Diana 45

[Drew451]

Yes , I had my Gecado mod 25 when I was in South Africa ..

Evening, Gerry. You might like the YouTube videos in which a South African guy shows of his collection of Gecados and Diana's, amongst other rifles. He refers to the newer models as Diana's, so presumably, they dropped the Gecado tag at some point.
I can't remember his user name on the service, but a search should uncover it.

[jonnyone]

Evening, Gerry. You might like the YouTube videos in which a South African guy shows of his collection of Gecados and Diana's, amongst other rifles. He refers to the newer models as Diana's, so presumably, they dropped the Gecado tag at some point.
I can't remember his user name on the service, but a search should uncover it.

Seen that one. Title something like my Diana collection going strong. He's got some of the more noteworthy of the line up in there. And I bet they are not throttled back either
There's one on there of a guy shooting (i think) a plastic pop bottle from (again- I think 110m or more) with a 460/350 mag whatever.

[Gerry B]

Evening, Gerry. You might like the YouTube videos in which a South African guy shows of his collection of Gecados and Diana's, amongst other rifles. He refers to the newer models as Diana's, so presumably, they dropped the Gecado tag at some point.
I can't remember his user name on the service, but a search should uncover it.

Yes , we could have full power air rifles , although most of my mates went for UK legal because we were shooting FT rules at our club .

It was a struggle finding decent pellets that would stabilize at higher velocity, its ok to shoot through a bib , but being ex military we were all about accuracy , not so much spray and pray .

I spent hundreds of hours at the loading bench and on the range perfecting tight accurate loads for my hunting rifle , and it was better ( read lazy )to just get a sub 12 ft /lb rifle and work up a good pellet / pressure ratio for max accuracy .

[pastie]

My first gun was a .22 Original 45 mixed bag of memories....Made well before the HW80.....I got an HW80 in 1983 and got rid of the 45... compared to an HW80 it was not as well built and a pain in the arris to strip. Still have the 80 and it has had 200,000 rounds through it easily if not more and still a joy to use. I remember the barrel on the 45 was a tad soft...but the accuracy was good. Tapping out the pin through the stock and then a pair of pins on the trigger assembly under load was memorable...as was the Originals ball detent which was not as solid as the HW and many an occurrences with it opening when on a sling. It was retired for a reason...and was that it couldn't cut it with better made, better designed rifles.... not to mention the stock was a plank that functioned !