked and very pleased with.

  • @warptoad5168
    @warptoad5168 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had one for years but I found it very heavy to shoot offhand. But for accuracy it is spot on. Also its go a lot better piston than a HW. I had one trouble with mine, one of the pins in the cocking mechanism drifted out of line and gauged the stock. Mine was under power from new less than 10 ft lbs, so I fitted a V mach kit but even then it needed extra washers to get it nearer 11.5 ft lbs. I had trouble with the rifle not being able to fire with the spring cocked. But it was due to the safety which needs to be lubricated and wouldn't release to fire the pellet. The other thing with them is that you cannot de-cock them like you can other air rifles, unless you have got somebody to press that button, which I admit I didn't know about. So you have to fire off a pellet and waste money. Looks wise, they are nice to look at, but I still rate the BSA Mk1 Airsporter, the best looking air rifle ever, never mind the mechanics. It's a bit like the original DBD34 Goldstar looking 5 times better than a current BSA Gold Star, even though the mechanics on the newer model will be better.

  • @alistairmcclure1930
    @alistairmcclure1930 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I put a TBT kit in one that I got in a swap and it’s stunningly accurate. Great de-cocking info. I’d say it IS a target gun. I like the stock shape to hold. The Airsporter type cocking lever is an arse. I’ve got a 97K that’s had a lot done to it that I think might match it. One of them has to go …. I’ve also had one before which was also very accurate but I sold it. I think because my 77 was as accurate. More testing needed ..

  • @joebergin8113
    @joebergin8113 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks so much Nick for pointing out this hidden bear trap release procedure. I’ve had a walnut Pro in .22 for a couple of years now but never knew this. I am fortunate to own a number of high quality spring guns including the TX 200 and two Diana 54 Airkings. They all have been tuned , polished and fussed over and are what I would consider extremely accurate out to 60 + yards. However when I shoot the Pro I’m still almost stunned at it accuracy. It has a full power Vortek drop in kit and delivers quite a thump to the shoulder but in spite of the recoil, ,the gun regularly one holes, 3 or 4 shots in a row at 40 - 50 yards. It certainly didn’t start out that way but just kept getting better and better wit( use over time. I’m certain a brand new gun straight out of the box would never shoot as well as this gun does so you probably have yourself a real gem there Nick and I’m sure once you finish working your magic, you’ll have one fantastic gun.

  • @jamieogorman9461
    @jamieogorman9461 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Pro elite next please

  • @sleeka91
    @sleeka91 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love a prosport I've owned 3 in the last 10 years but my theoben slr 98 in a hydua wood stock is beauty on a whole new level

    • @adam_krol
      @adam_krol หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      SLR 98, is probably the best springer air rifle ever made! I would never sell that mate, a rare find.

    • @sleeka91
      @sleeka91 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @adam_krol this has a super rare hydua wood stock. It looks like gold ore encased in glass

    • @danlomas6886
      @danlomas6886 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@adam_krol apart from its a gas ram not a springer, also extremely hard to get parts for, Theoben have made that many different piston seals on their gas rams and they are 31mm it’s a nightmare, that’s why the only gas ram I have is a hw90, and I have various springers, and my favourite is a pro sport.

  • @davidinghram2494
    @davidinghram2494 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have had my walnut version for ten years now. Because of my age of 75, I detuned it to 12 foot pounds to make it easier to cock. It shoots most pellets well, but I use the 14.35 JSB`s. I was lucky enough to get a fabulous figure in the stock. If you can afford it at all, I highly recommend one to everyone.

  • @skdavrs
    @skdavrs หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Following this one with interest - I've literally just put one of your Maxi kits in mine today. Paid £850 for the walnut stock version from my local dealer a few weeks ago. Nothing else comes close looks wise imo

  • @markupshal
    @markupshal หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brilliantly made and finished. Very accurate, better looking than my ex missus. I have a 97 😮 ( tuned by a talent in Welshpool ) just as accurate and as smooth ) for £650. New. I’d still buy a Prosport if I had the bish bosh.

  • @halmason9252
    @halmason9252 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for this Nick, looking forward to your next Pro Sport videos. I am planning to purchase one of these this winter.

  • @ianbath4776
    @ianbath4776 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have been looking for a second hand pro sport for years but the good ones go very quickly 😢 great video 👍🏻

  • @MrClivehill
    @MrClivehill หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have one of these. it's already old, Chris Youngman got it in for my dad specially, we had one before they made the shops, we also had the Pro Elite.

