Air Arms ProSport - Review and Practice Shooting 

Good stuff i love the pro sport. Id rather shoot spring over pcp anyday

I have had a .22 Prosport in my collection for about 6 years and the rifle is always a real pleasure to shoot with. Very accurate.

SO RIGHT about holding onto the lever when loading, im a Diana sidelever fan Im horrified how many youtubers dont hold onto the lever when loading them Id like to keep my fingers!

Love that they come with delrin bearings, and ifcand when time comes for a spring or seal change,these can be stripped very easily,with no unscrewing the trigger block like on the weihrauch rifles,which in fac ones is really difficult, i remember a dislocated sholder one time doing one up!

Had the pleasure of shooting one of these before the lockdown, very nice rifle and very accurate. I would certainly buy one if there was room in the cabinet.

I have one in my collection and I love it. Beautiful build quality, superb to shoot and bang on accurate. I have a Hawke 10x42 fixed mag scope on top which replaced the Sidewinder I had on previous. Best springer on the planet.😎

I’ve got one in 177 & although I love the pcp’s I always seem to end a shooting session with the prosport 👍

I have an early Beech Pro Sport in 177 with the original stock design but dyed a very deep dark purple, it's a very nice rifle. I sold it once, but bought it back from the guy a few months later after realising it was a stupid idea to have sold it in the first place! It won't be leaving me again.

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Good review Richard, thank you. It’s a beautiful looking thing that’s for sure. I’ve always been able to be a bit more accurate with a 97 but there are plenty who say vise versa. Keep up the good work mate.

Another great review Richard. I have a .177 ProSport with Walnut stock, it’s a cracking rifle, best looks and accurate too, I agree with you completely. It also has the best deep “blued” finish to the metalwork, absolutely gorgeous rifle.

This gun is an absolute beauty and very very accurate as well. 👌

I watched this video last night and bought a Pro Sport this morning, here in North Yorks. Just got it sighted in the garden and even though I have not fired a springer in 30 years (previous being an AirSporter and FWB 127 sport), I was putting fingernail groups at 25yards. Thanks for this video it helped me in deciding between this and the TX200HC :)

Lovely rifle, I think the checkering/decoration on the TX200 and pro sport are class leading. Nice group taking in to account unsorted pellets, wind and lightweight .177 pellet.

Thay are a lovely Air Gun. I had a BSA Ultra then I applied for a FAC and got a 22Lr. I went for a Air Arms ProSport .177 because I did not want to keep filling a PCP Air Rifle it seemed a lot of hassle for the little use I used it. I found the ProSport liked JSB EXACT EXPRESS DIABOLO in 7,87gr (the number on the back of the tin is 0 4.52 I don't know if that means anything) it all most put pellet on pellet at 30 years i was very happy with that.

Great review. TY!

Very good review thankyou

Yes Rich it was very windy, I could see the target moving so you are not to blame

Just bought one with the walnut stock brand new 22 calibre, its fantastic

I had one in 22fac and with the Hades it was really pellet on pellet, most accurate springer I've eve had.

Great review of a ProSport, I was thinking of selling mine but change my mind now. :) Thanks for showing the anti Bear trap mechanism, I've always been scared of the underlever taking my fingers off (and I did catch the caveat). Just need to build a quite backstop for the garden now.

Great review. I recently transitioned from break barrels to under levers - this info helps

I had pro sports in both 177 and 22, the 177 for at least 7 years, they are very strict rifles, you must practice and have consistency from hold to to trigger pull, follow through the lot, but once you crack it you will impress yourself.

I've had mine since 2012, and I still marvel at it. It's my most trusted rifle I have ever owned, and it was the last springer I have ever bought. I had 2 gamo's before it and was absolutely blown away with this Air Arms and don't know if there is a better springer. You can't beat perfect accuracy. I like it more and have more fun with it than my PCP's. It's hard not to want a PCP but it's just not the same somehow.

Have to say Richard yours and Gary's reviews are the best I have seen very informative and more importantly honest and a good guide for a beginner like me

I have had my ProSport for 17 years. Lovely rifle and a joy to shoot. If you get the opertunity, but one.

