I researched the JM shoe a few years ago because I couldnt understand why JM was the only one in the world who made these over sized shoes, I thought if there was a problem with the factory shoes AA might consider putting it right as well as tuners like V-Mach would supply them but no they all stuck with the factory shoe and I think I understand the reason
Has to be very rare because I've only had 1 brake. I've had 11 TX's in total and have shot at least 250,000 shots through the lot over the last 18 years. The one that did go was a 1991 model and I only figured out it was broken when a tear down revealed a "2 piece" cocking shoe. I have just gotten a 1992 model that had been flogged by a fellow FT shooter for the entire life of the gun. Shoe is original as he has never changed it. The lock up is also perfect even after all this time and use. Most FT guys shoot what the average plinker would consider a lifetime supply of pellets in a year or two. The JM shoe is a great product as well and I now have them in about half my guns. After I had the one shoe break, I felt like it was sort of an insurance policy.
i could not get on with the pro sport and got rid very quickly. i now have tx full length and hc.
Have got two PS and one tx, and love them all, if I had to favour one it would be the tx!
I'll go out on a limb on here and say that the PS looks lovely but just isn't good enough! My main reasons for saying this is that it is not made in left hand which is frankly ridiculous in this day and age AND the cocking lever is truly dreadful. It should be made of steel like the Whiscombe or Airsporter not sharp edged alu. The cocking lever securing bolt is definitely a problem with some rifles out there but wouldn't of itself put me off as if it occurred it is easily sorted. There again, any issue with a spring rifle at that price point could be considered 'serious'.
Other than that it is a fantastic rifle which I have tried very hard to like-and failed. I have owned 4 of the blighters and over the years have spent quite a lot of money getting decent left handed stocks made. Asking myself 'why bother' so I'm convinced the TX is a better bet for me.
Personally even as a left handed shooter I actually prefer right hand load so that feature isn't really a deal breaker for me unless I intended to use a shooting glove which I don't.
In my experience the TX shoots as well as the PS but I will concede, isn't as pretty. But there again nothing is-the PS is without doubt the prettiest air rifle ever made beating the gorgeous early Airsporter by a short head. However, 'handsome is as handsome does' and as the PS doesn't 'do' any better than the -usefully cheaper -TX I'll continue to favour the TX.
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Why do some think that the TX has cocking shoe / cylinder lock-up issue ?
http://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/...?topic=63228.0
From what I understand about sliding breech guns it is better to have some play in the shoe and lockup to avoid as much stress on the linkage and seals and still have a tight enough seal.
If the tx really does have a cocking shoe / cylinder lock-up issue I would put up with the PS lever setup
As a bit of a "stop the press" moment, I fairly recently acquired a very nice left handed .22 TX200SR which is in for a service at present but that is one beautiful air rifle !
I would like another maybe in .177 but that one alone took some bloody finding !
A well recommended spring air rifle and a real pleasure to shoot !
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One shoots fantastic, one looks fantastic. One is very heavy, one is heavy. Neither are a light weight sporter. Both are a pleasure to own. Out of the box both are excellent though both can be tuned (several ways to do this) to about as good as a springer can go. Tuned, for all the additional cost, only makes them a little bit better, and if you don't get on with springers then tuned or not isn't going to help much.
Lastly, no one makes any springer better, to the point only custom shops could if enough money was thrown at doing so. Lets hope AA keeps making them.
So at the end of the day its your call.
Owned both prefer prosport for balance, looks, and quieter cocking.
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I think the blob of glue may have helped the ops shoe to break and some folks are very heavy handed when it comes to cocking. I have seen 2 late model guns with a loose lock up and one will take 3 o-rings and still have the cocking arm stay in the detent. Of course, this fixes that gun perfectly. The other guns owner used a shimmed HW97 seal instead of the o-rings and it seems to work. Most people don't realize it takes just the slightest, almost nothing, squish to work best. None of my 5 MarkI's have any lock up issues and my MarkII is good as well. I have 2 MarkIII's from 2000 and 1 is good and the other was presumed to be lacking. My "fix" seems to have made it a breech seal eater. I replace it every 100 shots, but I should have left it alone. I was brand new to the TX scene and had read a post about lock up. The rest is history. If it ain't broken, don't fix it. You are correct that the PS has perfect lock up at all times.