The DIANA 34 EMS, Chap 2

[HectorMedina]

Ems arrived yesterday. Ran a few pellets thru, to get rid of dieseling

Had to adjust rear site all the way left until out of adjustment to get close to being centered on target, checked barrel with straight edge. Doesn’t appear to have bend.

Cocks smooth. Reasonably accurate so far. Lock time extremely fast, piston has a nice thunk.


Mounted scope today.  Had to adjust way left. Just like the sights

Ran another 20 pellets thru. Trigger lost its excellent factory setting.
 Will readjust and report back.

Thanks,

Keep us posted.




HM

[Zsigmund]

Ems arrived yesterday. Ran a few pellets thru, to get rid of dieseling

Had to adjust rear site all the way left until out of adjustment to get close to being centered on target, checked barrel with straight edge. Doesn’t appear to have bend.

Cocks smooth. Reasonably accurate so far. Lock time extremely fast, piston has a nice thunk.


Mounted scope today.  Had to adjust way left. Just like the sights

Ran another 20 pellets thru. Trigger lost its excellent factory setting.
 Will readjust and report back.

 Hi Jon,

 Just a longshot (pun intended here..), you might try a slip-on rubber recoil pad. I installed a rubber slip-on so the rifle wouldn't slide when leaning against the wall, lol. It seemed to improve my groups and change the POI slightly as an unintended consequence. I'm guessing the rifle was slipping on my shirt a tiny amount during recoil.

 I might fit a proper rubber butt plate in the future, the hard plastic original item is probably my only gripe about the rifle.

 Good Luck!,
             G
 

[Jon63]

wow, this thing is stupid accurate. 45 yards 3/8 to 5/8 groups. that's with centerfire scope, fixed 100 yard parallax,
 finicky trigger.  don't know what was going on with trigger first stage suddenly became harder to pull than final stage. came back around after a few more shots. may be a piece of dirt in trigger mechanism.
  Still shooting off center, don't know if bore is drill at angle or breech block is machined off. will not be able to live with it for hunting if windage is that far off at different ranges.

[Ike the GSD]

wow, this thing is stupid accurate. 45 yards 3/8 to 5/8 groups. that's with centerfire scope, fixed 100 yard parallax,
 finicky trigger.  don't know what was going on with trigger first stage suddenly became harder to pull than final stage. came back around after a few more shots. may be a piece of dirt in trigger mechanism.
  Still shooting off center, don't know if bore is drill at angle or breech block is machined off. will not be able to live with it for hunting if windage is that far off at different ranges.

If it's still under warranty I'd send it back for a new one, if not you can always "straighten" the barrel they're just mild steel so a little tweeking won't be too difficult. When I worked at the gunshop years ago we had a jig we'd use to "straighten" barrels with, but they were mostly shotgun barrels. Just a thought👍

Wes

[Ike the GSD]

wow, this thing is stupid accurate. 45 yards 3/8 to 5/8 groups. that's with centerfire scope, fixed 100 yard parallax,
 finicky trigger.  don't know what was going on with trigger first stage suddenly became harder to pull than final stage. came back around after a few more shots. may be a piece of dirt in trigger mechanism.
  Still shooting off center, don't know if bore is drill at angle or breech block is machined off. will not be able to live with it for hunting if windage is that far off at different ranges.

If it's still under warranty I'd send it back for a new one, if not you can always "straighten" the barrel they're just mild steel so a little tweeking won't be too difficult. When I worked at the gunshop years ago we had a jig we'd use to "straighten" barrels with, but they were mostly shotgun barrels. Just a thought👍

Wes

One thing if you decide to "straighten" your barrel is you have to think of it like a fishing pole, you move the handle just a little and the tip is moving a foot or two side to side, so in other words just a little coaxing at the barrel will move the point of impact expotentially at distance. Trial and error, make tiny adjustments and try it. You will NOT need to move your barrel 4" to the right in case you were concerned LOL! Good luck👍

[Jon63]

Sighted at 15. Groups angled to right as expected .25 at 25 .625 at 35 1.25 at 45.  Will straighten barrel in lathe when my surgeon releases me to go back to work