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Ya want more? Heck, we got more, ha. Two more examples of the uber-classic FWB 65. Left: short-barrel Junior with sport grips. Right: full-length version with match grips and barrel sleeve weight. Note minor differences in the grip tang and both sights; the shorty is several years newer.

Beeman (Webley) Tempest or Hurricane, or Beeman P1. All compact springers with barrel-over-cylinder design. The P1 is the best, gets around 550 FPS and has a superb trigger, but all three are built like tanks and tremendous fun. The Hurricane and Tempest are basically the same gun except for...

I'm terribly envious. 🙁 My suburban 'hood has evolved to the point that it no longer safe to shoot in my back yard, not even low-powered pistols. I'm lucky to have another spot available...but it's a 45-minute drive, and it's been weeks since sufficient free time and good weather have crossed...

I've drawn a blank on this. I have a good collection of RWS catalogs bracketing 1999 which do not show it, so it was not brought into the US (at least, not by RWS). So perhaps it was a European special issue of some sort. It those days it would have been the "Diana 45" which was bascially just...

The legislation came about from widespread protests and leftist terror attacks of the late 1960's, and went into effect January 1, 1970. (As if terrorists use airguns...?? Oh, well.)

Have you ever tried a sidelever springer? You don't have to reach as far forward to cock it as with a break-barrel, so might be able to handle it without resting the butt on the floor. And - most sidelevers have a built-in ratchet mechanism to restrain the lever during the cocking stroke - if...

Tom, I think you would like the HW 55 a lot! As Sqwirl57 said, such an older recoiling rifle is not as refined as the mighty FWB 300S, but is VERY nice in its own right, and yes much less trimmer and lighter. I describe it as: a) 2/3 of an FWB, built from 1/3 as many parts; and b) what an R7...

Thx for the pix of the sight! That type of sight is a great solution for an old gun with no scope grooves, etc. The flip-down small aperture is too cool, had never seen that feature before.

Mr. Wadcutter sir: that is, bar none, the coolest junior-size Diana rifle I've ever seen! What a little treasure.

Thanks for the report, sounds pretty good for a first show in a new venue. I wasn't able to go ( ☹️ ), but Steve Kitchen posted some good pics over at the GTA forum: https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=214080.0

"...only a little scared," love it! I'm sure my oldsters cross themselves when I haul them outdoors, too. 😜 The Walthers actually WERE derived from sporter guns. They started with the nifty LG 51 after the war - actually a bit smaller than an HW 30. Then the same basic action and barrel, by way...

Good observations...good comparo pic...and lovely rifles! And then there are today's 10M stocks...which look like sci-fi movie props and cost more than my car is worth.

Yes, springers vibrate - but, as a unit! Movement between the stock and action is never a good thing. I've never bedded a springer action per se, but it DOES pay to make sure it is evenly seated in the stock. I always drop the action on a new acquisition, and run some fine sandpaper in the...

As so many have already said, something about the sheer elegance of being able to shoot all day, toting nothing but the gun and the projectiles, sank deep into my tiny brain and just stayed there. Which goes all the way back to childhood...I'm old enuff to remember 50 cents a week allowance, and...

That's an excellent observation - it can pay to experiment with different holds, grips, and moves. I made a similar discovery with the FWB 65 pistol. The traditional cocking method is: hold the gun vertically, grab the sidelever overhand, and swing it sideways. But it's much easier on my old...

If you're just concerned with cocking effort (and not so much the size and weight of the gun) consider the classic Feinwerkbau 300S match rifle. An FWB in good shape will do well over 600 fps with light ammo; I frequently shoot mine at 35 yards and more. You get recoilless action, hair splitting...

Apologies if I came off as a pedantic twit! I have a thing for older Dianas, and do enjoy an excuse to impose a llttle airgun history trivia on y'all. I have a couple of those older 50's, they are really treasures and IMHO quite underrated as collectibles. I owned a 50 T01 for a bit, and wish...

Your model 50/a, with the cool "star" rotating front sight, is of 1960-ish vintage and definitely has the classic ball-sear trigger. Aft of the breech, it shares most parts with the Diana 35 barrel cocker. The later model 50 T01 is a more powerful gun based on the model 45 barrel cocker. The...

IMHO the larger point is that springers have unique recoil/shot time characteristics which require a CONSISTENT hold for optimum accuracy. The "artillery hold" is one way to do this. It's easy to do and indeed works well for many guns and many shooters. But the idea that it's the ONLY good way...

Thanks Mike, I corrected my previous post. I seem to be full of disinformation this week! :(