I wouldn't get rid of my Anschutz as it is a great springer and a good fit for quite a few people. I also like the fact that it doesn't have a safety. However, my 13 year old son, preferred the Sport straight away and the reason I have two. Another reason he might have preferred it is that my Sport had had a basic tune.

The Sport is also so easy to cock, the Anschutz similar, which to young guns is a real boon. Both are light weight; a lbs or so does make a difference. Young shots need as little weight as possible. Webley and BSA were the right weight but just couldn't touch them for best accuracy; they only beat them on price. As a young gun then, 80's, it was the Sport 124 that I saved up for and bought. My Sport beat the pants off any Airsporter or Vulcan at range. If you didn't want, or could handle, a lump of a HW or Original 45 then there wasn't anything else. In their day they were better than the competition for weight, ergonomics, trigger and accuracy.

Funny just how good they are if they can still hold their own.

What modern springer is their equal? This is one area that I haven't a clue.