Quote Originally Posted by DEGS View Post
Tx is easier on the eye ... its "fancy" in comparison
TX can only be loaded from the right hand side (my main bugbear)
TX has that ratchet ...(out in the field ??)
TX is better out the box IMO .... can you get a walnut option for a 97 ?
TX internals are better ....having been inside both ...TX is easier and quicker to get inside ..... TX gets a top hat as std ...(stand to be corrected here the one I looked inside did)

I found all this out .... after I bought my 97 in 2004 .. I still have it ...its awesome ...would I buy another 97 at the moment .... NO
Would I buy a TX .... mmmmmm .....that right hand side load ... I hold the underlever down with the right hand

Is it me ... am I strange ? ....always tend to load from the left

Hope this helps
Find a left handed TX and swap out the stock for a right handed one. You will have to open a notch on the left side of the stock for the loading port, but it works very well. Used beech stocks are common and it won't be that big a deal to alter it. If you shoot left handed, like me, I would say you are indeed strange.