Quote Originally Posted by Barryg View Post
In the nineties I was a big fan of the Diana 52, then in 2006 Diana brought out a underlever that was lightweight very accurate and could more than match the performance of the 52.
After careful consideration I now prefer the underlever, there are pros and cons and wonder what other Diana fans here think, I notice that in the USA where the 52 has been a big favorite the underlever is slowly gaining ground.
I bought a 52 in '89 after I had just been made redundant. Back in the days I think the whole world felt that nothing could touch the HW80. The 52 proved that wrong. I never really gave the 52 fair play though with only a few outings.
I've since picked up a few other Dianas and I guess that the underlever mechanism is a tad more convenient.
The 52 is a big ole lump of shooting iron and I wonder if a scaled down version would ever catch on in the European market?
There must still be a market for the sidelevers or the 56th wouldn't be around??
Dave :-)