Diana G80

[T 20]

I know the g80 was advertised as .177 and .22 but I can't remember ever seeing one in the smaller calibre.
I think they marketed the .177 as a target model with an aperture sight in a similar way Webley did with the mk3. You could buy the standard model in both in the smaller calibre.

Sorry Maple but that's not quite correct.

The Diana G80 was sold in .177" as a normal sporter alongside the .22" guns, I know this is true as I bought a tuned .177" G80 by mail order from Airgunaid on behalf of my brother as he was under 17.

Unfortunately, after hanging on to my brother's Airgunaid tuned .177" G 80 for years he asked for it back about the same time as I joined the forum, so I never have had the chance to open it up and see how it was tuned.

As far as I can remember there was a target version of the G80 as you say, and Airgunaid sold a target version of the G80 in .20" alongside their .20" sporter.
Again from memory I think these were badged as the Airgunaid TR and Airgunaid SP --- a search on here will throw up some results on this to correct me.



All the best Mick

[AC99]

I bought a G80 second hand about a year ago in .177 cal and thought at the time that is was quite powerful and I recall chrono-ing it and it produced about 10 ft-lb if I remember correctly.

It was a rather strange variant of the G80 in the respect that someone had replaced the foresight with a ring on a post screwed into the muzzle which together with the open square notch rear sight giving quite an odd sight combination (I guess the original front sight was a blade), but I only paid £35 for it so I am not complaining!

Aubrey

[junglie]

Sorry Maple but that's not quite correct.

The Diana G80 was sold in .177" as a normal sporter alongside the .22" guns, I know this is true as I bought a tuned .177" G80 by mail order from Airgunaid on behalf of my brother as he was under 17.

Unfortunately, after hanging on to my brother's Airgunaid tuned .177" G 80 for years he asked for it back about the same time as I joined the forum, so I never have had the chance to open it up and see how it was tuned.

As far as I can remember there was a target version of the G80 as you say, and Airgunaid sold a target version of the G80 in .20" alongside their .20" sporter.
Again from memory I think these were badged as the Airgunaid TR and Airgunaid SP --- a search on here will throw up some results on this to correct me.



All the best Mick

Think i used a meteor spring in mine, tuned it to the eddie barber article in airgun world, i also shimmed the side play out of the trigger with some small nylon electrical washers i found & polished the sears lightly. It's just a normal spit & polish tune inc deburring & smoothing, no chrono's in those days but it was more powerful & accurate than my mate airsporter much to his distaste as he sold it to me for a tenner with a cracked stock around the forend screws. Think i had the guide turned down at school on the lathe to fit the spring too. I'd guess it made a shade over 11 ft/lbs in .22 with superdomes or hobbys which i used at the time .