Tidying Up My New To Me Prosport

[Jonjon79 13,358]

I'd been hearing good things about these so, when I saw one on the used rack at my RFD, looking unloved and a little scruffy, I thought I'd give it a go

 

There's a few tiny dings and some minor rust patches on the barrel shroud. It's obviously done some work in it's life.

 

It shoots very sweet - it turns out that it has someones tuning kit inside - delrin tophat, guide and a few preload washers.

After a strip, clean, polish and regrease, it's shooting even better than before.

 

Given the coice, I would have picked a Walnut stock. I'm not a fan of that horrible dark stain and plasticky laquer ...... It had to go.

Edited July 30, 2016 by Jonjon79

[Jonjon79 13,358]

I followed Macs advice with the Nitromors and clingfilm. The laquer scraped off pretty easy after that.

 

Then I set to work with just 000 grade wire wool. This bit took a while. I didn't want it perfect but, I did want it a lot lighter.

 

These pictures are at the half way point .......

Edited July 30, 2016 by Jonjon79

[Jonjon79 13,358]

Once I was happy with it, I gave it a black wash, made from half Hammerite and half white spirit. I put this on very lightly with a sponge. It did exactly want I wanted it to - it soaked into some parts of the grain and gave a really nice light/dark contrast that shows off the grain and features of the beech.

 

When that was dry, I put on 2 coats of yacht varnish and, gave it a good buff.

 

Also, I cleaned up the metalwork with degreaser and gave it a good rub over with 3 in 1, this made the shroud look a lot better. But, I still put a non stick camo tape along the barrel to help protect it for now.

 

I put the leather sling on to complete the look

Edited July 30, 2016 by Jonjon79

[Jonjon79 13,358]

Some closer pictures of the detail in the stock

[Jonjon79 13,358]

...... last 2 pictures

 

For a first go, I'm pleased with it.

 

Now, I've got to flog this or my TX. I think a day at the range with both is in order

[Rez 4,957]

Sweet that.

[si brown 8,486]

Nice one Jon

That stock looks loads nicer now, I'm not a fan of shiny!!! Ughh

Home tune as well

Be interesting to here your ps opinion with you using the tx

Only gripe I have with the tx is the bear trep

Atb si

[bigmac 97kt 13,776]

She is a cracker

 

its a lot harder than it looks int it JJ

 

not bad ,,,not bad at all

 

atvbjimmy :thumbs:

[Jonjon79 13,358]

Sweet that.

Cheers Rez. I am quite pleased with it.

 

I surprised myself

[Jonjon79 13,358]

Nice one Jon

That stock looks loads nicer now, I'm not a fan of shiny!!! Ughh

Home tune as well

Be interesting to here your ps opinion with you using the tx

Only gripe I have with the tx is the bear trep

Atb si

Cheers Si. This one's still a bit glossy but, it's more of a satin sheen now - it doesn't really show in the pictures.

 

As for comparing the 2 rifles - there's really nothing in it, they're both fantastic.

For me, I think a heavy springer with a quicker shot cycle helps my accuracy.

 

It didn't take me long to get used to loading pellets into either rifle. I do it without looking in the breech.

Same with the ABT on the TX - I've found that it's just become part of the motion now, I do it without thinking about it.

 

I did reach up for an ABT on the Prosport a few times when I first used it

 

For those times when I do fumble a pellet, the drop-through on the Prosport is good to have.

 

I like the solid underlever on my TX, It deels like it's built to last.

I have taken the piss out of the alloy lever on the Prosport in the past but now that I've actually used one, it feels solid and secure.

 

I like to feel the inner workings of the rifle when I cock it - I get a little more feedback from the lever on the TX.

 

Both rifles are stunningly accurate and nice to look at. It's just me that needs more range time before I can do either of them justice.

[Jonjon79 13,358]

She is a cracker

 

its a lot harder than it looks int it JJ

 

not bad ,,,not bad at all

 

atvbjimmy :thumbs:

Cheers Mac.

 

You're not kidding - I've done some stock work in the past but, this was my first beech one.

 

I was worried about putting too much Nitromors on at first so, on the first go, barely any lacquer came off.

On the second go, I put quite a bit more on and, the lacquer scraped off nice and easy.

 

I discovered that I needed to be gentle with the wire wool or, it can leave grey marks on some edges. Thankfully these came out quite easy.

 

I did a fair bit of testing with the black wash and varnish on other bits of wood before I put it on the stock.

 

The contrast between the black and golden brown is more defined than the pictures show.

 

I think the main thing I learened about working on beech was just have patience - know when to leave it for a while.

 

Although I didn't follow your guide from the other thread step-by-steb, it was a big help - Thank you

Edited July 31, 2016 by Jonjon79

[si brown 8,486]

It looks 100 times better than that dark lacquer

The abt on mine needs fully bashing home every time , thought it might loosen up but it's still a pain when it won't push in and you've got to do it again!

I had a play with a ps in the shop a while back but you can't really tell what any things like till it's been tested in real life!

I might have a crack at taking the abt off cos I always keep hold of the cocking lever, it's just a natural thing to do so the abt is redundant any way!

Might have to get rob at the shop to lend me one, it'll have to be good cos I shoot my tx way more accurately than any pcp I have!

Think it's cos it's more involving and you don't have loads more shots at the flick of a switch

Atb si

[acculead 32]

cracking job done .... i think it looks 100 % better

[Jonjon79 13,358]

cracking job done .... i think it looks 100 % better

Cheers mate.

 

The missus said I was weird because I kept sitting there looking at it, thinking about what to with it before I cracked on.

 

Women eh

Edited July 31, 2016 by Jonjon79