A picture of the updated Diana piston with the new crimp.

[look no hands]

So does this mean that both you and Pete would sell guns that you suspect are dangerous


There is something that was said by the owner of the piston in the pic, he said was that it was Umarex who sent him the piston and I was wondering if it was Umarex that done the bodge not Diana, we still don't know for sure how the stem is fixed in.

I don't think that we can compare this bodge with the 99 bodge because the 99 is a budget gun and these 52 pistons are in the 48/52/54/56/460/470/k98 and more just look at the price of a 56 and compare it with the 99 price

I think that a email to Diana is required to try to get some accurate info

I've been meaning to sell my 34 for ages as I just don't use it and I could do with the money to either buy more BSA's or spend it on the ones I already have

It still doesn't instil any confidence in me when last year I had the sear snap and now this problem, fair enough mine isn't wobbly or come away yet but I have had it happen on a Chinese copy.

Just because the cost of the Diana's you've mentioned are far higher than the 99 doesn't mean they are built any better or with superior materials, Diana's have always been expensive in this country and that's down to the importers charging a fortune for them and that's why there's hardly any market for them.

Pete

[prosport.177]

I guess on the up side Diana have made it easier for the shed tuners to tinker with the Diana as it looks like the rods come out easy!!!
Hum which is worse I wonder the hw77 cocking arm cracking and letting go, or the Diana rod coming out!!

[Barryg]

I've been meaning to sell my 34 for ages as I just don't use it and I could do with the money to either buy more BSA's or spend it on the ones I already have

It still doesn't instil any confidence in me when last year I had the sear snap and now this problem, fair enough mine isn't wobbly or come away yet but I have had it happen on a Chinese copy.

LOL thats even worse you are prepared to sell a gun with two suspected dangers i'm not sure how many suspected dangers Robs thinks there might be but he says he might be unloading his Diana quickly that doesn't instill confidence in me buying S/H,
I don't think anyone should sell a gun if they suspect its safety this piston thing needs to be resolved because the rest of the gun is the best

BTW im not sure how, say a TX piston would handle the stresses that the diana's have to put up with in America with some of the huge springs that are crammed into them, this is why Diana's are so robust.

[look no hands]

LOL thats even worse you are prepared to sell a gun with two suspected dangers i'm not sure how many suspected dangers Robs thinks there might be but he says he might be unloading his Diana quickly that doesn't instill confidence in me buying S/H,
I don't think anyone should sell a gun if they suspect its safety this piston thing needs to be resolved because the rest of the gun is the best

BTW im not sure how, say a TX piston would handle the stresses that the diana's have to put up with in America with some of the huge springs that are crammed into them, this is why Diana's are so robust.

Well I certainly won't be keeping it any longer just because we've not heard what Diana have to say about the matter (if you even get a reply from Diana or even if they give a shit), if I worried about what might happen in the future with either the piston rod or the NEW trigger sear I fitted last year, then we should all worry about what might happen with the other rifles we sell and even things like our cars, I have enough things to worry about in my everyday life with out having to worry about what might happen to one of my air rifles because the maker decides to use a bit of a dodgy way to fix it's pistons together, do you think people who buy/sell HW77/97's worry about losing their thumb or the next persons when they sell it, if the sear should snap and send the piston and cylinder into some unfortunate persons butt plug.

These little things are just the final push for me to finally sell it on.

Pete

[robs5230]

LOL thats even worse you are prepared to sell a gun with two suspected dangers i'm not sure how many suspected dangers Robs thinks there might be but he says he might be unloading his Diana quickly that doesn't instill confidence in me buying S/H,
I don't think anyone should sell a gun if they suspect its safety this piston thing needs to be resolved because the rest of the gun is the best

BTW im not sure how, say a TX piston would handle the stresses that the diana's have to put up with in America with some of the huge springs that are crammed into them, this is why Diana's are so robust.

As I 've stated Barry I've had my pistons out and know the rods are centred and well fixed. And as I've also stated, I reckon its an issue with FAC predominantly.


All air rifles are dangerous, my Diana's no more than any other

I've shot Dianas since the 80's and only the last couple of days, heard of this issue. Never had an issue on any of mine.
As for the TX, they wont make anywhere near the power of the larger Dianas so we'll never know