You guys were right, this thing is built to last and crazy accurate, even for me who has no experience in springers besides my 880 Daisy when I was a kid. I was grouping them usually within an inch from about 20 yards with open sites which I didnt think was too bad for a newbie. I have an old shot up windmill on my place which I stepped off at about 30 yrds away and 40' high but not sure of the actual distance as the crow flies.The fin of it has some shotgun slug holes in it and I thought it would be fun to see if I could make it through them, I would know if I didn't hear the tink of the pellet hitting. I shot about 25-30 round at it and made it though the hole twice. I was surprised how little I had to raise the sights above the hole to compensate for the drop. Thanks to Dairyboy for the gun and you guys for telling be to buy it. One more question is that it came with a Vortex Pro Guide 2 spring kit, Should I put it in right away or wait awhile. What would I gain with the Vortex kit ?
Got my first springer today, RWS 34 p
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Glad you're enjoying your gun! The Vortek kit will smooth out the shot cycle and eliminate any "twangy" spring noise. I'd recommend you shoot it a lot before you tear into it. The 34 is a pretty easy gun to work on. If you do tear it down, search for tutorials on the process, use a spring compressor, and lastly making slave pins for the trigger group to hold everything together when removing the trigger block is a good idea.
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Congratulations!
The Daisy 880 was the first airgun I shot too. Great little gun. (like the 953)
After that, cocking the Diana 34 once and ending up with loads more power than 10 pumps on the Daisy almost feels like cheating, doesn't it? (even so, I still want my old Daisy back...)
1" groups at 20 yards with iron sights is VERY good, in my opinion. With a scope, you'll shoot tighter, but the gun won't feel as good. (heavier and not as slim)
I look forward to hearing more of your exploits with it. Also, how about posting a pic of you with the gun?
The Daisy 880 was the first airgun I shot too. Great little gun. (like the 953)
After that, cocking the Diana 34 once and ending up with loads more power than 10 pumps on the Daisy almost feels like cheating, doesn't it? (even so, I still want my old Daisy back...)
1" groups at 20 yards with iron sights is VERY good, in my opinion. With a scope, you'll shoot tighter, but the gun won't feel as good. (heavier and not as slim)
I look forward to hearing more of your exploits with it. Also, how about posting a pic of you with the gun?
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Congrats.
Enjoy shooting your new 34. With some practice, I think you'll be even more impressed with its accuracy.
Once you become more comfortable servicing and stripping down the 34, then you can drop in the vortek kit. It will likely improve the shot cycle. Those kits also typically give 20,000 or more shots before needing to be replaced.
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Enjoy shooting your new 34. With some practice, I think you'll be even more impressed with its accuracy.
Once you become more comfortable servicing and stripping down the 34, then you can drop in the vortek kit. It will likely improve the shot cycle. Those kits also typically give 20,000 or more shots before needing to be replaced.
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Thinking about the old 880 got me laughing about when I was a kid. Running while trying to pump that thing 10 times chasing a wounded sparrow. I don't really know how to post pics on here but so if I figure that out sometime I will give pics. Last night I put it on the chronograph and it seemed a bit slow at about 645 fps and I really couldn't stand it having the Vortex kit and not having it in my gun so I put that in this morning, The fps jumped up about 90 fps to averaging a 735. It was jumping anywhere from 700-750 but it seems to be getting more consistent now. It defiantly sounds less springy and grouping great. I think I need glasses on my gun though, target shooting any more than 20 yards is hard for me to see.
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Pellet weight can have a pretty big effect on your rifle's chrony readings. On some of my springers it will make 100+ fps difference. And I don't shoot the alloy pellets they are too fast on some rifles.
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That is a truly excellent little rifle. That power plant is just a nice balance between a target rifle and a magnum hunter. I have 4 Diana springers and out of the box my Model 36 (same power plant as 34) was the most accurate of all of them. I wouldn't tune the rifle until I had shot it quite a bit. For example; I had two of my other Diana's tuned and continued to shoot the 36. I'm so happy with the other rifles that I am probably going to send the 36 to the tuner now that I trust him. But when I do, I'm going to have him use the parts that are in it and just do his other magic (buttons, trigger work, etc). My Model 36 is so nice that it always had me wishing I also had a 34P compact... =) Best bang for the dollar in a spring rifle IMHO.
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How's it going, 53chevy5?
Knock any pests out of the breeding pool yet, or just target and plinking so far?
Knock any pests out of the breeding pool yet, or just target and plinking so far?
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