I am looking for a Diana/RWS 54 and saw that they are producing them again (just not available). Has anyone had experience with the new 54 compared to the older ones?
Mark
Mark
I was on board to get the 2020 version of D54 in Red Laminate called a Pro Air King.
I never had seen one to this day and the ones that DID come here were in .22 and I was waiting for a .177. I already had the D54 .20 Hector Special and wanted a .177 for kicks but never got it.
Those .22s had split pistol stocks because of the Red Laminate.
Laminated wood is heavy and brittle and after the fiasco of trying to get one I was glad I didn't. The laminate wood is a structural problem in shipping and even maintaining.
What about accuracy on the new guns as compared to the old guns?
Mark
No problems with mine.Is it just the red laminate version that breaks? Does the normal wood version have issues also?
I had one of the older ones. It was a constant hassle and I spent a lot of time adjusting this and that. Fore stock screws torqued just right, rear stock screw filed off, spacers, bushing, orings, etc, etc and it would shoot well for awhile and then it would start all over. I seen a post on this forum where a member has purchased a new and better one and is having the very same problems with it, so it has not changed. It is the very same rifle with the very same problems.I am looking for a Diana/RWS 54 and saw that they are producing them again (just not available). Has anyone had experience with the new 54 compared to the older ones?
Mark