Diana Stormrider 2 Recall

[Joekrooz]

https://www.wafb.com/2019/09/11/recall-air-rifles-can-unexpectedly-fire-posing-risk-serious-injury-or-death/?outputType=amp

Not sure if this has been posted yet.

[AHMSA]

Thanks for posting.  I bought one not too long ago and I didn't know about the recall.

[Lastdog]

Thanks for the info. Thank goodness mines a gen 1

[rumbleUU]

 

I have 2 of them , one in .177 and one in .22, Artemis PR900W, how to tell if it is gen 1 or gen 2?

[Hawkeye51]

Joe

Glad you posted the recall. I don't own one but keeping this near the top of the thread will help more to see it. How do you get this set as a sticky?

[AHMSA]

I have 2, Artemis PR900W, how to tell if it is gen 1 or gen 2?

If it shoots by itself then it's gen 2... lol. JK.

Gen 2 has a larger bolt handle.

[avator]

If I understand it correctly, Diana has the only claim to the Stormrider 2. They requested the changes made by SPA. Other variants such as the AirMax Varmint and Artemis PR900W are not involved in this recall. They do not include the changes that Diana made.

[Ribbonstone]

Am thinking it's the same issue you can get with a Gen. I when the trigger is adjusted. Basically you get a nice lite trigger, but the safety doesn't do anything to stop it from firing (although it does move and go click-click).

[Bicycleman]

Last year, I bought one of each in .22 Caliber.  The recall concerns the trigger assembly only on the Generation II.  I have contacted the company about sending the parts needed to make repairs to my rifle.
Side note:  There was a story about the Stormrider Recall on the local 4WARN News at 4:30 p.m.

[miksatx]

Heck my gen 1 AirMax Varmit PCP safety has never worked. One reason i've never sold it.

[Ribbonstone]

Can fix a Gen I for cheap (basically nothing)bgut I've nevber held a GEN II trigger in my hands, so lets say it's only for  the Gen I trigger until someone prooves otherwise..

It's a simple system, with a long arm on the trigger that interacts with the safety cross bolt.  IDea was that the long arm of the trigger would be blocked by the cross bolt...but if adjusted, the trigger lets go before the long arm contacts the cross bolt.


So if adjusted to a lite pull weight, the safety doesn't do "jack" but go click-click.

So I hammered out a bit of Delrin (I think it was the "straw" from some random spray bottle....I tend to take things apart and keep the bits that look useful).

DSCN1751[1] by Robert Dean, on Flickr


Glued it to the long arm of the trigger.

Filed it thin enough to pass down into the trigger housing.  Actually,it works better when there is a bit of resistence top the safety being applied (As you know you locked the trigger in place).

But file-n-try got the bottom (the part that actually blocks the liong arm of the sear) ijust thinenough to pass under the long arm and let the cross bolt bind up the trigger when on safe.

(Actually, being plastic, a fingernail emory board works better than a file).


I'd be real interrested in the recall fix once anyone sends one in....can think of several ways they could "fix" it,but not nearly as many easy ways to fix it that leaves you with a  crisp-lite trigger.

[miksatx]

Can fix a Gen I for cheap (basically nothing)bgut I've nevber held a GEN II trigger in my hands, so lets say it's only for  the Gen I trigger until someone prooves otherwise..

It's a simple system, with a long arm on the trigger that interacts with the safety cross bolt.  IDea was that the long arm of the trigger would be blocked by the cross bolt...but if adjusted, the trigger lets go before the long arm contacts the cross bolt.


So if adjusted to a lite pull weight, the safety doesn't do "jack" but go click-click.

So I hammered out a bit of Delrin (I think it was the "straw" from some random spray bottle....I tend to take things apart and keep the bits that look useful).

DSCN1751[1] by Robert Dean, on Flickr


Glued it to the long arm of the trigger.

Filed it thin enough to pass down into the trigger housing.  Actually,it works better when there is a bit of resistence top the safety being applied (As you know you locked the trigger in place).

But file-n-try got the bottom (the part that actually blocks the liong arm of the sear) ijust thinenough to pass under the long arm and let the cross bolt bind up the trigger when on safe.

(Actually, being plastic, a fingernail emory board works better than a file).


I'd be real interrested in the recall fix once anyone sends one in....can think of several ways they could "fix" it,but not nearly as many easy ways to fix it that leaves you with a  crisp-lite trigger.

Cool fix Ribbonstone is it ok if I save the pix? Then I can sell it and give the new owner a pix of how to make the easy fix?

[RBQChicken]

I have 2, Artemis PR900W, how to tell if it is gen 1 or gen 2?

If it shoots by itself then it's gen 2... lol. JK.

Good un!   

[Stinger177]

Great. That's all we need. Guns going off by themselves.

So much for the "guns don't shoot people...." argument. 

Left-wingers will run with that one.

[7624452]

Do these guns fire without touching the trigger ?? 

[Stinger177]

Do these guns fire without touching the trigger ?? 

That's the implication I got from this media report. Does this mean I may have left-wing tendencies?? MERDE! 

https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/RECALL-Air-rifles-can-unexpectedly-fire-posing-risk-of-serious-injury-or-death-559990241.html

[RedDirtDog]

I have 2 of them , one in .177 and one in .22, Artemis PR900W, how to tell if it is gen 1 or gen 2?

On Gen2 the front iron sight is behind the moderator, on the Gen 1's the front sight is infront the moderator.

[7624452]

Do these guns fire without touching the trigger ?? 

That's the implication I got from this media report. Does this mean I may have left-wing tendencies?? MERDE! 

https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/RECALL-Air-rifles-can-unexpectedly-fire-posing-risk-of-serious-injury-or-death-559990241.html

All the warning said was "Hazard: The air rifle can unexpectedly discharge even if the safety is engaged. This can result in a serious injury or death."
A safety not working on an air gun would not particularly bother me, but one firing without touching the trigger could be a problem.
Is "Merde" French for "Scheiße" ??

[JnJHess]

Yep Art that what's Merde just means. LOL
And yes that would be a really big problem for me too, and I guess for everyone that would be affected by such a Air Rifle no matter what Make or Modell.

[rumbleUU]

I have 2 of them , one in .177 and one in .22, Artemis PR900W, how to tell if it is gen 1 or gen 2?

On Gen2 the front iron sight is behind the moderator, on the Gen 1's the front sight is infront the moderator.

I have the sight behind my endcap of the barrel, im not sure now,, will take a picture later an post here, the latest models of Artemis PR900W here where I live have a threaded end of barrel with a protecter on them..

im sure there must be a way to look at the trigger and see if its gen 2?