Quote Originally Posted by andrewM View Post
I have, in response to the above posts, just checked the Diana website. It does not inspire.
https://www.german-sport-guns.com/sh...pring-Operated

A cross next to the model presumably means it has been discontinued. The 280, which was promoted with some fanfare some years ago, has disappeared entirely.

We do not know, of those that are being made, what are made in China and what are made in Germany.

An email to Diana would doubtless clear up these questions but it is sad, as you say Robin.

If Weirhauch is now the only player in Germany, then we have reached a tragic situation, and the more so given that Diana/Original were of the same high quality.
You may have missed the info on the Diana web site that states a few models are still being made in Germany, I think the question really lies with, where are the parts now being made to make up these guns ? In the you tube EMS 34 vid did you notice that the Diana rep didn't really go out of his way to sell the concept of the rifle.

When it now comes to spring guns, look at the list of current makers, is the Hw98 laminate Weihrauch's last hoorah for springers and are they slowly cheapening their barrels and stamping on their springers. AA make just two models TX & PS, BSA are now Gamo, Webley are Hatsan plus they do make their own models, FWB sport Mk4 again a last hoorah. Cometa who knows where they are at and just about everything else is made in, 5 letters sounds like miner.