  • @markrichens6893
    @markrichens6893 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks Nick. I love my Prosport. So pretty. Shooty nicey

  • @adam_krol
    @adam_krol หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A big thank u mate! I've never had that issue with anti-bear trap, but now know what to do if that occurs, I bought mine second hand in immaculate condition a couple months ago, no issues and agree what u said about its not a target gun, I use my tx or 97k for competition,and I bought this gun thru my heart n not my brain 😂. Looking forward to the strip down video mate.

  • @ShorrockPaul
    @ShorrockPaul หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for that bear trap info.. i knew could be done but nobody ever showed how..they would say cant show for safety reasons.. maybe print a disclaimer on your video.. ..you know how litigious people can be
    i put one of your kits in mine many many years ago.. shoots lovely (.22) .. looking forward to seeing what you do..
    Regarding the cocking , apart from the square edge of lever (AA should have rounded it, and blackened it) i do not find it difficult to cock, and i am 60yrs old.... but i do do a lot of archery, maybe that helps.. :)

  • @6lr6ak6
    @6lr6ak6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Myself loading any under leavers or break barrel l never let go, so bear traps l don't need, both the Sport and the TX l disable the bear trap,

  • @stevebettany8778
    @stevebettany8778 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Got mine just before the recent price hike and after fitting your short stroke kit it’s brilliant. Before the short stroke kit it was bloody horrible.

  • @keithbarker-e4q
    @keithbarker-e4q หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice to see it shining and loved. Good video Nick. All the best Keith

  • @pjgtech
    @pjgtech หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Pro Sports are great guns, luv mine, its a keeper, thanx for the video.... 8-)

  • @joeyzanne9063
    @joeyzanne9063 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Have a look at Braces of Bristol Air Arms Pro Sport ltd edition. If you want to see a really ,really nice looking Pro-sport

    • @ShorrockPaul
      @ShorrockPaul 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Looked at the Braces of Bristol version.. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.. Apart from the stock design,i don't like it at all.. the original deep blueing looks much nicer imo..only thing that I would do on mine is blacken the cocking arm.. .. and to be honest I have a very nicely grained stock on mine.. much nicer than that one is. Also the shroud doesn't look as nice as original and that horrible big silencer with branding all over it.. completely ruins the lines of a classic sporter

  • @kevowski
    @kevowski หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wonder how many messages you’ll get from the Airsporter fanboy club now?
    I had one about 40 years ago after being taken in with its beauty and the thought of the famous BSA barrel but couldn’t hit a barn door at 10 yards with it.
    I tried different scopes and all the .22 pellets in the world including the legendary Eley Wasps but soon realised that the loading tap had more play than a brass’s front bottom and the trigger was as vague as a politicians answer😉
    I ended up giving it away to my neighbour and suggested he used it to prop up his shed door which rattled in the wind.
    Hopefully it’s in a museum now so no one else has to suffer more pellet mutilation nightmares.
    My faith in BSA has been restored with a pair of T10’s which I really rate.

  • @ScottishWoodsman
    @ScottishWoodsman หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes they are lovely to look at, a copy of the beautiful Airsporter, however they are superbly engineered but are at heart an MG Vanden Plas. Look good and perform well, just a bit nothing there and sluggish at Uk levels, I had a MK 1 back in circa 2000 in Walnut, it was only acceptable at 16ftlbs, and then weighed so much was not much use for field use, I would when funds are available in the spring look at a new Walnut version now that there are short stroke kit options available, which to me would make the lock time acceptable, but then I never liked the trigger shape either.
    Atb Chiefy

  • @anthonystorey2953
    @anthonystorey2953 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I came close to getting one once but bought a HW 35 instead 😂 thanks for the videos.

  • @ryanshaw2956
    @ryanshaw2956 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I owned one with walnut stock for 16 years they are a fully glided action but still overrated and over priced I much prefer my hw rifles I also get slightly tighter groups with a tuned hw

  • @boristabacsplatt6609
    @boristabacsplatt6609 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've had a Prosport, but couldn't get on with the stupid cocking lever, which made it a faff to load. The ergonomics of stock/trigger also made it a PITA when shooting long sessions. Swapped it for a TX200 HC and never looked back. The TX is a lovely gun to shoot, but not pretty.

    • @6lr6ak6
      @6lr6ak6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I did the same had a Walnut mint Sport, lever l didn't like, had it annodized black looked 100% better but still l sold it, got a Walnut TX and they are better.

  • @ianholmes1468
    @ianholmes1468 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had one walnut stock , but the under lever is difficult to use and loading is a pain but to shot it's very good , but a hw 99 is a better air rifle ,

  • @Countrymouse123
    @Countrymouse123 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very well made good quality

  • @bobthebarsteward
    @bobthebarsteward หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Now I've watched that I'm off to watch your HW35 video.......

