Diana 45 Original love

I have one made in 1983 I didn’t know much about it when I bought it, I took it apart to put a new spring and piston seal, but oh boy to take apart the piston seal is painful a had to take it to a machine shop to make the conversion , but I made it and the rifle now is shooting smooth and good power, but not easy to make the conversion..

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How did you get on with the Macarri old school glue on buttons?
If you care to do so, share your likes and dislikes and how they are holding up for you.
 
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I picked one up back in the late 80s early 90s at a gun shop. Made in the late 80s it has the later synthetic seal and shoots tiny groups out to 50 yards last I shot it. I really loved the gun and shot it allot back in the day. It seemed to take a liking to the Beeman Silver Bear pellets that nothing else would shoot. It was my first scope killer and I lost many a scope to this thing. Lost a couple to my 52 as well. Found that the cheap lightweight scopes lasted longer than the better scopes. I have had a Bullseye scope mount waiting to go on it for a couple of years and now that it is out I put it on with a better scope as well. It is very much neglected as I have a 54 that gets all of the attention when I want to shoot a springer these days.

What scope is that please? Nice
 
What scope is that please? Nice
Bushnell Sportview 4x32ao. Sold by Beeman as a Blue Ribbon at one time. Decent clear scopes and you still see them(Bushnell) fairly often on feeBay.
The 3-9x32 was also very good and you can also find them occasionally.
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Bushnell Sportview 4x32ao. Sold by Beeman as a Blue Ribbon at one time. Decent clear scopes and you still see them(Bushnell) fairly often on feeBay.
The 3-9x32 was also very good and you can also find them occasionally.
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Nice Don't think we got many in Australia with the AO but I have a few Bushnells and the glass is brilliant for the price