Originally Posted by
Garvin
Further to what Muskett said, I think in some respects the Original 45 and HW80 are superior to the Sport (which first came out several years earlier, in about 1973) but in other respects are inferior. It's a personal choice thing. The Sport has flaws, most small and correctable as Hsing-ee says, but as a complete package there's nothing quite like it.
Some time ago I posted up a list of pros and cons of the Sport and was surprised how many minor faults or gripes it was possible to come up with. Despite these, most people who own a Sport find they love it and prefer it to its bigger, heavier, more rugged rivals.
The list, drawn up with input from other owners, is:
Good points:
Lightweight
Easy cocking
Nicely balanced
Max power achievable at sub-12 ft/lbs
Great accuracy once correct hold established
Highly tuneable
Excellent external metal finish
Excellent internal parts finish
Match quality barrel and cylinder
Ease of home servicing (with spring compressor)
Good availability of service parts (ie. Maccari metal trigger, spring/seal kits)
Still competes with more recent guns nearly 40 years on
Illustrious brand name
Holds market value
Not so good/bad points:
Barrel breech ball detent lockup wears over time
Barrel pivot bolt needs to be kept tight/checked regularly
Trigger not as good as HW Rekord
Plastic and later alloy triggers can snap
Safety slide 'wings' are fragile
Safety slide can become ineffective
Rearsight is plastic/elevation adjuster crude
Hardened steel mainspring retaining bolt screws into mild steel trigger block
Some stocks weak at pistol grip
Trigger guard is stamped steel
Long FWB spring needs compressor to remove
Scope grooves have no stop screw holes, only shallow depressions.
Some parts now hard to find or unobtainable
as far as i am concerned
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