Originally Posted by
Hsing-ee
A break barrel version of a TX would cost 70 or 80 per cent of a TX so most people would go for a TX as it would only be a cheap scope's spend more to get.
The Pro-Elite didn't sell, why do you think they are so rare?
Many people wanted a 'new' Feinwerkbau Sport but even fewer of those have been sold.
In the end fixed barrel are seen as being the ultimate in precision springer designs, even Walther/Umarex realised this after the sales flop of their LGV, in spite of glowing reviews from every quarter.
After the HW77, it has to be fixed barrel, direct loading for springers, or it's not a full deck of Lightning F-35s. Break-barrel is for nostalgia buffs, rat-busters and the hoi polloi, or American power-seekers.
I have a fair number myself, but my 'serious' springer at any one time has been a 77, a Prosport or a TX.
Love the HW30S!