Reply With QuoteI sent you an email.Originally Posted by Darrenm
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Hi, hope you can help
An old woman has given me an old .177 Diana to get rid of.. it’s in excess of 60 yrs old and I’m looking to identify the actual model, get an approximate age & value...
It shoots beautifully, it has good compression & the breach seals well..
Any help would be much appreciated.
Unable to attach a pics, so please forward your tel number or email address & I’ll forward the pics..
Last edited by Darrenm; 28-01-2024 at 10:52 PM.
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I sent you an email.
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Many thanksI sent you an email.
Darren
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Pics:
https://www.vintageairgunsgallery.co...a6df98be4.jpeg
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It's a Diana 27, 1920s or early '30s. Not in great condition. Nice chequering. It's quite unusual to see chequering on these.
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Brilliant, thank you.
I'm happy with mine
interesting old gun
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Can anyone advise
Thx
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You could advertise it for sale, if you start a new sales thread (forum rules). If so, asking £70 plus or minus 10-15%, with £15 postage extra, would probably be fair IMO.
You might want to canvass opinions on the asking price since opinions differ.
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Unusual to see chequering.
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Thank you very much for posting these! I thought we will never see it since the OP can only send pics over the email/phone. I love drooling over the old guns.
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Unusual rearsight, most pre war ones seem to be of the spring steel variety:
https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery....iana-model-27/
With the barrel broken have a look under the breech block, there should be a date stamp.
I think we paid £100 for Mariana’s one which is stamped 1928:
https://youtu.be/889pWxlysQY
Very accurate rifles.
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Matt
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Brilliant, really informative…
It looks like an early rifle but has no date on the breach and as you said the foresight and stock is very different to the ones in the pics.
It shoots amazingly for its age, nice weight/pull to the trigger and really accurate..
I’ve refurbished a few rifles but I’m really unsure to how far you go when restoring such an old rifle..
I have more pics if anyone’s wants the add to the info given, I can send via WhatsApp or text on request.
Guys, your help is very much appreciated..
Daz
Last edited by Darrenm; 01-02-2024 at 08:55 PM.
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You do as little a possible, depending on condition.
An often used approach is boiling the steel parts in water, turns any rust into black rust bluing, and then carding off remaining loose particles with 0000 grade wire wool.
This is perhaps the gentlest approach, and preserves any remaining original finish.
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QUOTE=evert;8282040]You do as little a possible, depending on condition.
An often used approach is boiling the steel parts in water, turns any rust into black rust bluing, and then carding off remaining loose particles with 0000 grade wire wool.
This is perhaps the gentlest approach, and preserves any remaining original finish.[/QUOTE]
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