Diana 34's - whats best about them?

[Kragman1]

Long production run.  Old school charm.
Frequently recommended as the best "bang for your buck" starter gun.
The model that seems like it might be the last springer Diana ever discontinues.

So, just for fun, I ask the crowd what three things about the 34 are its best attributes?


Bonus question - which years were the best combination of quality and design?
I'm guessing that the trigger changes will play a big role in that assessment....

Enjoy!

[Blacktalon6]

1 Mine has hit beer CAPS at 35 yards with open sites
2 Have taken racoons with it.
3 Just having fun killing cans with it in the back yard 

[Yogi]

Long production run.  Old school charm.
Frequently recommended as the best "bang for your buck" starter gun.
The model that seems like it might be the last springer Diana ever discontinues.

So, just for fun, I ask the crowd what three things about the 34 are its best attributes?


Bonus question - which years were the best combination of quality and design?
I'm guessing that the trigger changes will play a big role in that assessment....

Enjoy!

Not sure if my 340 N-tec qualities.  The hogs back stock design is the best stock design of a sporter rifle I have ever seen!
There you have it the best feature ever.  Deadly accurate, reliable, all good.  Best sportster stock ever, the BEST ATTRIBUTE.

-Y

[Kragman1]

Yogi - you should post a pic of your 340.
I think they are very sharp looking.
I'd like to own one someday, never get tired of looking at them!

[DanD]

I like 34s for accuracy, good triggers, and relatively low cost.
I like the T01 era the best for the sights and engraved markings.

[Roadworthy]

I'd have to say value, accuracy, and model longevity.  Although Diana kept the model number with the new 34 they've made enough changes that I feel it should have had a new model number.

[cpool]

I had one for several years I hated it when I got it and still hate it today.

[Kragman1]

I had one for several years I hated it when I got it and still hate it today.

Thats the first time I've heard anyone say THAT!
What makes it hate-worthy for you?

[Whirligig]

I had one for several years I hated it when I got it and still hate it today.

Thats the first time I've heard anyone say THAT!
What makes it hate-worthy for you?

I bought an RWS 36 (a 34 with a nicer stock) when they first came out. That gun was had so much twang, vibration, and recoil that I couldn't hit anything with it, plus it was unpleasant to shoot. From the testimonials that I constantly read about now, something must have changed.

I now have two identical untuned BAM (Xisico) B25H rifles, which are Chinese-made clones of the Diana 34, but with a bamboo stock, and they are just as powerful as my German-made 36, but so much smoother, easier, and more enjoyable to shoot, and incredibly accurate as well.

Maybe the design has been tweaked over time, but I understand where Kragman1 is coming from.


-Whirly

[DonC]

I have both Diana 34 and 340 gas ram. I prefer the 340. My 340 has curly walnut stock. I agree wth Yogi, best stock ever. Very smooth shot cycle.
The spring 34 is nice too!

[lillysdad621]

I like 34s for accuracy, good triggers, and relatively low cost.
I like the T01 era the best for the sights and engraved markings.

+1

I had great luck with all my 34s, then i met a fella with a 36... life change. now i have 2 of them, no 34s. one is rifle sized and the other is carbine sized. both of them are ridiculously accurate and smooth. My carbine is a 12 FPE gun and it will shoot so smoothly that you think is a soft ram. By the way, T01 all the way.

[DanD]

...
I had great luck with all my 34s, then i met a fella with a 36... life change....

I recently acquired a 36, and I agree- what a difference the stock makes!
I'd love to find a 36C someday.

[Lt. Dan]

A few years back SteveP-52 had gifted me a Xisico XS-25 (34 clone) and I really enjoyed it and that gave rise to the purchase of a Ruger Air Hawk and then when I read that Numrich had a Diana 34 .177 on sale for $199.00 and since it had been discontinued by Diana I felt if I was ever going to buy one I should.

It is not as accurate as my Weihrauch made rifles but it's very close.

I brought it out and shot it today. It's sighted in at 30 yards and today I was popping 1-3/8" spinners at 35 yards. I have a Hawke 4-12x40AO with an etched glass AMX reticle on it and its a joy to shoot. The TO6 trigger is nice.

[cpool]

I had one for several years I hated it when I got it and still hate it today.

Thats the first time I've heard anyone say THAT!
What makes it hate-worthy for you?

It’s very barrel heavy it has the t05 trigger no matter how I adjust it I don’t like it. And fliers I tuned the gun then had someone else tune it still shoots goo a couple shots then a flier .

[SteveP-52]

I had one for several years I hated it when I got it and still hate it today.

Thats the first time I've heard anyone say THAT!
What makes it hate-worthy for you?

I bought an RWS 36 (a 34 with a nicer stock) when they first came out. That gun was had so much twang, vibration, and recoil that I couldn't hit anything with it, plus it was unpleasant to shoot. From the testimonials that I constantly read about now, something must have changed.

-Whirly

You just described the 2002 D34 .177 T01 I found in a gun shop cheap. Only rifle in close to 50 that no matter what hold, pellet or anything else I tried, was just all over the place. I have everything to tear it down and make the mods, just need to get around to it one of these days.

That said I also have a custom made by Diana D34K .20 that's a night and day difference from the little beast of a .177 and an absolute joy to shoot.

[schwebel]

I have a Meistershuste in .177.

1. Love the carbine length

2. T06 trigger is phenomenal.

3. Time tested durable design

[triggerfest]

T06 Trigger
Solid
Ergonomics

Shines the best in .22 imho.

[caf2461]

It is alot more friendly and fun to pick up and shoot vs my 9lb scoped FWB sport.   Shoots well just less serious.

[Sky]

I have 3 of them. And they are not my favorite. The only thing for me in thier favor is a good trigger, and lots of power. They just don't feel nearly as nice as thier HW counterparts.

[Lt. Dan]

I have 3 of them. And they are not my favorite. The only thing for me in thier favor is a good trigger, and lots of power. They just don't feel nearly as nice as thier HW counterparts.

I enjoy shooting mine, it does have a good trigger it's just not as comfortable as my Weihrauch rifles or as accurate.