Diana Model 6 Air Pistol, .177 caliber

Diana Model 6 Recoilless .177 caliber Air Pistol

 

Another wonderfully made German gun inherited from my dad.  Mine has the gray plastic grips and I know from the past that it is a real tack-driver and a thrill to shoot.  However, it suffers from the same worn-out seals that my Diana Rifle does and will have to be repaired as well.  I am waiting for a slack time in which to try and carry off one of these projects.  I intend to do the rifle first because I have a downloaded complete manual of the task.  The pistol may be identically built even though the seals are different in size.  We will see, we will see.

Walther LP Model 58 Air Pistol .177 caliber

Walther .177 Caliber Air Pistol, Model 58

 

The Walther is an inheritance from my dad, who loved airguns, particularly German ones of highest quality!  The bluing on this one is getting a little weak on the barrel side, but otherwise it cocks and seals great.  I brought it to Madison and decided to give it the same workout with the Daisy ammo of three types that I did the Hammerli.  When I got set up; no rear sight!  Just the mount and the elevator dial, which I then proceeded to use for a rear sight for the purpose of making the same shot over and over and finding out what kind of groups this pistol will shoot.  It shot very low and I had to adjust my visual picture to accommodate.  I did get 9 groups that I could measure, however, with slightly different results from the Hammerli.  The tightest group I could produce was 1.7" with the hollow-points. The next was a 2.2" with the pointed, hunting ammo, and third best was the diabolo shape with a couple of 2.8" groups.  The diabolo did produce a 4-shot group within an inch and a half, but the fifth shot was off the paper, so sadly, I could not in good conscience score it.

 

Pointy          Diabolo          Hollow-point

 

2.2          2.8          1.7 

4.2          2.8          2.2

4.8          3.8          2.8

 

The hollow-point style clearly produced the winner in all three starts and I'll have to mount a rear sight on this gun, sight it in, and return to this task and see if that is truly the case.  Nonetheless I was pleased that there weren't any mechanical or seal issues.  For now, I'll move on to another pistol.  

 

 

 

Hammerli Mod D .177 calibre pistol

Hammerli Mod D  .177 Calibre Pistol

Handed down from dad.
This is a lovely CO2 powered pistol, in it's own form-fitting box along with cutouts for a box of gas cartridges, a cleaning brush, and tin of pellets.  I have not fired it for years and took it out of the gun safe to bring it to Florida for the winter. Naturally, when I inserted a CO2 cartridge, nothing happened.  The mechanism inside did not load any gas behind the piston. 

This diagram was downloaded from Pilk 10-P website with the following instructions:
     Sights--clockwise - right        clockwise - down     2 clicks per scoring ring at 10m

     Trigger weight--Turn screw A 176-1 anticlockwise to increase. Should the trigger fail to engage while pistol is being cocked, turn A 176-1 anticlockwise.

     Trigger slack--Loosen lock nut A 177-2 to adjust.  Turn A 177 clockwise to shorten, anticlockwise to lengthen.

Needless to say, this was another target for my entry-level gunsmithing.  I took it apart to the extent that I could, cleaned, and oiled everything.  Then I adjusted the trigger to be a little lighter on the pull, and put it back together.  Voila!  It began cycling.  Friend Don was down to visit in FL and we put in another cannister of CO2 and had a blast popping Coke cans in the back yard.  The pistol is quite accurate out to 25 or 30 feet.