Hello, excellent review as always, a good springer is undoubtedly the airguns I like most, I have some HW,Diana,bsa,webley,haenel, to finish my collection I lack an Air Arms, I like Prosport but I prefer the tx 200 hc,will be the icing on the cake, I will wait for the next review, cheers.

For me, the best looking air rifle.. as a lefty I have never considered buying one. thanks for the video.

I got a prosport .it’s got a very rare 22mm full piston tune.only one Tony leech did as a prototype.he himself says Iv got a very rare gun with that tube done on it.it shoots so good.in 177 using jsb 4.53 it loves 👍👍👍👍

Beautiful rifle. I have the long barrel, TX 200. Look like basically the same gun, but with different cocking actions. I personally prefer the over under look of the TX 200, although I know it adds weight to the front, it still feels fairly balanced to me. 😊

Update air arms are doing a lefty stock now but you’ve to pay extra for the privilege. Just in the process of ordering one.

Had a walnut one for 3mths before moving to Australia. Sold it for $275 did less than 200 pellets. Someone got a great deal

As far as I can see the Walther LGU and LGV have been discontinued! Thanks for the review, definitely considering buying one of these!

Seriously considering buying one of these as I've always fancied one. I did have a FX impact Mk2 which was great but only go and do a bit of paper punching now and then and sold it but still have the itch for a rifle and thinking maybe a springer be better as if it's not used a lot I won't have to worry about leaks etc

Good video 👍

How much could they have finished it off if they made the under leaver black like the barrel? Missed a trick there. Gorgeous gun. I intend to pick one up soon.

Sorry if I missed it, but even as I've watched this video several times I didn't hear what calibre this particular gun was. (.177 or 22) I really enjoy your videos, always professional with well and full run down. Many thanks.

I sold my .22 just before Christmas and it really is the best springer ever! Only reason for sale was it was to good. I bought it second hand and was still to worried I'd get another mark on it. Absolute work of art and amazingly accurate. Only way mine could of been better would of been walnut stock. I did notice in the video it looke like something protruding out the end of the shroud? Mine wasn't like that the shroud finished about 3mm past the barrel. New design or threaded for a silencer? Mine was a 2013

Hi Richard, love your channel and great review, the Pro Sport looks brilliant but with Air Arms reputation for quality and engineering it was always going to be. I don't know if it's an introduction for 2021 but the Air Arms website is showing that the Pro Sport 'is' available in a left handed stock provided you opt for the 'Walnut'.

I love my HW 97 but would bite my own arm off for this gun!!

Well I’m really exited now the order of my new left handed walnut in 177 is now on its way to my local gun shop and he said that I was lucky too as there was only one left in stock period and I guess he was talking about air arms as they must only either make them for order or only do a line of them every so often. The only other they up had was the tx200 HC in 22 which was my second choice in the end but I’m so glad I’ve got the pinnacle of all airguns. And as I’ve been shooting for many years and have been a Weihrauch man through and through having two 95k’s in 177 and 22 and my blue laminate 97 in 22 and my little grab and shoot 99s in 22, all I might add are absolutely cracking rifles I wanted to get something really special and the pro sport has been on my bucket list for absolutely years and now I’ve finally taken the plunge. ………but what still gripes me in this day and age is us lefties get hammered in price because we are are different and have to pay so much more for a left hand gun and especially when your spending so much on a rifle. I served with the British army and even to this day they don’t cater for lefties as the sa80 is catered for right hand shooters only so you can imagine my groupings when I served if I hit the board I was lucky. So in the end I was tested on the GPMG now funnily enough shooting that from my right shoulder felt absolutely normal and my god could I hit things with that beast! But yeh we lefties seem to get a kicking in the wallet and really it’s not right really.

Great review, the pro sport in now available in a left handed version 😀

I have completed my PCP collection and just need a springer. This one I know is superb but I'm wondering how loud it is when fired as my range is in my back garden! I don't want to upset the neighbours, is this the quietest of the "great" underlevers? Because the 77, 97 and a couple of others are in the mix and all potentially on the cards.

