Diana RWS Diana 34 Classic in .22 - Spring/Parts question

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El Diabolo

El Diabolo

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Hello Airgun Nation, my first post. First, just wanted to say I am glad to be back using airguns again. As a kid I used to shoot the old Daisy "Red Ryder" lever action BB guns at camp. My dad bought me a Crosman 760 XL with wood stock and brass finish and shot the heck out of that gun for years. No longer have it as it is long gone since High School. Fast forward some 35 years later, I picked up a Crosman 2100 to plink around shooting cans and targets in the back. My kids got interested in shooting and I got two of the Daisy 853 from the Civilian Marksmanship Program. Then I discovered we had a rat issue in the neighborhood and in my yard and they were getting into our birdseed and under the house, etc. I bought a RWS Diana 34 Classic in .22 to help manage these pests. I shot many and dispatched many more that didn't die in the traps. 60 rats later I was going to re grease my gun. I took it apart and discovered some tearing / fraying on the piston seal edges. I ordered a new one. I noticed in that spring/piston assembly I do not have the ring at the piston end of the spring. I have the plastic "spring guide" in the rear with a washer, spring, then goes into the back of the piston. There is no washer or "plastic" ring/cap on the end. I am trying to locate a schematic to figure out if I am missing a part. My gun is labeled Diana 34 T06 Classic. Does this model have the spring go right into the back of the piston or should it have a washer/plastic ring at the end?? Appreciate any help here.

Thanks,
Mike
 
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El Diabolo said:
Hello Airgun Nation, my first post. First, just wanted to say I am glad to be back using airguns again. As a kid I used to shoot the old Daisy "Red Ryder" lever action BB guns at camp. My dad bought me a Crosman 760 XL with wood stock and brass finish and shot the heck out of that gun for years. No longer have it as it is long gone since High School. Fast forward some 35 years later, I picked up a Crosman 2100 to plink around shooting cans and targets in the back. My kids got interested in shooting and I got two of the Daisy 853 from the Civilian Marksmanship Program. Then I discovered we had a rat issue in the neighborhood and in my yard and they were getting into our birdseed and under the house, etc. I bought a RWS Diana 34 Classic in .22 to help manage these pests. I shot many and dispatched many more that didn't die in the traps. 60 rats later I was going to re grease my gun. I took it apart and discovered some tearing / fraying on the piston seal edges. I ordered a new one. I noticed in that spring/piston assembly I do not have the ring at the piston end of the spring. I have the plastic "spring guide" in the rear with a washer, spring, then goes into the back of the piston. There is no washer or "plastic" ring/cap on the end. I am trying to locate a schematic to figure out if I am missing a part. My gun is labeled Diana 34 T06 Classic. Does this model have the spring go right into the back of the piston or should it have a washer/plastic ring at the end?? Appreciate any help here.

Thanks,
Mike
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The Diana's have the spring guide, but do not have the "tophat" on the piston end. I put a thin plastic washer in mine, don't think it's necessary.
 
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