Originally Posted by
jonnyone
Scrolling through some old gun mags this evening I can see that the Sport no longer seems to be advertised as of say 1993. I've only had a limited amount n selection of gun mags out to read and so can't pin down a date where manufacture and availability ceased?
In any event I was "away" from shooting and collecting around that time and I'm just curious to hear from those very much involved on shooting and collecting back then as to what was the general consensus on the Sport no longer being made? As we all now hold the Sport in high esteem and have done so since year dot did the airgunning public of that day perceive the gun's future collectability? I noticed in the same mag of around 1993 that there wasn't a single advert for a s/h Sport so was it the case immediately post end of production that people initially held onto their beloved Sports and wouldn't part with them?
Just curious if anyone here recalls learning of the withdrawal of the Sport from production and what your take was? Were you relieved to have bought and owned one? Did you worry over spares availability? Or maybe the whole thing was a "non event"?
Dave