Post war Diana model 27 advice sought

[DSidelever]

Strictly speaking its a Milbro 27 & I believe TW Chambers still have some spare parts (plus a useful diagram!) ((www.gunspares.com)).

Does yours have rifling ? I mention that because IMO the smoothbore versions of the Milbro 27 are not worth too much attention (I speak from personal experience from many years ago)..

Dating these rifles isn't as easy as genuine M&G Dianas but the stock type can be an indicator (finger groove fore end etc).

There's also been a lot of Millard Bros (Milbro) info put up on Danny's Vintage Diana Forum (http://www.network54.com/Index/103829) - lots of old catalogues & adverts etc.

[sevorg]

Strictly speaking its a Milbro 27 & I believe TW Chambers still have some spare parts (plus a useful diagram!) ((www.gunspares.com)).

Does yours have rifling ? I mention that because IMO the smoothbore versions of the Milbro 27 are not worth too much attention (I speak from personal experience from many years ago)..

Dating these rifles isn't as easy as genuine M&G Dianas but the stock type can be an indicator (finger groove fore end etc).

There's also been a lot of Millard Bros (Milbro) info put up on Danny's Vintage Diana Forum (http://www.network54.com/Index/103829) - lots of old catalogues & adverts etc.

Thanks for the link to net54, I was just starting to think there must be a Diana forum out there... Mine has a rifled barrel and an alloy trigger (but without the two adjustment screws I've seen on some of the images). I must take some photos and load them through one of the photo hosting sites to get a more reliable date from those in the know. The stock has a finger groove and "No III" engraved, reasonably neatly, into one side suggesting it might have been used by cadets or scouts possibly.

[DSidelever]

You could try Photobucket or Flikr (whatever!) for your images & right here, on this section, would be the very best place to ask. The Trainer angle does add a lot of 'interest'.

(There is a Sticky posting somewhere on the BBS about how to post images).

[sevorg]

You could try Photobucket or Flikr (whatever!) for your images & right here, on this section, would be the very best place to ask. The Trainer angle does add a lot of 'interest'.

(There is a Sticky posting somewhere on the BBS about how to post images).

Thanks for this, here we go with an attempt at some images... http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/gr...?sort=3&page=1

I've tried to show as much detail as possible with the stock removed. Can anybody offer an estimate of age and potential value please?

[laverdabru]

Photos came out fine.
Gawd, that take me back - my first air rifle, back in the '70's. bought for a fiver from a secondhand shop known as 'Dodgy Joes'.
There are people on the site who will know a lot more than me...but I think the version with a nice ali trigger & fluted forestock is early/mid '50's.
Value - again, others know far more than me. £50, maybe £65 max as is?
I was happy to pay that for a Diana 25 .177 of slightly newer age recently, with a steel trigger, but it was in VGC.

HTH

Bru

[DSidelever]

Bru's Pa must have been to that shop ('Dodgey Joes) a day before my Dad popped in...

I got the smoothbore version

The one pictured (very good pics BTW!) is in excellent condition indeed (new breech seal needed though) and you're right about the stock markings - it looks very much like a club rifle.


Don't get me wrong, that first rifle of mine was leaning up against the wall of my bedroom so I could admire it (the old days) as a 7/8 year old.

& I spent many an hour walking about with it (broken, shotgun style, naturally),

never hit a bloody thing with it though.

[DSidelever]

RE: Milbro 27 .177

I used to cycle about 3 miles down to a village (nearby where my family lived and now about 4 miles further again away) called Northleach to visit the local Gunshop (+ fishing tackle!) for my 'ammo'. It was the shop of a Mr T Chambers ... yes, the T W Chambers who I linked to, now sadly deceased, the 'Gunspares' outfit which keeps this section going for spare parts. Decent old boy, who quite rightly always suggested Eley Wasps, he moved up to Scotland sometime in the middle to late 70's.

He did well.