Mystery German air rifle

[JonnyReb]

   Good story on the aquisition Liz, because of this i'm probably off on another pawn shop binge although our area has few pawn shops with any kind of guns for sale anymore so my chances are slim. Plus you can never go pawn shopping with treasures in mind, they have to kinda just come to you by chance. So in other words my chance of finding a vintage R9 somewhere for $50.00 is outta the question

  You know, a gun like that may well be worth sending to a tuner for some rehabbing if it shoots anything less than perfect. Or you could really take a step out on a limb and do it yourself. The guys on here would be very happy to help you through any part of a teardown, if it was needed. Also the surface rust and visual issues can easily be fixed right on your kitchen table with a minimum of expense and a few evenings of work. You can make that gun into as fine a shooter as you want. Most anything german is worth the effort. Look forward to those pics,  Jeff

[lizzie]

Well guys, so much for my visual memory (do we have an emoticon for *embarrassed*?). I have to make two corrections to my original post. It does have a cheek swell, and the stamp with the caliber isn't at the forward end of the barrel, but on the flat steel piece that is a part of the breach mechanism (sorry, but I don't know all the technical terms )

Here's some pix:

[lizzie]

   
  You know, a gun like that may well be worth sending to a tuner for some rehabbing if it shoots anything less than perfect. Or you could really take a step out on a limb and do it yourself. The guys on here would be very happy to help you through any part of a teardown, if it was needed. Also the surface rust and visual issues can easily be fixed right on your kitchen table with a minimum of expense and a few evenings of work. You can make that gun into as fine a shooter as you want. Most anything german is worth the effort. Look forward to those pics,  Jeff

I would definitely be interested in having it rehabbed. I don't have the know-how, and would be afraid of screwing it up. I can't find any local peeps to do this kind of work- I can't even find anyone local to do spring and seals if I ever need it done on my FWB.

[bradyman1]

Looks like a nice find. How does it shoot? Send it to Shadow, he'll fix it up for you.

[lizzie]

Not sure how it shoots yet- plan to find out in just a little while.

[lizzie]

You can start looking for it here - not at all comprehensive but it's free and available.  https://store.bluebookinc.com/InstantAccess/Category.aspx?product=4&id=72

This is set on Diana.  To look at other guns, stick a letter in the upper right corner.  Have fun!

What an excellent site! Thanks!

[bart the fart]

well lizzie, i cant help ID her but i think you did good 

[lizzie]

well lizzie, i cant help ID her but i think you did good 

Maybe the Germans made a "generic".

[JonnyReb]

 Lots of promise in that one Liz, someone will probably disprove me but the basic action and raised scope mount looks like a BSF pellet rifle, the model S70 has a lot of similarities to yours. Unless someone names it from sight i'll dig through my antique AG books and see what i can find.   J

[lizzie]

Lots of promise in that one Liz, someone will probably disprove me but the basic action and raised scope mount looks like a BSF pellet rifle, the model S70 has a lot of similarities to yours. Unless someone names it from sight i'll dig through my antique AG books and see what i can find.   J

What's BSF?

[lillysdad621]

or a haenel 312???

[Joshua A.]

Looks like an old diana 35 to me. look at the below link, "They were also known as Original 35, Peerless 35, Geco 35, Beeman 200 and Hy-Score 809".

https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2005/12/diana-35-the-big-brother-to-the-model-27/

J.Austin

[lizzie]

or a haenel 312???

From what I can find on the web, the Haenel 312 is a side-lever rifle.

[lizzie]

Looks like an old diana 35 to me. look at the below link, "They were also known as Original 35, Peerless 35, Geco 35, Beeman 200 and Hy-Score 809".

https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2005/12/diana-35-the-big-brother-to-the-model-27/

J.Austin

gracious- I think you may be right! I'll google some more photos and take a look, but what I saw certainly looks the same, even the checkering on the stock. Woohoo!

[Joshua A.]

well if that is what it is: it appears that you found yourself QUITE a good deal. those guns are selling anywhere between $200-$300 in good-excellent condition. very nice find.

J.Austin

[Joshua A.]

heres one priced at 400.00 lol

http://www.gunsamerica.com/976809742/Non-Guns/Air-Rifles-Pistols/Winchester_435_Diana_3.htm

[lizzie]

I'm not really up to snuff on determining condition, but I'd say that this one is probably fair-good, but if it's a Diana 35, I'm not at all unhappy- in fact, I'd be delighted. Thanks for posting that.
It sounds like the Diana 35 was sold with several different labels. What I'm wondering about is specifically which one this gun is, and if there's a way to find out. Any idea if the serial number can be traced?

[Onebaddj]

Holy cow $40 bucks for that! Did you use it them in your gettaway? Lol that seems like a great deal to me congrats.

[lizzie]

Holy cow $40 bucks for that! Did you use it them in your gettaway? Lol that seems like a great deal to me congrats.

I just got lucky that the guy running the place had no idea what it was.

[Joshua A.]

If you keep digging you'll probly figure it all out. maybe go tell your story at the dianawerk collective also. They may know more about the serial numbers of this gun. I found this thread with lots of info on this gun too.

http://www.network54.com/Forum/405945/thread/1174177692/Diana+35+Markings.

J.Austin