Help IDing Diana Model 50

[45flint]

Beauuutiful example Drew. I would give my left one for an example such as that.
Could you post a clean macro shot of the spring steel keeper that is on the RHS?
My one that resides on my model 35 is still waiting on that piece to complete.
Many thanks.

If your talking to me I’m not sure what your wanting?

[slow_runner]

If your talking to me I’m not sure what your wanting?

I was referring to an image of the windage tension spring on the RHS of the sight. My sight has that part missing and I would want to replicate an identical one

[frakor]

I was referring to an image of the windage tension spring on the RHS of the sight. My sight has that part missing and I would want to replicate an identical one

Maybe this helps?




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Frank

[45flint]

Maybe this helps?




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Frank

Thanks if you give me the number of the part, that would help. That’s helpful to me as well I looked at the rear sight plate but have not moved it, I see from the diagram you pull out and rotate it’s under spring tension.

[frakor]

You are a lucky man, 45flint.

Am in the middle of digitizing some old papers I have on airguns, so I searched for you
And I found it!
BUT it is from the time you just told the factory : I want part number 27 for a Diana-Mikrometervizier mit Diopter.
Because there was only 1 such item ...

But here you go:




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Frank

[Lakey]

I am confused by these early Diana Model 50's. I recently picked up an older Diana model 50 ( under the Original name, for UK sale), with a hand checkered stock. I am not sure of the date , but reckon it has to be quite early. The rifle does have a plastic trigger with a small screw in, and a single hole though the trigger guard.

[45flint]

I am confused by these early Diana Model 50's. I recently picked up an older Diana model 50 ( under the Original name, for UK sale), with a hand checkered stock. I am not sure of the date , but reckon it has to be quite early. The rifle does have a plastic trigger with a small screw in, and a single hole though the trigger guard.

I found these model 50s to be very confusing given many different names, variations. Took me a day of internet searches to feel confident about when mine was made. Does yours have a serial number or date number etched in? Love the checkered stock.

[JACK RATT]

I am confused by these early Diana Model 50's. I recently picked up an older Diana model 50 ( under the Original name, for UK sale), with a hand checkered stock. I am not sure of the date , but reckon it has to be quite early. The rifle does have a plastic trigger with a small screw in, and a single hole though the trigger guard.

I have a very similar rifle, same stock but with the dioptre rear sight and flip/rotating front sight. There is no cheek piece on the stock and the stamping just says Original Model 50. I've always thought it was an early 50M but this is a purely speculative. I'll see if I can get some photos

[Drew451]

I am confused by these early Diana Model 50's. I recently picked up an older Diana model 50 ( under the Original name, for UK sale), with a hand checkered stock. I am not sure of the date , but reckon it has to be quite early. The rifle does have a plastic trigger with a small screw in, and a single hole though the trigger guard.

I would say that the stock pre dates your '66 action. Certainly, that pattern stock is usually seen on earlier models. The trigger blade is probably stamped steel rather than plastic but a cast trigger blade would be more commonly seen in a 50 fitted with that stock.

[MDriskill]

I am confused by these early Diana Model 50's. I recently picked up an older Diana model 50 ( under the Original name, for UK sale), with a hand checkered stock. I am not sure of the date , but reckon it has to be quite early. The rifle does have a plastic trigger with a small screw in, and a single hole though the trigger guard.

This gun is a later example of what Diana called the “model 50/b.” It’s probably from around 1962, but I’d be interested to know if this one has a date stamped on it? The plastic trigger blade is probably original; these were used for a few years in between the earlier solid aluminum, and later stamped steel ones. The earlier solid steel cocking lever has also been replaced by the later heavy stamped one.

Early versions of the 50/b, intended as a dual-purpose sporter/target rifle, used the same stock as the standard model 50, but for a short period they acquired this lovely upgraded wood. It was detailed much as a slimmed-down version of the heavier 50M stock.

By this time, the previous rotating front sight, two-function rear sight, and twin mounting rails had gone away. The sights are the same as the standard model 50 sporter of the day—tunnel-type front, and mostly-plastic click-adjusting rear (also seen on the model 50’s barrel-cocking cousin, the model 35). For target shooting, you upgraded to the optional Diana Diopter 60 match sight on the rear rail.

I believe this may be the rarest version of these target Dianas (possibly excepting the first-variant 50M with two-part cheekpiece). Quite a beautiful and desirable air rifle with that amazing stock in my opinion, and this is a VERY nice example!

Dennis Hiller’s book ,“The Collector’s Guide to Air Rifles,” has some excellent material on Dianas of this period.