Once again, I'm happy to have bought a D34, this one a .177 T01 from 2002, but....
Once again, I am frustrated with Diana's approach to buttpads for these rifles. Meaning, they don't have one. And most of you will know what a hassle it is trying to shoot a springer well when the butt keeps sliding down your shoulder.
Even my recent T06 D34 has this problem, the only difference being that the T06 has a slick flat plastic plate, and the T01 version has a slick curved butt with some slick-edged grooves added. Both suck.
I have a nice fitting slip on buttpad on a T05 D34, which does work but also is an eyesore. I really don't want to go down that road again with the new rifle.
I'm hoping that there is a screw-on pad that, by chance I'm sure, fits either version D34 stock. I am willing to cut the end of the T01 flat to install a screw on. I don't have the hand skills or even a proper belt sander to try fitting an oversized one.
Hopefully someone out there has found something that works and can share that here.
Honestly, it would probably be a nice catalog item for a buttpad company to come out with. Think of all the D34's out there, and why it's important to good shooting....
Once again, I am frustrated with Diana's approach to buttpads for these rifles. Meaning, they don't have one. And most of you will know what a hassle it is trying to shoot a springer well when the butt keeps sliding down your shoulder.
Even my recent T06 D34 has this problem, the only difference being that the T06 has a slick flat plastic plate, and the T01 version has a slick curved butt with some slick-edged grooves added. Both suck.
I have a nice fitting slip on buttpad on a T05 D34, which does work but also is an eyesore. I really don't want to go down that road again with the new rifle.
I'm hoping that there is a screw-on pad that, by chance I'm sure, fits either version D34 stock. I am willing to cut the end of the T01 flat to install a screw on. I don't have the hand skills or even a proper belt sander to try fitting an oversized one.
Hopefully someone out there has found something that works and can share that here.
Honestly, it would probably be a nice catalog item for a buttpad company to come out with. Think of all the D34's out there, and why it's important to good shooting....
