Price for a Beeman

[Stinger177]

Mike your like an encyclopedia of vintage airguns. Great info

When Mike speaks I tend to listen!  Knows his stuff.

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+10 on both quotes.  Mike has helped me immensely!

[MDriskill]

You guys are very kind. I’m not sure that “old guy who has obsessed over springers for 35 years” is the same thing as an “expert,” but hey, I’ll take it.  . My overall knowledge of this ever-fascinating hobby is really rather narrow, yet deep in a few selected areas, LOL.

To close the circle refuting the “lost trademark” (not) story, here are five guns with Diana markings, made during the “Milbro years” (late 1940’s to 1980). Top to bottom:

Model 5 pistol, first post-war version with wood grip/frame, made about 1960.
Early post-war model 27, slab-sided stock and alloy trigger, 1955 or so.
Later model 27 with revised stock and plastic trigger, 1962-ish.
Early model “50a” target rifle with “star” front sight and two-function rear, about 1958.
Slightly later model “50b” with the rear sight in aperture mode, about 1960.



You can see more details of the 50a, including the markings, here:
https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery.com/post-war-diana-air-rifles/diana-model-50/#post-2515

[eeler1]

This just showed up here locally;

https://sacramento.craigslist.org/clt/d/granite-bay-winchester-model-435/7071212517.html

I think this seller has several, a couple  new and another used.  I bet there’s a story.

A diana 35 by any other name..........