Diana Diana Stormrider Gen2 .22 cal , tactical conversion + Moderator removal

So, Diana Stormrider Gen2 , with a fair bit of Buck Rail stuff added. Why? Because it was there , maybe. But it turned out looking kind of wicked, I think, and the folding stock swings up against the bolt handle perfectly to make a solid resting position (and a nice little clack!) . Just luck I guess, although those guys at Buck Rail seem to know what they are doing. Each part fitted perfectly. The mag tube swivel mount is by Uncle Mike, they usually get mounted to shotgun magazines.

I bought this gun as boat equipment, for the usual uses . Haven't fired it too much so far, but the power and accuracy seem great. I will say, that the gun has been pressurized since I bought it, never degassed, and still holding perfectly after a year.

One last thing, running up against the problem of removing the suppressor, this was what I came up with: filed a flat spot on each side so as to get a wrench on it, then used a heat gun. It was fixed with some type of threadlocker compound. Worked fine, just a regular flat file, and held the suppressor in a vise with some felt around it.

NOTE-- looking close I remember that I actually just used a pair of vise grips to hold the suppressor because I was not wanting to break out the bench vise at that moment. The job would have been prettier if I had used a bench vise


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