Roadworthy, I know they stamped the earlier guns with the 48/52. But didn’t they still come with two different stocks. One shorter and smooth and one longer and checkered?
How 'bout a close up pic of that 'steel, curled' safety. Please, thank you.
That would be a model 48/52. Yes, that really was the model number. It would have a T01 trigger with a plastic blade and the curled safety. Later Diana produced the 48 as the plain version and the 52 was a bit fancier.
Love that safety. Color me jealous.
That safety is known as a "pig tail", the successor to the "shovel", a simple flat piece bent up at a right angle.