Warning, warning: massive thread derailment.Originally Posted by Barryg
I'm not familiar with the k98 but I know almost every component of the 460 action in detail and cant really find any faults except the plastic front sight unit and that can be moded to be satisfactory, but your k98 don't have this
The 460 action is not a out of the box gun but is the best springer platform I know of
PS if it comes with a uk spring that's all you will need.
Barry, I like Dianas as much as anyone else on this forum. Except maybe you. Which is why I currently own an LP5, LP5G, LP6G, LP6M, LG24 (masquerading as a Webley Airwolf), LG36, LG52 and an LG66. And an an LG50 that I have paid for but haven't picked up yet.
I'd like a 460. I was tempted to buy one from McAvoys on deep discount, but I'd like a .22" and they only have .177"s.
But the 460 is a 22 ft/lb rifle. Unless short-stroked or sleeved, it will surely not be at its best at half that power (my 52 isn't, but I tolerate it because I like the huge old cannon). And there are posts on US fora where one of the cocking lever pivot pins has broken under normal use. Maybe not an issue with a soft UK spring (and HWs have galling issues and for a while had awful springs). But a touch worrying.
I'm sure it's not a bad gun (though massively overpriced in the UK). But if someone forced me to own only one currently-manufactured underlever springer, then it would be an HW97 or a TX (neither of which I own, though I do have some 77s).
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