From the list given, there is nothing under 18 years old and some much older. A recent purchase of a 460Mag surprised me with the quality of the build, the blueing and the T06 trigger. Out of the box, it was twangy but lubing with moly and fitting a piston sleeve cured the problem. It could be said that this should not be necessary on a new gun, however, it is not the only German made gun that needs a mild tune up to get it to perform acceptably. The guns, pre 2005 would not have a T06 trigger and this compared with the Reckord trigger is equal to or perhaps a little better and definitely better than the T05 which would be on some of the younger guns listed.Originally Posted by evert
I have a few later ones: a 24, two 34's, a 36, and a 48, dating from about 1995 to 2005.
And then a couple from the mid 80's, with the metal spade safety: a 24 and a 34.
Theres also a few 1960's-1970's rifles, some 35's, a 25, and some 27's.
And then there are the Milbro made Dianas, a 23, a 25, a 27, a G46 and a couple series 79 or what they are called.
There are many points where I find the Dianas to be lacking or cheaply made mechanically, but we have argued about those several times in earlier threads
I grew up with Original guns, the 35, 45 and 50 and used them fully until PCP's became available, in recent years came a return to springers and I have bought, borrowed and tried most of the popular springer brands but always return to Diana, presently the 460 and a 96 48/52 both in 177, both superbly accurate and shooting at 11.5ftlb energy
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