Many thanks for the replies, much appreciated.

I've added a few pictures so you can see what I'm talking about in terms of damage:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8268950...7626215857261/

Please excuse the terrier's toys in the photos, she will not leave the rifle well alone.


dogsbody: Lol, yes the Diana does seem somewhat light. It used to be my Dad's rifle which he used to take to the pictures in the 40s or 50s and shoot the Indians in cowboy films! Personally I think the world's a safer place with it out of his hands. It should make for lovely light weapon to target shoot with and it's in good condition, just needs some TLC and the stock oiling.

Thanks a lot for the fleabay link, it's in my watch list and I shall be bidding merrily when it comes up in a few days. There's a MK1 stock for a Mercury there as well and I shall be trying for that, even it needs a lot of work to make it fit it's in a damn sight better condition than my cracked and horribly coloured stock.


ggggr: My god man, do you know no bounds? Thank you so much for your help so far, the stripdown guide you PMed me about is great and the other help you've given is just fantastic.

I wouldn't shoot a non-FAC rifle with a view to killing vermin at anything higher than 40 yards so dropping down 25% shouldn't be a problem as the rabbits I'm going for seem to have never been hunted so are particularly easy to pick off. I shall keep my eyes peeled for a Meteor on this forum. Ideally I'd like to keep it under a ton for the rifle, which I think should be okay as I've no need for sights or scope as long as it has scope rails.


Thank you both once again. It's always nice to encounter friendly people online, such a shame it's not more common!

All the best.