Winter 2021-22 Antique Pistol Restoration Project

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Showing posts with label Diana Precision Airguns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diana Precision Airguns. Show all posts

Saturday, August 31, 2019

Airguns i shot today!

I was up before 5am packing up a few Air pistols & supplies to head down to one of my makeshift airgun ranges.
it is always difficult to pick out 2 or 3 airguns from my collection, and today was no different, but i settled on a couple Co2 pistols & a .22 cal. Co2 Carbine.
One shoots 4.5mm lead roundball and the other 177cal. Steel BB, and the third fires any type of .22cal lead pellet, lead roundball or alloy Sabot bullet.

 EKOL ES-66 Co2 powered 4.5mm BB pistol.


the select-fire Umarex Legends  Mauser M712 is always a great choice to take shooting!

DIANA Chaser .22cal. Co2 Pistol/Rifle Kit,
Once i removed the Diana Chaser's suppressor and removed the plastc inner baffle, i was able to use the suppressors shell as a muzzle break

Saturday, August 10, 2019

.22 caliber/5.5mm sub-500 fps Airguns

One of the jewels of my Airgun collection is my Hawthorne Montgomery Ward M-150, a rare variant of the Crosman model 150 .22cal. pellet pistol that was made around 1955.
This was the second vintage airgun that i bought.
i bought it from Mr.Marvin, and he told me that in his  35+ years in the airgun biz, he has never come across a Crosman model 150 in as close to 'New' condition.

my G.K.Arms TD-22 Custom is a Crosman model 2240, which is essentially, the grandchild of the model 150.


the Crosman model P1322 "American Classic" is a multi-pump pneumatic that has a similar design to the model 2240, but it is a consistently more powerful.
i like the P1322 with the 1399 Stock attached, a nice compact carbine!


Another heirloom airgun in my collection is my Beeman P-1 Magnum, which was made in Germany by Weihrauch.

my .24cal/6mm Kel-Tec PMR-30 is close enough to .22 caliber to be included in this post.

Industry Brand/SAG QB-57 side-lever spring piston Bullpup air rifle.


Tolmar/Grand-Power X-caliber .24cal/6mm Co2 pistol.


 Crosman SA6/Single Action Six .22cal. Co2 pellet replica of the Colt 1873 Peacemaker.

 Diana 'Chaser' .22cal. Co2 Rifle/pistol kit.


 Crosman 'Phantom' .22cal. break-barrel /spring piston air rifle.


top down: Crosman Medalist 1322 multi-pump pneumatic air pistol, Hawthorne Montgomery Ward M-150 & Stock Crosman model 2240.


This is such a nice air pistol. the build quality is exquisite, and Colt 1911 walnut grips + Pierce rubber grip makes for  a stylish and ergonomic .22 caliber air pistol!


A Crosman 2240 with the new P1322 grips.