At least three different high quality round nosed pellets are necessary for a fair accuracy test. Air Arms pellets(JSBs) are excellent but not necessarily preferred by a particular gun. A few gun models shoot a particular pellet the most accurately, but the vast majority of guns even of the same model prefer different pellets. I'm enjoying your videos and have subscribed.

I prefer the HW97 because It's ambidextrous and it has an adjustable recoil pad and there is much easier to put in the pellet with your left hand when you are a right handed shooter. The Pro sport gives bad access to the filling port from the left site. With the HW i just can hold the underlever i my right hand and don't have to swap whole the time.

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awesome i ordered one of these yesterday

It's good British weather you should be used to it now 😀

Looking to get back into air gunning after a long break (covids put everything on hold :( )and i've only been looking at PCP, though initially expensive you don't have the added cost of air refill equipment.

While I do love my PCPs (Zbroia Hortitsia 330 .22 and Daystate Huntsman Revere .22), the underlever springers are an absolute joy to shoot. I have a Walther LGU .22 and definitely have my eyes on one of these!

Hi Richard. I apologise, this isn't a direct review question regarding your specific review. There's lots of videos regarding barrel cleaning, and how important a clean barrel is. However, we are also told it is good to line your barrel with lead. Are we better to clean our barrels regular, or is it more beneficial to have a lining of lead on our barrel insides? When the barrels are cleaned, everyone claims vastly improved accuracy. I would be very grateful of your opinion and advice. Thankyou for your previous replies to my questions Richard, best wishes.

long live springers and thanks

Hi Richard great review, I have the same rifle and find it absolutely brilliant. At around 13:53 I noticed something that seems missing at the end of the barrel, is this a threaded barrel?

Hi Richard. Thankyou, I enjoyed your review.can I ask you please, I practice at 30yrds. Trying to hit the centre of a five pence beyond that becomes tricky. Those extra ten/twenty yards, alot more things can affect your accuracy and far harder to achieve success, with just that extra distance. What do you think??

So... this Pro Sport or the TX200? You can only choose one...

I’ve heard mixed reviews in the forums when the Pro Sport is compared to the TX200, primarily on the robustness of the cocking lever systems. Any insights on this. Would like to pick up an Air Arms very soon.

That is exactly what I am looking for right there. That rifle is beautiful. I'm very curious. What is your favorite pellet with that rifle?

It looks like the barrel end cap is hanging out...even more so half way through the group when the camera angle changes

I'm curious, what's at the end of the barrel?

I recently just sold mine, didn't gel with it at all. Very well made piece of kit though.

Us lefties .. sadly getting missed out again .. that said , although its a quality gun .. I aint really in the market for a springer .. im just too damn idle to keep pulling that lever all the time .. old age you see , gets to ya eventually .. All said and done , a really good review , superbly narrated and show cased ..

I'm new to shooting, and am infact looking to purchase my first air rifle. I was thinking of getting a PCP to start with, but I'm increasingly feeling drawn to the springers. This Pro Sport in particular is an absolute work of art. From the stock, the trigger to that lovely blued metal for the barrel. It shoots like a dream too. Would it be completely foolhardy of me to even consider such a high end rifle for my first? I was shooting at the range just last weekend a couple days ago and had incredible fun and met some great people, so there's no doubt I'll be sticking with the sport, it's just a question of what I get. I noted though that the price for these seems to have jumped markedly since this video. It was stated they were in the £650-700 range, but now they're £940(!) and the left handed version is topping out just over a grand! Has there been a redesign in the time between this video and now, or is this just "cost of living" throwing spanners in the works?

