Air Arms Prosport Musings.

[lonewolf]

Have mine in .177, self tuned and a pleasure to shoot. Gave up on 22s years ago. The cocking lever is different but I had no issues. The stiff release mechanism on my TX200 HC is more of a gripe to me.

Hi Dragonboy tell me what you mean by stiff release ?

[lonewolf]

Have mine in .177, self tuned and a pleasure to shoot. Gave up on 22s years ago. The cocking lever is different but I had no issues. The stiff release mechanism on my TX200 HC is more of a gripe to me.

Hi Dragonboy tell me what you mean by stiff release do you mean releasing the cocking leaver ?

[Bluefan]

I’ve never noticed any difficulties cocking a Prosport, that being said I’ve worked almost my whole adult life in the construction industry so that may be it . The op like me is a southpaw so the anti bear trap is in a really awkward location for us , granted not impossible just awkward and for the price of a tx i personally will always go Prosport.

[Blackrider]

Another issue which has occurred to me although I’m sure a manufacturer such as AA would have it covered is, being as the cocking lever is made from aluminium, has there been any case of distortion or bending of the lever over a lengthy time period or heavy usage ?

[Dragonboy]

Hi Dragonboy tell me what you mean by stiff release do you mean releasing the cocking leaver ?

Yes, just stiff release of the cocking lever from the ball catch compared to other underlevers I have.

[Barryg]

Another issue which has occurred to me although I’m sure a manufacturer such as AA would have it covered is, being as the cocking lever is made from aluminium, has there been any case of distortion or bending of the lever over a lengthy time period or heavy usage ?

AA did strengthen the lever and tube bolt but the pin sleaves are steel in the aluminium.
I like the concealed lever now almost obsolete except for the PS long live the PS

[lonewolf]

Yes, just stiff release of the cocking lever from the ball catch compared to other underlevers I have.

Ok thats what i thought, i had the same problem with both my MK3s one .177 and one .22, i had the same problem with both
so had to fix the problem,so what you do to sort it, is remove the cocking arm and place in vice with soft jaws,now the end piece that
clips to the ball is threaded into the end of the cocking leaver the threads are about 40mm into the cocking arm and fixed
with loctite,so heat has to be used on the end of the cocking leaver untill you see smoke leave the end, now i used a thin piece of
leather and some grips also a welding glove,i filed down the teeth just a little inside some old mole grips so not sharp then i lined the inside with leather from an old belt and fixed in place with wire i then set it to the right size,before heatig the leaver, when you see smoke thats a sighn that the glue has broken down,be carefull when placing the grips has you dont catch the end of the lever at the same time screw the piece out and clean
up the threads,the heat does not damage or discolour the lever and no need to glue back in mine has not moved,ibelieve air arms set them the same on them all and these guns are supposed to be tuned,well someone should tell them to tune the cocking levers hope this helps,
when you have to bruise your fingers to open a cocking lever it takes the shine off shooting the gun

[Dragonboy]

Ok thats what i thought, i had the same problem with both my MK3s one .177 and one .22, i had the same problem with both
so had to fix the problem,so what you do to sort it, is remove the cocking arm and place in vice with soft jaws,now the end piece that
clips to the ball is threaded into the end of the cocking leaver the threads are about 40mm into the cocking arm and fixed
with loctite,so heat has to be used on the end of the cocking leaver untill you see smoke leave the end, now i used a thin piece of
leather and some grips also a welding glove,i filed down the teeth just a little inside some old mole grips so not sharp then i lined the inside with leather from an old belt and fixed in place with wire i then set it to the right size,before heatig the leaver, when you see smoke thats a sighn that the glue has broken down,be carefull when placing the grips has you dont catch the end of the lever at the same time screw the piece out and clean
up the threads,the heat does not damage or discolour the lever and no need to glue back in mine has not moved,ibelieve air arms set them the same on them all and these guns are supposed to be tuned,well someone should tell them to tune the cocking levers hope this helps,
when you have to bruise your fingers to open a cocking lever it takes the shine off shooting the gun

Cheers, I will have look at trying this. Agree, its a shame AA doesn’t address it when they put them together.

[MrGreengrass]

I have Prosports in .177 and .22.
X4 Tx200's in .177 and .22.
The easiest to shoot off the bench is the .177 full length TX in a Cs1000 stock.
Nothing in them all for accuracy with the right ammo.
Accupell in the .22HC, JSB Rs in the .22 Prosport.
JSB Exact in all the .177's.

[Blackrider]

Collected a new .177 Lefty Prosport yesterday !

First impressions;
Beautiful air rifle and extremely well made. Deeply polished black metalwork and a very nicely figured walnut stock. It certainly is NO plank !
Slightly heavier than I expected and thicker around the pistol grip, seems greater than the TX but I haven't compared them yet.

Only fired a few pellets through it so far but it feels excellent. It requires quite a fair bit of effort cocking but I've had worse and the alloy recessed underlever presents no issues.
Trigger feels fine so I'll leave it on its factory setting for the time being.

No scope mounted on it as yet as I'm awaiting new mounts but hopefully it'll be "airborne" very soon !

[maximus]

Collected a new .177 Lefty Prosport yesterday !

First impressions;
Beautiful air rifle and extremely well made. Deeply polished black metalwork and a very nicely figured walnut stock. It certainly is NO plank !
Slightly heavier than I expected and thicker around the pistol grip, seems greater than the TX but I haven't compared them yet.

Only fired a few pellets through it so far but it feels excellent. It requires quite a fair bit of effort cocking but I've had worse and the alloy recessed underlever presents no issues.
Trigger feels fine so I'll leave it on its factory setting for the time being.

No scope mounted on it as yet as I'm awaiting new mounts but hopefully it'll be "airborne" very soon !

Nice one! I'm sure you won't be disappointed. Bought mine last year second hand, didn't know i wanted one till I saw it🙂, very accurate and not difficult to shoot either, enjoy!

[TonyL]

Nice one, John; enjoy.

Guessing we'll be seeing that one next July then, when you spend time pulverising those long range chalk Lego men with it!!

[Blackrider]

Almost certainly Tone, almost certainly !