I have managed to acquire another 35 thanks to a thoroughly decent chap on this forum and have spent some time with it recently. It has reinforced my view that it is my favourite break barrel: the Goldilocks break barrel for me in fact. Its size, weight and balance are perfect and it handles better than any other gun I own. I've always liked the Models 24,25, 27 but sweet as they are, they are just a bit too small for me physically. I've always held the Diana 34 in high regard but shooting an early example immediately after the 35 only highlights the perfect weight/balance of the 35.

I've been using this one with the open sights and its proving to be very accurate at around 10m with various RWS wadcutters (in .177). It shoots as sweet as a nut and I won't be in any hurry to fiddle with it. Its actually only shooting at around 7fpe but that is fine for my purposes and it still has a nice responsive firing cycle at this level. I may fit a diopter to it at some point.

Do any of you guys have a go-to gun that feels absolutely built for you?