Yes it is 😊
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Yes it is 😊
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What's the story behind that one mate? Date wise and its background (if you.dont.mind me asking)? Contrary to what I posted above this one is actually 04 2000.Originally Posted by oldcurmudgeon
Would you know if yours was a special order or something? As I picked this one up in the Swansea area I think its at the very least been owned.local to that area for a time if not originally from there.
Dave
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Mine was bought brand new and is dated as march 2005. It has the TO5 trigger unit and is a fabulous if weighty bit of kit.
I also own a model 52 in said calibre and while it recoils it's still a fabulous machine 😊
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got a Spring
Had a superb tuned .177 Cal. but sold it as I couldn't get on with the right handed cocking lever being a Southpaw.
Great gun though !
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Thanks for the replies both.
Yes the cocking procedure is a little long winded but once zeroed I tend to hunt and therefore shot numbers reduce, and double check accuracy before a session so I guess I'm not putting the amount of shooting in with it that someone would at a club range.
I'm very taken with the gun and I'm quite tickled it throws big lumps of lead downrange for practically no recoil. It almost feels wrong.
I'm getting more used to the trajectory and gaining confidence but will still keep the range pretty short.
I've tracked down the playground of one of the few remaining grey squirrels on my shoot and the clock is ticking for a can of whup ass to be opened up on him with this gun.
It would be surreal taking my old Firebird 52 out for a session alongside this one and experience recoil from a very similar gun.
Dave
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Never heard of any Diana in .25. (or .20 for that matter). Dont know whether its original. But a dealer must be able to check that for you.
Ive had several 54s. Mine had T05s. Dont like the T01 triggers at all.
Im not really into sidecocking either. The sidelever makes it a tad off-balance too.
Yes shooting is....weird. Really recoilless. Bút because of that, boring as well
Theyre easy to shoot. But kill as many scopes as any other magnum.
Last one I had was a laminate. Quite rare. But it had cocking problems from new and I lost my temper with it and sold it.
The TX SR is very nice too, but I/we, can say everything (negative) about the 54, its the ONLY one of those 2 still in production.
If I had to choose, Id choose the 54. With the T06 it has a better trigger. And of course it would be new.
Id try in .25 especially JSB. As second Baracuda match. Third FTT.
I only have 1 airgun preferring baracuda (a patriot), no airgun that prefers FTT and a lót that prefer JSB
ATB,
yana
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As well as the 1980s .20" 45, Diana definitely made the 48 and 52 in .25" from around 1994-2006.
Never heard of a factory 54 in .25". I have seen one published reference to a .25" 56TH being available, but think that was an error by the authors (it isn't on Diana's website, for example).
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Thanks for the replies hwtyger and Geezer.
As we have already found there were 54s made in .25 albeit that I cannot see that many were produced as demand was likely to have been low. Due to this I don't think this is an option anymore on the 54/56 series guns though in the former case I'm sure it was a possible option up until a year or two back.
I think the combination of the gun's heft and less popular calibre makes this gun a little more unusual than most.
I'm greatly enjoying it's quirky-ness. But I have no doubt at all this is a serious bit of kit in a hunting set up.
Not quite sure how a lightened piston set up would work with one of these as its a big ole lump of lead thats being pushed up the barrel.
But If it works I would imagine that type of conversion would be absolutely awesome.
Dave
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