Replaced my original D34 (.177) spring after about 5000+ shots (broke in multiple pieces. Replaced it with a ARH GRT RWS Spring (advertised as much stronger). Rifle shoots smooth with a great shot cycle but not as accurate as before the original spring broke. Have about 300 CPHP on new spring, cleaned the barrel 3 times, checked all the screws rifle and scope. It's getting better but it's the first Diana spring I have had to replace (I have 4 Diana's). So my question is.....is there a break in period for a new spring? Hope to get some replies from all the Diana owners.Thank's Bill.
Ron, thank's for that advise. I will be trying softer lead pellets, RWS, JSB, Sig & Air Arms tonight.
Ron, thank's for your comments. I have a lot of different soft lead pellets to try. Springers are such a challenge, that's why I love them so much. All of my Diana's like different pellets. My D34 .22 Cal shoots RWS S-dome best. My Diana Pro Compact will (most of the time) put 10 CPHP in the same hole at 10m. I understand that this GRT RWS spring is a very hard spring, So I will have to find the right pellet.Thank's again for your comments.Bill
A few notes here:Out of the Crosman line, ONLY the brown box Premiers had any sizeable Sb content and were harder than the others. The REST of the Crosman line has very low (under 1%) and therefore are no harder than most other pellets.SOME Crosman pellets are lubed with Graphite, that creates a bigger contamination that the Sb content.
Quote from: HectorMedina on June 18, 2021, 08:04:08 PMA few notes here:Out of the Crosman line, ONLY the brown box Premiers had any sizeable Sb content and were harder than the others. The REST of the Crosman line has very low (under 1%) and therefore are no harder than most other pellets.SOME Crosman pellets are lubed with Graphite, that creates a bigger contamination that the Sb content.Hector I normally would never disagree with you but I have to on this. My experience with Crosman pellets both the boxed and the Walmart tins of CPHPs is they are the same hard lead. I can't speak for their wadcutters, destroyers, pointed etc because I haven't used them in five years but the domed/hollow points are noticeably harder than H&Ns or JSBs. Even those two don't use pure lead. They use different alloys that are trade secrets. I've melted down Crosman pellets and made fishing jigs from them and the resultant jig is much harder (and lighter) than one cast from pure lead. Whatever they add which I believe is antimony is a lot more than 1%. You can literally feel that the pellet is harder than others. At least on my guns, if I've shot more than a 100 Crosman pellets they leave a residue that takes forever to shoot clear. It's easier to brush it out and start with a bare barrel. Then it will still take time to recondition the barrel with the next pellet brand. Trying to be cheap I've been down this road so many times it's embarrassing to admit. What I'm saying is not made up or a one off situation that was misunderstood. It's a repeatable and verifiable condition that I've experienced several times. As has a few others here have. Perhaps your experience is different than mine because your barrels are cut differently or your lube helps mitigate the effects of leading from brand to brand. I don't lube my pellets because the level of accuracy I get is acceptable to me. That's as long as I stay with soft lead quality pellets. In fact since I've stopped using Crosmans two years ago I almost never have to clean a barrel. Some of my guns have tens of thousands of shots through them since their last cleaning and shoot extremely well. They'll actually shoot worse for a while if I do clean them. I leave them alone until the accuracy drops off and there's no other explanation. Even then after cleaning it will take time for the accuracy to come back to where it should be. It's easier for me to avoid the Crosman pellets than deal with the problems they cause. Any time I've tried to be cheap and try their pellets it's caused me to waste so many good pellets I didn't save anything. Now some people may like them and use them because they provide a level of performance that's acceptable to them. For me (other than the brown box CPLs) Crosman pellets are too inconsistent to meet my expectations of accuracy. After going through probably more than fifty tins and milk boxes of Crosman pellets I've found they make better jigs than pellets.