I’m a massive fan of my bsa de grt xl in .22. How how you found it.

with little or no recoil could you mount an immersive prismatic scope namely 10/40 14/50

Hello from Gloucester Massachusetts USA what a year a . I own the pro sport in 177 & the tx200 177 shit thear slick I allso have the HW 97 &98 &77&50&35&30 I think they are all the balls but if I had to pick one I would shoot myself ! But while I'm burning in hell I would miss the pro sport the most .

hi, i have a question, im getting a bsa 3-9x50 scope, i was wondering where i could get the right size caps for scope? im looking for the ones on your gun. thanks

I wish the other Air Arms rifles were designed this way. Don't like that big safety button on the right side of the TX200. Just an extra step you need to do.

Beautiful rifle! Any complaints about the size of the loading port? Is this rifle too heavy to carry hunting small game?

Looks a really nice springer Richard. Do you have a price list for rifles on your site at all?

Given the safety mechanisms is it possible to uncock without firing?

Might bet better grouping with a different brand or weight of pellet.

What's the foot pounds of energy on the 22 caliber

Sir, how far was the target placed? The groups were pretty good.

Did you say there was no LH version... There is.... Thank goodness. :)

Did you hear back from Air Arms about the protrusion at the muzzle? Never seen it before, wonder if it's a barrel sleeve that is shorter than it should have been. Please let us know. Thank you.

I've heard of this, but its very expensive indeed for a springer. But not out of my league. I always think of power:quality ration in terms of cost-effectiveness, for I am looking for FAC which is hard to find outside of the U.K. Impossible in fact.

I wish they done a multi-shot version.

Custom sticks make a left hand stock

Thank you for the video. A beautiful gun without doubt but uncompromisingly right handed and no alternative so I'll stick with HW. Shame really, because I really would like to buy British but AA know about this issue and clearly are not prepared to do anything about it.

Do you like the PROSPORT better then the TX200HC.

Is it worth buying a walnut one that is second hand for £700?

I'm having a think about the AA pro Sport or Weihrauch HW 97KT. Price is not the issue, I dont mind paying more for a rifle, but I want it to be clearly worth the extra. I will only be using it for hunting for the table so I want a gun I can grab and go, not worry too much about anything. kinda thinking the 97KT will do the job. I am wondering about long term reliability and I assume bother would be neck in neck. I never had a PCP and although I like the idea of multi shot, I dont like the charging issue, although if a foot pump worked, effeicnetly that would be ok. I am drawn to a springer on the basis of longevity and reliability of a springer over a PCP, more to go wrong on a PCP, leaks etc. I reckon the AA is a more beautiful rifle but for a hunting gun I want functionality over looks and the 97KT is a nice also. Can any AA SP owner tell me why I should take it over the Weihrauch?

16 joule!!

Do ProSport owners appreciate that Air Arms basically copied the Venom Arms Mach 2 rifle? There was some 'friction' with Venom over that! Superb piece of kit, I have a modest collection of seven rifles, 4 x Venom/V-Mach HW's- 2 x 77 and 2 x 80's. 1 x HW35E, 1 x Theoben Evolution, and an Air Arms TX200. I had a session this evening with the TX200, brilliant rifle- key holed ten rnds into a Bisley tgt at 30m. Air Arms are up there alongside Weihrauch for quality engineering in my humble opinion.

Can I get this gun in India..? I need.177 cal please tell me

No left-handed options.

There are a lot of strange noises in this video. Have you got squirrels in the roof?

Start by telling us the calibre.

Wish it was £700 still 🤣

single shot? Nnoooo

is this the mk3?

I thought pro sport was a break barrel... oh ffs

Y don't they make a stock for left handers f joke of a company

Lovely Air Rifle but the safety catch is like the HW's annoying and easy to forget....Why all manufacturers dont adopt the WEBLEY safety catch baffles me....Its the easiest and simplest safety catch going...My WEBLY OMEGA .22 (1984) is a pure pleasure to use with its simple safety catch..Give one a try sometime please Richard see what you think...

Prefer the hw 97 any day cracking rifles.... larger loading port and is ambidextrous....i shoot left handed and AA wants another £95 pound for a left hand stock which is a bit of a piss take as there well over priced anyway

How much could they have finished it off if they made the under leaver black like the barrel? Missed a trick there. Gorgeous gun. I intend to pick one up soon.