Diana Skyhawk trigger adjustment

I have read a lot about the P-15 trigger and how bad it can be, so I figured I would have to put up with a crummy trigger. Posters have scoffed at the advertised Diana trigger, and after removing my Diana walnut 22 from its fitted case, it is one of the most attractive airguns I have owned, I prepared myself for disappointment , cocked the rifle and pulled the trigger, further and further and further, then I got to the 2nd stage, you guys know where this is going, it was not such a great trigger.



1st stage took forever, and quite frankly I would rather have a single stage trigger so...



i took it it apart and adjusted it. Now it is a single stage, very little creep, perhaps in the 1 to 1 1/2 or lighter weight. I have been shooting it as a single shot and for what I am doing, I really didn’t need the safety to work, I do not trust safeties, I would simply lower the hammer if I decided not to fire it, just like Winchester and 74 Sharps users have for 150 years but still having the safety working is a plus. I am not able to get it to fire by dropping and. Bouncing the but on the floor.



i have never owned shot or been in the same room with the other guns, p-12 or p-15, but I suspect they are capable of the same adjustments, maybe this is the Diana improved trigger, perhaps not.



I simply adjusted it the same way I did my Bulldog, turning the linkage in the trigger to get rid of the first stage, then further to adjust the sear contact. No filing, lubing or polishing, just adjusted the linkage.



I am really liking this pup



Roachcreek




 
When adjusting the triggers on a few of my bullpups, the procedure was the same..
I did have to adjust the take-up on my Kral Puncher Breaker - Both the linkage rod for 1st and the sear block for the 2nd.
When it came to the P15, Out of the box / straight from the factory, I honestly didn't have to do anything.. it was nearly perfect.

Just an ever so slight 1st stage, and a very Very clean 2nd stage. I was very surprised and very impressed..
Especially because of all the comments I'd read about the triggers 'having to be adjusted'...

That said, I don't think that Diana did anything to the trigger assemblies..

*Unless they have someone test-firing and making trigger adjustments on each rifle before it leaves them.. *shrug* 

👍 

Sam -
 
I doubt they did anything to that trigger, but like I wrote above, I have no experience with the p-15 but they seem to be the same with the exception of that lovely walnut stock.



The Benjamin Bulldog has a small window in the bottom of the stock that will access the trigger linkage with needle nose pliers to adjust it, far easier than the Diana and the p-12/15.



You folks are pretty loyal to those homely beech stocks, I have been around the forums for many years and have not noticed this phenomenon with beech vrs walnut on the AA 410/510 series or FX walnut vrs plastic, in this case ugly saves you what 4 oz?

Roachcreek
 
Adjusting the trigger 

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"You folks are pretty loyal to those homely beech stocks"

Roachcreek

How Dare You Call Them Homely . . . Hahaha 
I seriously laughed out loud when I read that, [Just like I did when I read your song] 🤣

While they look nicer than something jackknife whittled out of a dead tree stump, 
they don't hold a candle to the nicer more refined versions.
They're just cheaper. That, and IMO, can be customized too, so win/win I suppose..

Me personally - I actually hate wood stocks. [with the exception of some laminates] 
I've always liked and gone with synthetic. That way, 'they all just look the same'. 
Like Henry Ford said in 1909: 'So long as it is black'. 😜 

I planned on refinishing mine anyways.. Matte Black Base coat / Soft Touch Topcoat.
I've been spraying ALSA paint products for years, and this stuff is pretty amazing!

https://alsacorp.com/soft-touch-paint-urethane-paint/ 

👍 

Sam -