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Hi all,
I recently picked up an early pro sport which needs a lot of work getting it looking good again.
With the fact its a heavy gun and the stock is rough I've thought about looking for a second hand walnut stock.
But is it a worth while swap cost vs weight saved?
Cheers,
johnj
Webley Excel, Webley Tomahawk, Air arms khamsin, Air arms Pro Sport, Bam B26-2, Bam B45-3, BSA Mercury, Sharp Innova (licenced Indonesian version).
Even better looking than a HW35
You won't save a massive amount changing from beech to walnut (about 1 to 2 pounds) the Prosport is just one of those guns you'll have to get used to the weight, yes it's a beast to carry around all day but the balance and performance outweigh the weight problem, I have a very early Prosport in a later walnut stock and it's fantastic.
They also look far better in walnut and if you do happen to knock the stock you can easily rectify the problem more easily with walnut.
Pete
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How early? The earlier Pro Sport only had the 2 forward stock screws while the later ones have the standard 4 screws, 2 forward and 2 just ahead of the trigger. It may be hard to find a 2 hole stock, if that's what you have.
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Definately worth it if you can find one for a decent price. Walnut over Beech any day. Its more resilient to scratches, nicks and looks pretty
Even better looking than a HW35
Mine is an early two hole and had a beech stock but I then sold the rifle to Alistair (Hsing-ee) and then bought it back off of him, which it then had a later four hole beech stock on it, I'm sure Alistair said the two rear stock holes where already in the alloy cradle, if not it wouldn't take much to put two in, I now have a later walnut stock on it.Originally Posted by FPoole
Pete
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Absolutely a great thing, might be expensive though, but it looks nice
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Get a selected Custom Stocks one, CS800 on P-S looks fantastic:
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Jerry
may also be employed in conjunction with a drawn reciprocation dingle arm, to reduce sinusoidal repleneration
The threaded holes were indeed already there, I just needed to buy a couple of bolts to go through them.
I tried that ProSport in a CS thumbhole, it was not any more comfortable. The standard stock is superb, in fact it the rifle is almost perfect from the factory.
Even better looking than a HW35
I had a CS700 stock on it before I sold it to you Alistair, I took it off and sold it on as I needed the money at the time, the same reason for selling the rifle on as well, I thought you said that the threads were already there when you sold it back to me but I wasn't quite sure.
Pete
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