Remington Express

[gingernut]

Comparing the two there are many visible differences.
Stock,sights,safety,ball latch.
But I'm not an expert on oily bits.

[mrto]

Comparing the two there are many visible differences.
Stock,sights,safety,ball latch.
But I'm not an expert on oily bits.

I agree,to me it looks more like a Diana knock off.

[PCPShooter]

I agree,to me it looks more like a Diana knock off.

The best of the Chinese knock offs, but now Diana are coming in from new supplier and prices on 31s 34s are better, why not buy a Diana ??

[CapitalBee]

So, what price a new 34?

[elewis411]

I recently bought one of these for a friend and was very surprised by how well it shot, the overall finish of the rifle is very tidy with what i believe are hand cut chequering panels on the pistol grip and forend. The firing cycle is very tame for a full power .177 with low recoil and no spring twang whatsoever, the trigger breaks fairly cleanly too. It came with a basic 4x32 scope and mounts which hasn't been fitted as yet but the opens are good and have fibre optic inserts, i have already done some good groups of around a 5p piece size but at only 10 yards at the moment, in fact the only thing i dont like is the long reach from pistol grip to trigger ala weihrauch. The hatsan 60s i had was a very good budget rifle but i believe the remington 700 to be a step up from that...

[elewis411]

I think so.
I'm not a great shot.

Bear in mind it was worked on from new so it's not straight out of the box.
But my friend who does this said not a lot involved.
For those of you who can fiddle.
Not me tho!

My friends is very good straight from the box, i can only imagine it would be even nicer after a bit of fettling...Just to add, they are £145 from my local rfd and i also had a nice discount on that as well..

[joffy]

www.sportsmk.co.uk/ Diana importer and Remington and smk

[joffy]

So, what price a new 34?

from £299 smk

[gingernut]

Did not know SMK did Diana.
Now 34 or 28?

[Ninapuppy]

Did not know SMK did Diana.
Now 34 or 28?

SMK now doing/distributing Gunpower and Diana !!!!

[Patrick 2]

I believe SMK are a subsidiary of Remington or the two companies are connected in some way

[Arthur John Smithsplease]

Dianas are still expensive in the UK.

[wil95k]

Fabio is right I think.
Designed by Remington made in China, imported and distributed by SMK is my guess.
Better keep quiet or the price will go up.

designed by weihrauch/diana,made in china

[TonyL]

Two gun test in Airgun Shooter this month. Express vs Diana 280 Classic.

The Express compared very well. Looking at the images, to me the breech area/detent looks very Diana-esque.

Finish and refinement apparently very, very good. Accurate, too and with a good trigger.

The only thing that would worry me, in terms of manufacturing / engineering tolerance related issue (and I can't remember the exact term used) was an off-centre breech face??

[venoman]

According to the UK Chinese airgun forum the Remington is basically the SMK XS20 with a few cosmetic variations.

The Remington Express is not the same rifle as the SMK XS20. The XS20 is a copy of the HW95, the Express is based on some of the Weihrauch designs but is not a copy of any Weihrauchs. They are a very accurate rifle that can out shoot guns that are twice the price.Take a look at the ARC Remington AR1 on the Airgun Shooter on line magazine, this rifle was tested by a well known shooter that was well known in field target shooting . He said it was one of the most accurate spring rifle he had fired.