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Mycapt65 said:

I'm almost 6'4 250 and the I love the size and light weight of my Hw30s. I shoot my best offhand shots with it too!

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I'm 6' 1" and 210 and it looks dainty in my hands. Can't imagine what it looks like when you shoot it LOL. Fishing43, just imagine having a wife/SO that does these things WITH you! Wouldn't want it any other way, but it gets expensive. Bicycles, bows, knives, RC and slot cars. And now this. Which all started because I want her to carry and growing up in Canada she never learned to shoot. Which makes it technically all her fault. That's what I'm going with anyway

Have posted before about how I like older, traditional knives, watches, etc. I also like things that are a little different. Today's carry is a post-WWII US Army Engineer's knife and today's timepiece is a 1952 Longines-Wittnauer manual winder. Love stuff like that. So, when I saw this gun and couldn't find another like it or even much info on the model I decided to take a flyer. RWS Diana 52 Luxus/Luxor in .177. From what I've found you can tell it's a Luxus from the diamond checkering, the darker wood (it's a completely separate piece) at the tip of the forestock, and of course the 52L etched on top. T05 trigger, manufacture date of 10/07. Seller said this was a special model made for Pyramyd but I haven't been able to find it anywhere. This gun has had the nylon spring guides installed, assuming it's a Vortek PG2 kit. Scope is I believe the original. It's a RWS 6 x 42 AO IR with a 30 mm tube. Never seen rings like this. One bolt per ring holds it to the rail and it's spring loaded. Fortunately, they removed the scope before they shipped because when I started to mount it and looked the arrestor pin was sitting flush. Took the ring off thinking I would turn with a hex or tap down. Nope. I was staring at the arrestor pin. You actually remove the rail clamp bolt and spring and flip the insert upside down so the pin protrudes. Dropped right into the hole on the rail, mo bettah now. I assume the springs are meant to reduce recoil? Wondering if it got sold because they couldn't ever get the scope to hold zero with no arrestor pin ha! Found very little info on the stock and what I found conflicted. One seemed to remember the Luxus was a beech stock that may or may not have been dipped and with the darker wood on forestock but wasn't sure. One said all of the 52's had walnut stocks. Finally found one who said he had a Diana catalog and it showed the Luxus with a walnut stock. Figuring all this out is complicated by the fact there were UK variants that were slightly different. I was originally thinking it was beech but after getting it in hand and seeing the grain I'm leaning towards walnut. The forestock piece is I think Oregon walnut or similar. Very dark. Hoping maybe BoG or Mycapt65 or someone that's been into air guns longer than I has an idea. Have some questions about the scope rail, I'll take some pics for the air gun gurus tomorrow when I remove the scope. Some badly needed rain has kept us from shooting our new guns. Not complaining but looks like we might get a little break early tomorrow. Hope so, this is a neat gun and I'm looking forward to seeing how it shoots. Any info on this model or the 52 in general would be much appreciated.

You can’t go wrong with the HW95. Still my favorite. But I’m drinking a cup of coffe and going to put a few pellets through this Diana before the rain comes so we’ll see if that changes ha ha. lets see, we’re at 12N and holding right now. Unless I find something really cool ha ha. SteveP-52 love the yard sale story. We’ve found some incredible things at estate sales over the years.

Took the scope off the Diana this morning and put 5 pellets through it to make sure everything was working. Iron sights at 10 M. Gun is in really great shape. A few stock dings that I'll lift out. First 2 pellets to get a feel for the hold and trigger, still were only about 1/4" apart. Next 3 with a little more purpose. First 2 were hole in hole, 3rd one low left, missed touching the hole by about 1/16". Me without my glasses, only 1 cup of coffee, and a gun I've never shot before. More than happy with those results. Enjoyable, but a different shooting experience. If my HW95 is Ali, all smooth and silky, then this gun is Tyson. Shot cycle isn't harsh but it's violent. Explosive. LOUD! This gun punches WAY above its weight. And that's with the Vortek PG2 kit, can't imagine what stock spring is like. Cocking takes some effort, butt of the gun actually caused a little discomfort on my thigh. Going to take a SWAG at torque settings for the rings to rail and mount the scope up. Hopefully get a chance to shoot some this weekend. Kim enjoyed her few shots with her new HW30S immensely. Very quiet in comparison. Sugar Ray Leonard ha ha ha. Pic below is the scope rail on the Diana. I've read that the T05 and earlier guns have the rail mounted with screws while the later guns used rivets. Not sure what that rear slot head screw is for. Can't be a scope stop because the rings don't touch it. Maybe for a diopter sight or some type of adjustment for barrel droop?