Just been shooting my FAC Pro Elite...

[charub]

https://www.airarmsanorak.co.uk/air-arms-pro-elite

See the initial AGW review - open sights, but a suggestion they wouldn’t continue into full production (which they didn’t).

Not sure how I came by mine then??

[Weasle]

Not sure how I came by mine then??

Maybe it was a preproduction rifle Dave?
Cheers Steve

[charub]

Hi Steve, yes quite possibly.
Admittedly, it didn’t have the sights on it when I bought it, just the witness marks of where they had been.
The shroud had a tapped hole for the front sight and one of the arrestor pin holes was also tapped.
I managed to chase down a set of sights from the helpful guys at the AA factory.

Also, if you look on the chambers website, the diagram shows a model with open sights.

[Geezer]

Hi Steve, yes quite possibly.
Admittedly, it didn’t have the sights on it when I bought it, just the witness marks of where they had been.
The shroud had a tapped hole for the front sight and one of the arrestor pin holes was also tapped.
I managed to chase down a set of sights from the helpful guys at the AA factory.

Also, if you look on the chambers website, the diagram shows a model with open sights.

Maybe Rotherham Owl knows, but it’s a reasonable supposition that pre-production and/or early production PEs were fitted for iron sights.

Which is odd, given that the earlier TX was always a scope-only rifle. Perhaps they thought the US market wanted irons, but then changed their mind?

[Shed tuner]

Which is odd, given that the earlier TX was always a scope-only rifle. Perhaps they thought the US market wanted irons, but then changed their mind?

yeah, could be, or thst the heavy recoil (it's not) would be tough on scopes ?

Also, the TX is harder to open sight, with the cylinder so much higher than the barrel shroud due to the central TP design (unlike the 77/97), so maybe that was a factor too ?

[Rotherham Owl]

Maybe Rotherham Owl knows, but it’s a reasonable supposition that pre-production and/or early production PEs were fitted for iron sights.

Which is odd, given that the earlier TX was always a scope-only rifle. Perhaps they thought the US market wanted irons, but then changed their mind?

I've had some further info on this that I am sure you will all find interesting & have amended the Pro Elite page on my site - https://www.airarmsanorak.co.uk/air-arms-pro-elite

[Geezer]

I've had some further info on this that I am sure you will all find interesting & have amended the Pro Elite page on my site - https://www.airarmsanorak.co.uk/air-arms-pro-elite

Excellent. I’d never have guessed that it was down to the Arabs.

[Weasle]

Excellent. I’d never have guessed that it was down to the Arabs.

They will be in an armory in 'some barracks' after being looked after for years by a British Military trained Armorer