A Diana/RWS variant, for those wondering.
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The date on mine is either '57 or '67
Due to the fact that the lettering is so small, it could be either. Wonder if any could shed a light on the probabilities. The rearsight has a plastic base and leaf, for some reason I seem to imagine that '57 is too far back, yet the truth is that the "5" or "6" has a square "back" i.e. looks more like a 5.
Otherwise looks like any similar Diana.
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Dave's spot on. I'm told by a former Diana employee that the date stamps only started in 1966.
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Hi
I just had the same problem on my old Original mod50, it's deffo '68 but the type must have been in a square block and it made the 6 look like a 5, had to get my jewellers loupe out to make sure
John
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