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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Rifles » Ye olde Diana 34 has failed me    View previous topic :: View next topic    Should I burn into the stock? Yes  0%  [ 0 ] No  100%  [ 4 ] Total Votes : 4 Ye olde Diana 34 has failed me   Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:12 pm fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2444 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia Today I sat down with the old girl and give her a barrel cleaning, so opening the break I noticed some play- a new thing. Deciding to take the plunge... take off the scope, stock, and get ready to pop the pins holding the end cap on thus releasing the spring. Both pins came off and the end cap didn't budge, not good! I gave the block a tap with the end of a screw driver and it came out... here's the really bad part: she had a 5 (FIVE) piece spring! I was only expecting a 2 or 3 piece. Time to order that JM kit on Monday. So I put everything back together except the stock, which I took into the shop, stripped off the old (and slightly beat up) finish. Put on a nice coat of gloss polyurethane and hung her up to dry over night. Then once hung up I though that she needed more (even though the lighter stock looks nice), and thought of burning "In memory of Lady Jane" into the raised cheek rest. FYI Lady Jane is my (recently) deceased dog of about 13 years. _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person.   Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:19 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho play in the barrel??? that is the problem with my gamo. i broke off 2 easy out bits in the screw. it so sloppy i'm geting 3 inch groups at 10 yards. tim at mac-1 tried for 20 minutes to remove the screw and he couldn't. i need to take it to a machine shop that does tap extraction. i'm pissed!! it has a not yet broken in macarri spring with a GRT trigger. i wanted to take it camping next month. . sorry about your dog. my childhood cat BUSTER was put down 3 weeks ago just shy of 20 years old. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:22 pm fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2444 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia Vertical play, before the cocking arm engaged. Nothing side to side. I do suppose she is in need, after... over 10,000 pellets. _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person.   Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:31 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho mine is side to side. at least 10000 shots too. it turns 17 this summer. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:37 pm fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2444 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia Diana turns 6 this year. _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person.   Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:27 pm broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Guess that's the trouble of any break barrel for ya. You can put shims between the breech and hinge if the play is horizontal. Vertical play is a bit harder to do I guess. You could look at where the barrel is locked. I'm not sure how the part is called, but most breakbarrels have a pin to keep the barrel/breech vertically in place. _________________ BIG GAP Ye olde Diana 34 has failed me     Air Gun Home Forum Index » Rifles You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum All times are GMT - 5 Hours   Page 1 of 1   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First  Select a forum Main Forums----------------AirGunHome Q&AGeneral Air Gun Questions and TopicsPicture GalleryTarget Shooting: Casual, Fun and CompetitionHunting, Pest Control, Varminting People/Events/Airgun Issue Discussion----------------Introduce YourselfThe BS TopicClubs/Events/Regional/Political Airgun Issues Maintenance, Modification and Reviews----------------RiflesPistolsAntique, Collector and Novelty AirgunsBB GunsPellets/AmmoOpticsAccessoriesAirgun Smithing Buy, Sell or Trade Forums----------------For SaleWant to Buy   Note: If you are seeing "Please enter your username and password to log in." 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