I recently received a diana 25d air gun. I was wondering what the value of the rifle. It was made in germany as was the scope. I do not know what year it was made. Thanks
The date may be found in some late 1960s D25Ds on the rear left side of the receiver near where the stock begins, in very small fifures.
If yours is date stamped it should have a two digit # first indicating the month (e.g., 06 = June) and another two digit number indicating the year of manufacture (e.g., 68 - 1968). So, if it is marked, for instance, 03 69, it was made in March of 1969, and so on and so forth.
Why do want to know its price value? Are you planning to sell it?
A typical 25D from the 60's or 70's in near-new condition is IMHO worth perhaps $150 at the absolute maximum. A run-of-the-mill gun showing normal wear is worth much less. It's impossible to guess a value for your gun without a more complete description or pictures of it.
Not to be discouraging, but the model 25 is one of the most-produced airguns in history and not worth a lot unless an unusual variant, or in exceptionally good condition.
The original sights on this rifle were of high quality. If they are missing in favor of a cheap scope, that may actually reduce the value. Again, more detail would be helpful.
The model 25D has the famous ball-sear adjustable trigger, and is worth more than the standard model 25, however.
It is stamped "Made in Germany" and has the three ball trigger design.
Obviously someone along the way refinsihed the stock to natural beech. Good job but I'm assuming they were all walnut colored from the factory. It has a R7 spring in it with orig. leather seal.
The date may, or may not be present on the receiver
January 9 2006, 7:30 AM
JB,
Look at the left hand side of the receiver near the end cap and close to the stock for two sets of double numbers. Usually the first two denote the month (06=June) and the second (68=1968) the year of manufacture.
My date of manufacture is April of 1988. "Made in West Germany" is stamped to the left of the date.
The scope rail is present and original. The stock does not have that finger groove in yours. My stock color is walnut stain.
Also my front sight is different. It is a hooded sight with a fixed pin. The pin is part of the actual hood (imagine a steel tube with a sliver of it punched down into the interior. The front sight slips onto a dovetail and is secured by a screw which clamps the bottom of the sight to the dovetail. Your hood appear cut on a bias at the back, and the hood looks as if it is clamped onto the rail separate from any pin inside.
with the stock on. I was curious when they started putting a scope rail on this model because this is the only 25D I'm hands-on familiar with. I'll remove the stock when time allows and see if there is a date stamped somewhere below the stock resolve.
The rear sight on the Diana 25D pictured is correct for the 1960s vintage D25s, which had no date numerals on the receiver (like mine). So, the 25D pictured, as it is also suggeted by the side groove(s) on the stock, that it is one of the first batch 25Ds made, which just featured the TO1 trigger. Later 25Ds had a different rear and front sight, different stock (w/out side grooves) and a scope rail like that seen on the D27, D35 and D50.
