Anyone here planning to get the Diana Mauser?

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...but it could be detuned to a reasonable power level, right? 

Or maybe even ordered at the British power level from that one Dutch dealer? (Krale?) I'd imagine that gun tuned to 12 FPE would be just wonderful. It would feel the same to cock as a 6 FPE HW30s. Still plenty of power for medium range hunting. Or leave it magnum and get it in .22; then you'd still have the .flat 177 trajectory but with more thump. When the novelty of the Mauser look wears off, it could be scoped. 

Here's how my warped mind would justify buying it:
  • Get it in full power .22, since I already have the 56TH in that power level.
  • Enjoy the Mauser look and feel, and shoot it with open sights until the novelty wears off
  • Try a peep sight to try to keep the nice lines and low(er) weight, while picking up some accuracy due to a longer sight radius
  • When that gets old, put a reasonable scope on it, maybe something fixed power, in the 4-10X range.
  • If the magnum bit gets old, de-tune it to maybe 12 or 15 FPE and see about the loopy trajectory. If I don't like that, try lighter pellets, to "de-loop" it a bit.
  • Get a WW2 era German soldier costume, put an orange cap on the end of the barrel, and go out trick-or-treating with my kids.
  • Find other shooters of this gun, and start an informal target shooting league, even online.This is BOUND to be a cult classic, and the start of a new trend. How long before a nice-looking PCP AR15 comes out? Garand? High Wall 45/70? Winchester 30/30?
^ Some of that stuff, you couldn't reasonably do with an air rifle that isn't an homage to a classic PB.
 
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I'm in for a Mauser replica- it's getting where my PB's are all going to be impossible to shoot anyway.
And, with the ramping up of air gun technology, it's not that bad of a world. 
Heck, there's even a "rolling block" looking replica that you can take boar hunting.
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I think our kids are going to look back at these days from the future and wish they had our opportunities and choices to pick from.
 
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"0akhonor"
I think our kids are going to look back at these days from the future and wish they had our opportunities and choices to pick from.
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There's no doubt about that, oakhonor. I have my grandpa's .22 single shot rifle. It was a gift for his twelfth birthday. My stepson is 12 now. I can't even trust him with a VIDEO GAME, much less a lethal .22 rifle. I'm told my grandpa (son of a sharecropper) took countless pests, rabbits, squirrels, etc. with it. It has a cut-down stock and a peep sight. I would've been in hog heaven if I had a .22 when I was 12. (I was 12 in 1988) I was lucky to even have my crappy smoothbore PumpMaster. Nowadays, it's softair, paintball, or video games. 

My son shot .22 in Boy Scouts. Qualified for the merit badge on the first attempt. (5 dime-size 5-shot groups at 50' from a bench) Gosh, I'm proud. He's just been diagnosed with ADHD. (Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder) but we're told that some mild meds will make him right again, and curb his impulsive tendencies. For now, I've gotta keep all my airguns locked up whenever I'm not home.
 
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My 9-year old son shoots every week at my gun club (matches and all), gun safety has been tough to him as soon as he could pick up a rifle, but for safety reasons, I keep everything under lock and key. Not that I don't trust him, but if a neighbourhood friend comes over to play I don't want to be responsible for any accidents that might happen when they pick up a gun or rifle. Also, I have a 5-year old girl running around, so safety first.

But back on-topic, by putting a lighter spring in there, you might get something that not only looks cool (I like the historical stuff), but shoots nice also. Never thought of that. ;) 
 
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I worked for Navy Arms back in the early 90's. I was designated the Mauser guy. I unpacked, cleaned and test fired 10's of thousands of mausers over a several yr period. Approximately 1 in every 75-100 guns had a scope. These were wwii new surplus from South America, still packed in cosmoline, I hate that stuff to this day :) . Most of these Mausers were the Spanish version with a few crates of other versions showing up occasionally. Your correct in that scopes were rather costly and most were not magnified but more of just a sight tube. You could not use a modern day scope mount, the scopes that were on these mausers had a very small tube, smaller than most .22 scopes. I use to sporterize some of these mausers and we just drilled and tapped for weaver mounts. I do believe there is a company that makes true original mauser sight tube mounts. I personally would just set it up with a good peep site and have some fun.
 
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