[QUOTE=Muskett;7549532]I'm with you there I.J.

For pure elegance of line then the Sport wins, but it isn't the best air rifle, mainly because of its indifferent trigger.
The Original 45 was so nearly there if they had have just gone one step further with the wood and checkering to finish it off, but they never did.
A 12ft/lbs rifle really shouldn't be when scoped over 8lbs in weight, well not for a sporting rifle. Annoyingly anything that is reasonably easy to shoot
They did. They put the 45 in a modified 35 Super stock with sizeable checkpiece and that pressed checkering.
They also chequered the regular stock for the some, but not all US market 45s.