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(@airgunmanart)
California
Joined: 7 years ago
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As some of you know me , I've been shooting for a few years, lol.

Yesterday I drove to Santa Barbara to meet up with Lou Ferrigno. He recently moved from Santa Monica to  SLO, San Louis Obispo. There was no way I was going to have him ship this beauty.

Gentlemen behold I now won the Air Arms Pro Sport serial number one. He bought it about 15/17 years ago while visiting Air Arms. Terry Doe was with him and he told Lou,  you better buy that gun, so he did. As you know I sell most of his guns here. His guns are quality guns, does not shoot them much, and now making room for more. He is waiting for the New Daystate wolf. Here you go.

Air Arms Pro Sport

 

Air Arms Pro Sport

 

Air Arms Pro Sport

 


   
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sonnysan
(@sonnysan)
California
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This came from the golden age of springers, right around the time I was building up my collection.  Thank you for the post.  Engraved guns like this were fetching $2,000 20 years ago.  It would be interesting what it goes for today.  Don't remember seeing an engraved pro sport ever. 


   
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(@bob_in_wv)
West Virginia
Joined: 7 years ago
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Wow, that is one purdy gun.

 


   
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El-pelletas
(@el-pelletas)
Washington
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Lou Ferrigno?the Hulk was my favorite show as a kid.Nice to know he is into airguns..


   
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(@hector_j_medina_g)
Maryland
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@el-pelletas

He was the cover in an airgun magazine way back when the Career Ultra (9 mm's) was introduced.

It is a HUGE gun, but in his hands, it looked almost normal sized, ROFL!

Keep well and shoot straight!

 

 

 

 

 

HM


   
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El-pelletas
(@el-pelletas)
Washington
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@hector-j-medina-g..Nice,thank you for the info,lol,I can imagine that,He is the Hulk after all ? 


   
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Virgin Islands, U.S.
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El-pelletas
(@el-pelletas)
Washington
Joined: 7 years ago
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@citizen-k..Awesome,thank you very much.if anyone sees him say hi for me,lol.I hope He still enjoys airguns.


   
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(@airgunmanart)
California
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@el-pelletas,,

He does,  just making room for more,,lol, like the rest if us.


   
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(@beeman22)
Michigan
Joined: 7 years ago
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Wow, that's an amazing rifle. Thanks for sharing, Art!

I still have Lou's TX200 you sold me a few years back - beautiful gun and shoots amazingly well - but this one looks just a touch nicer.  How about an even trade?! ? ? 


   
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El-pelletas
(@el-pelletas)
Washington
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@airgunmanart..Awesome,glad to hear that,thank you Sir.


   
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(@rich177)
Pennsylvania
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That is a beautiful rifle but I am just a bit confused.  I have a ProSport, serial number 52.  I bought it new and of course it is very plain and not fancy like the gun pictured.  My confusion comes from seeing the side screw in the stock just in front of the trigger guard.  All of the early guns I have seen, including mine, do have that side screw.  That screw was added later in production, I assume because of the pressure put on the stock while cocking the gun.  That screw was added, I assume to give the stock needed support when cocking the gun.  Without that screw my stock did crack on the under side.  I repaired it with a piece of furniture hardware and also sometime later added the side screws as shown on the pictured gun.

I sincerely hope that those side screws were added to #1 at sometime post production.

Rick Bassett


   
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JohnL
(@johnl)
California
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Nice score Art! glad to see you're still kickin! You were going to look me up for a quail hunt, remember? I've still got the .25 Marauder I bought from you. PM me and we'll set up a hunt at my place, tons of rabbits out here right now.

John La Pointe


   
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