What springer did you shoot today?

38 again today with snow. Morning shoot started with a TX 200 .22. Air Arms are flaw less.
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I’m amazed this gun is not available in US. HW85 .22. A 95 with a long barrel. Accurate and easy to jack.
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Great morning. Look at that sky. Crow
 
Guys a little bit of advice requested.

I love my pro sport in .22, beautiful airgun in walnut.

I had the .22 16joules (12fpe) and it was sold as the 17-18fpe full power..

Brought that back to the store and got the full power one..

However this thing cocks really heavy after a few shots and while its cycle is butter smooth, it definitely is loud for an airgun, def compared to the 12fpe i had mistakenly bought for a full power variant..

What would you guys do? Do your pro sports all run full power in .22?

I’m inclined to get a tx200hc as well and maybe get that one in .177 12fpe or just another .22 but then in 12fpe..

What are your thoughts here?

Edit: i don’t hunt. My idea was to shoot up to 50 yards comfortable with the full power, but it makes it a little bit less of a backyard friendly springer with the noise it makes..

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Guys a little bit of advice requested.

I love my pro sport in .22, beautiful airgun in walnut.

I had the .22 16joules (12fpe) and it was sold as the 17-18fpe full power..

Brought that back to the store and got the full power one..

However this thing cocks really heavy after a few shots and while its cycle is butter smooth, it definitely is loud for an airgun, def compared to the 12fpe i had mistakenly bought for a full power variant..

What would you guys do? Do your pro sports all run full power in .22?

I’m inclined to get a tx200hc as well and maybe get that one in .177 12fpe or just another .22 but then in 12fpe..

What are your thoughts here?

Edit: i don’t hunt. My idea was to shoot up to 50 yards comfortable with the full power, but it makes it a little bit less of a backyard friendly springer with the noise it makes..

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I also love my Pro Sport, have both cal. and as well both for TX’s and TX hunter’s.
If you’re finding the PS tough to jack, the TX Hunter I find heavy. I just shot both rifles last 2 days and that’s what I noticed. I like the looks of the Hunter better, but prefer TX for that reason. I sit and shoot at a table.
I just got some spring sets. 5 were 12 FP. I thought only for .177.
How do you like the Pro Sport .22 with a 12 FP spring?
Crow
 
Guys a little bit of advice requested.

I love my pro sport in .22, beautiful airgun in walnut.

I had the .22 16joules (12fpe) and it was sold as the 17-18fpe full power..

Brought that back to the store and got the full power one..

However this thing cocks really heavy after a few shots and while its cycle is butter smooth, it definitely is loud for an airgun, def compared to the 12fpe i had mistakenly bought for a full power variant..

What would you guys do? Do your pro sports all run full power in .22?

I’m inclined to get a tx200hc as well and maybe get that one in .177 12fpe or just another .22 but then in 12fpe..

What are your thoughts here?

Edit: i don’t hunt. My idea was to shoot up to 50 yards comfortable with the full power, but it makes it a little bit less of a backyard friendly springer with the noise it makes..

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It depends on how you cock as well, regular overhand is going to kill your shoulder and elbow,
it did mine..lol. I now cock it with my bicep it's a lot easier. I'm left handed, and I cock it seated. Rifle butt on top of my left leg, holding the rifle with my right hand, I pull down with my left arm using bicep only and keeping my elbow close to my body, makes a huge difference.
But if you don't like it full power just tune it down with a 12fpe spring.
Mine is a .177 doing about 875 fps with a 8.48 pellet. I may also tune mine down at some point.
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I've also been cocking my 97K with my bicep lately, it just takes all the pressure off your elbow and shoulder.
 
Switched the scope from my FWB150 back to it's donor, and installed new Athlon Neos 6-18x. Sighted both in and shot two 30 yard cards with the 150, less wind today. 192 with 4X's. The donor was the HW35e also accurate but not enough to expect a good score at 30 yds. Beautiful weather... Cheers!
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That's the 98 I had coming, with the black paint in the stippling. But it vanished in the USPS system.
That sucks. I'm sorry to hear that. The USPS has been really terrible here lately. Took almost 3 weeks to get a barrel from AOA and 13 days to get a model airplane part from nearby Indiana. They need to revamp the USPS.
 
That sucks. I'm sorry to hear that. The USPS has been really terrible here lately. Took almost 3 weeks to get a barrel from AOA and 13 days to get a model airplane part from nearby Indiana. They need to revamp the USPS.
Thanks. On the upside I do have faith in UPS, they're on a professional level compared to USPS.
 
Thanks. On the upside I do have faith in UPS, they're on a professional level compared to USPS.
UPS is a business. USPS is a government program. The same day I ordered that barrel from AOA, I ordered two Hw30s from Krale. Three days later UPS delivered the rifles from another continent to my door in rural Arkansas. It took the postal service three weeks to get the barrel from Arizona to my PO box. That's the difference between private industry and government efficiency.
 
UPS is a business. USPS is a government program. The same day I ordered that barrel from AOA, I ordered two Hw30s from Krale. Three days later UPS delivered the rifles from another continent to my door in rural Arkansas. It took the postal service three weeks to get the barrel from Arizona to my PO box. That's the difference between private industry and government efficiency.
Exactly my point.😉
 
UPS is a business. USPS is a government program. The same day I ordered that barrel from AOA, I ordered two Hw30s from Krale. Three days later UPS delivered the rifles from another continent to my door in rural Arkansas. It took the postal service three weeks to get the barrel from Arizona to my PO box. That's the difference between private industry and government efficiency.
UPS can also suck. I have orderd some watches from a company in Madrid, Spain. If I place the order early in their day I will sometimes receive it late the next day in E Texas, via UPS international air. I have also odered items from a vendor only a couple of hundred miles away and it might take a week via UPS. My pet peeve with UPS is that often they will have an estimated delivery date, for mid to late week, it will arrive at the local distribution center, Tyler, Tx and they will simply hold it several days and then deliver on that estimated date. Right now they seem to be doing good, I had a repaired air rifle delivered this afternoon, It came from south central Tennessee, near the Alabama state line, It was shipped Tuesday afternoon, two days after it was picked up. Just wait until Nov-Dec and see the performance level drop off though.
 
UPS is a business. USPS is a government program. The same day I ordered that barrel from AOA, I ordered two Hw30s from Krale. Three days later UPS delivered the rifles from another continent to my door in rural Arkansas. It took the postal service three weeks to get the barrel from Arizona to my PO box. That's the difference between private industry and government efficiency.
AoA sends all of my orders UPS?