  • @garycwikla6385
    @garycwikla6385 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Nick, you can delete the cap cut bit off your videos. Just go into edit, select split at the end of your video then you can delete the cap cut part. Hope it helps and it will make your videos a bit more professional. Great content by the way, I wish I had your skills on camera.

    • @tbtairrifletuning1520
      @tbtairrifletuning1520  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks Gary, I will check that out. Me and technology don’t get on well😁

  • @xavierlobo5496
    @xavierlobo5496 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Glad to see your video on the pro sport, I love the pro sport very much, would like to know if it is the same as how the bsa airsporter airgun, I once had a airsporter, but the cocking lever was not so hard, is the pro sport that hard to cock ? Have you tried the air arms tx 200hc, please advise, thank you and have a good day cheers mate

    • @tbtairrifletuning1520
      @tbtairrifletuning1520  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I finf the HC easier to cock than the Pr Sport. I’ve never had an airsporter

  • @Macintsoh1
    @Macintsoh1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love you Nick. Steff from Serbia 😊

  • @Interdiction
    @Interdiction หลายเดือนก่อน

    Break barrel is the only option if you hunt . These underlever rifles are a pain

  • @pauljohnson4948
    @pauljohnson4948 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I had one of these in walnut .177
    Absolutely one of the worst guns I have ever owned.
    It put me off Air Arms guns forever.

  • @marksanderson1332
    @marksanderson1332 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had 2 tx200's, a mk2 & a mk3hc , before i got my walnut Pro Sport, £300 second hand,.177. I will be buried with my Pro Sport

  • @Jones-xx2gc
    @Jones-xx2gc หลายเดือนก่อน

    A mate had a TX200 but found it fiddly to load. Are these better.

  • @JohnVentarino-ey5ln
    @JohnVentarino-ey5ln หลายเดือนก่อน

    I paid 820 dollars for my beech stock HW97KT in stainless action with wooden thumbhole stock in 22 caliber from Airguns of Arizona which I think is ridiculous. I don't even have 200 pellets through it and I would like to sell it for 500 it's brand new basically with box and paper work I bought it in August.

    • @nobs8124
      @nobs8124 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What is wrong with the rifle why you don’t like it?

    • @JohnVentarino-ey5ln
      @JohnVentarino-ey5ln หลายเดือนก่อน

      @nobs8124 it's to heavy for walking and I'm not really a bench shooter and I bought it on a splurge of the moment kind of thing from always hearing such good things about them and I'm use to PCPs shooting 50 plus foot pounds.

    • @nobs8124
      @nobs8124 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Got you I understand your point I’m used to springers never had a pcp I’m thinking to get hw 100 , but I like springers and for me hw 97 it’s one of the best springers , May be you can keep it and try it more 👍👋

  • @nickcook7408
    @nickcook7408 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Had a prosport, sold it.
    Had two TX200s, both HC. Sold them.
    Had a TX200SR in a CS1000, sold it.
    77/97 platform is the best.

  • @siarka3456
    @siarka3456 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

  • @danielgreen3715
    @danielgreen3715 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No Thanks I will Stick with My Original Mod 48/52 Firebird Thank You 👍😊

  • @williamstewart6999
    @williamstewart6999 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Too bad they don't offer one in a LH stock.

    • @adam_krol
      @adam_krol หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@williamstewart6999 I think there were around 40 left hand versions made. But extremely rare to find.

  • @davidoldboy5425
    @davidoldboy5425 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Nope, overpriced, difficult to cock and load, just because it's expensive and looks good doesn't mean it performs, admittedly it's good but many others are equal if not better.

    • @warptoad5168
      @warptoad5168 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's only hard to cock if your shooting from a vehicle. Which I used mine from. It's not one of the fastest reloaders either. For shooting from a vehicle it's the best I've used, but I was put off HW's by the amount of grease in them and their piston. Tell me why do you have to strip down an air rifle and re-lube it etc. to put it right. It validates the warranty which doesn't make sense to me.

    • @markupshal
      @markupshal หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      So you haven’t had one then?

    • @Airgunfunrich
      @Airgunfunrich 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not the easiest to load I’ll give you but, easy enough to cock imo

  • @Great-to-be
    @Great-to-be หลายเดือนก่อน

    TX200 is better, all day long. Cocking the PS after a while just becomes a pain. No championships have ever been won with a PS and the TX200US is £1100! Where do you get the PS is more expensive? Hilarious…

    • @RaoulDuke333
      @RaoulDuke333 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yea ultimate sporter cost more but basic tx is less the PS