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    Diana G36 from my childhood.

    Short history, I had a Diana g36 passed down to me from my elder brother when I was 13 in 1964, had a lot of fun with it plinking in the garden, eventually it got forgotten and left to rust in a loft, moving on a few years!, it resurfaced recently as I was practicing my polishing to get some blacking done , had three guns done in the end , the g36 included , so decided to put it back together .
    I have converted the piston to synthetic lip seal , a sized TX 200 that seems to be sealing ok, made a new breech seal out of nylon , blued this up and its seating well.
    I have now come to a problem with the spring, I can remember my Dad taking me to a local gun shop to source a stronger spring to "get the power up ", so its got a monster spring with way too much preload , problem is I cant find the specification for the spring anywhere, so wondered if any of you knowledgeable chaps have any Idea what the original might have been like , fingers crossed and thanks in advance .

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    Quote Originally Posted by NickG View Post
    Short history, I had a Diana g36 passed down to me from my elder brother when I was 13 in 1964
    No way you are 20 years older than me mate....

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    Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.

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    Isnt the G36 a version of the Diana/Milbro Model 27, so they use the same spring?
    https://www.pressreader.com/uk/airgu...83111363670188

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shed tuner View Post
    No way you are 20 years older than me mate....

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    Sorry been a bad day , tired etc that should have been 1972 , should have proof read it first doh

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    Found a bit of info looks like it may be 3 mm wire 235mm long

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    Try Protek Supplies in Bognor Regis. They may well have a suitable spring. Recently Protek had a batch of original springs for the Webley Falcon, which was a similar rifle, so the springs may well fit the G36 - lovely rifles by the way and very much underrated IMHO.

    John M

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    Quote Originally Posted by Josie & John View Post
    Try Protek Supplies in Bognor Regis. They may well have a suitable spring. Recently Protek had a batch of original springs for the Webley Falcon, which was a similar rifle, so the springs may well fit the G36 - lovely rifles by the way and very much underrated IMHO.

    John M
    thanks will be having a look at it this week

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shed tuner View Post
    No way you are 20 years older than me mate....

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    Quote Originally Posted by NickG View Post
    Sorry been a bad day , tired etc that should have been 1972 , should have proof read it first doh
    I’ve just said to my Mrs, ‘Nick is in sterling condition, didn’t realise he was as old as that’.
    I’ll have a word with a mate of mine, Nick - he may well have a Webley Falcon spring.
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    Apparently it's the memory that goes first, I think ? Thanks Craig.

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    Right, my mate doesn’t have a spring but he tells me the Falcon spring is the same as all the Hawk and Osprey springs. They have a model available (not a genuine Webley spring) at Sporting Supplies, Bloxwich. Im on site all this week but can pop in at the weekend for you if you want?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Craig-P View Post
    Right, my mate doesn’t have a spring but he tells me the Falcon spring is the same as all the Hawk and Osprey springs. They have a model available (not a genuine Webley spring) at Sporting Supplies, Bloxwich. Im on site all this week but can pop in at the weekend for you if you want?
    Thanks Craig I think I have something suitable will know by the end of the week.

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    The Milbro Diana G36 is smaller than the Model 27 and is almost certainly an ‘updated’ Model 25 being of a similar size and power... a youth’s air rifle halfway between a junior rifle and a full-size adult rifle. There’s a possibility that a Meteor or a Falcon spring and possibly an ‘outer’ Relum Tornado spring could fit if a genuine Milbro Diana one is unavailable. 😎

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    Found what looked like a suitable spring in my bits box 3mm gauge 235mm long, popped it in and its doing around 7.5 fpe , nice and quiet , I hadn't realised how bad the trigger was as a child , nothing to compare it to I suppose , this would make a nice little garden plinker for the kids , if I had any lol, suppose it will go back in the cupboard now , will put a picture up when I get a chance .

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    Quote Originally Posted by VALE BOY View Post
    The Milbro Diana G36 is smaller than the Model 27 and is almost certainly an ‘updated’ Model 25 being of a similar size and power... a youth’s air rifle halfway between a junior rifle and a full-size adult rifle. There’s a possibility that a Meteor or a Falcon spring and possibly an ‘outer’ Relum Tornado spring could fit if a genuine Milbro Diana one is unavailable. 😎

    The G36 is more or less a G27 and it uses the same mainspring as the 27/ 78/79/80.
    The G34 was the one that is more or less a G25.

    Im pleased the OP has found a mainspring to suit. Ive found the Diana 27 mainspring to be a bit harsh. I think I've used a Meteor one in the past (maybe a silver streak or turbo gold?).

    Ive sometimes fitted Diana 25 springs in guns. I think I put one in a Webley Falcon to make an easy cocking plinker for my Niece.
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