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im so pumped...as of today, a m52 .177 is on its way....with 500 superdomes and 500 heavy mags....i cant wait! thanks so much for the help so far!!!
now, is there any thing i need to do to the gun when i get it? or just shoot it? what all should be loctited, if anything?...is blue ok?
and yes, tim, you are more than welcome to respond!!!!
i just want to make sure this thing is maintained to the max....im planning on keepin it.....
oh, by the way...i took advantage of the natchez sale...i never have dealed with them before, but both times i called, the sale man was very niuce, and answered questions ok.....i just hope my 52 arrives safe, not like the horror stories i hear
I bought my 52(.177) from Natcehz and it arrived douuble boxed in excellent condition. They were really good to deal with. If you enjoy yours half as much as I like mine you will be a happy camper.
So your Diana experience is about to begin. Awesome!
If I were you, when I got the gun, first thing I'd do (after oggling it's beauty for an hour or so), would be to shoot it a couple dozen times. Spend that time getting the sights close. Don't worry about getting them perfect, things will change a bit over the first hundred shots or so. You can dial it in perfect after a few have flown downrange.
If you have the equipment, cleaning the bore might be a good plan. The pyramidair blog has good instructions on this. If you're not sure, just don't clean it, shooting will do that in time.
If your 52 is anything like my 34, you're gonna find the cocking a bit tough and maybe a little rough the first while. Mine bruised my leg, where I braced the stock while breaking the barrel that first day. A few days later, it was so smooth cocking that I can't imagine it bruising me again.
After you're done with the first evening's shooting, remove and apply blue locktight to the screws that hold the stock to the action. On mine, those are the 2 front screws, in the forearm, and the front trigger screw. Believe the 52 is similar, but I've never held one. Best to let the locktight dry overnight before shooting again (24 hrs would be best....). I'd tell ya to do this before you shot it, but to me that is cruel!
The one thing that'll keep your gun looking new longer is to carefully wipe the metal down with an oiled cloth after EACH use. Blued steel rusts very easily, and oil prevents that. I keep a baby facecloth in my pellet cabinet for after each use. It's oily, but only just so... Squeeze it in a paper towel and the towel comes away with oil on it, but you couldn't ring any out of the cloth.
Don't introduce any petroleum based oils into the action, detonation will result, possibly injuring the rifle. They require almost no lubrication, and when it is used, proper types and quantities must be applied to the right places. Much is written about that here.
If you intend to scope your new rifle, it'd be best done after a couple hundred rounds, to smooth things out.
All this, of course, assumes that you don't intend to run out and tune the rifle right off the bat. Many do.
Well, have a blast with your new baby! Take care of her, and she'll take care of you!
While you're waiting on the gun see if you can find a can of 'Ballistol' brand gun cleaner. It works well as a bore cleaner, metal preservative/cleaner and stock cleaner/preservative.
BEFORE shooting the first round clean the barrel! If you can't find Ballistol then Goo-gone works well too. Do NOT use a firearm bore cleaner!The last several guns I've bought had barrels much dirtier than I recall seeing in the past. Don't know why. But I'd shoot no new gun without a thorough cleaning in case the grime is abrasive. Clean from the breech only and avoid the use of a 'cleaning rod'. Rods absorb dirt and grit and eventually assume the properties of a hone. Clean until patches come out virginally clean. Then run an oiled patch thru followed by a couple of dry ones to remove the excess. I make string pull-thrus with a loop at one end from 40 # monofilament fishing line so that I can throw them away frequently and make a new one. A 100 yd. spool of line will make a lifetime supply.
As someone mentioned blue Loctite on the mounting screws is good insurance. But take the time to degrease both screw threads and holes before applying the Loctite or you're pi$$ing up a rope. (I use alcohol on a toothbrush on the screws and Q-tips to clean the holes)
While you have the action and stock seperated to clean screws and holes it wouldn't be a bad idea to degrease the stock and give it a couple of applications of a hard paste wax that contains Carnauba wax. I've been using the same can of Johnsons' Paste Floor Wax for almost 30 years. It has served to protect and preserve hundreds if not thousands of dollars of stock value in that time and I still have a dozen lifetime supplies left in the can. Avoid some of the automotive waxes that contain abrasives!
Hopefully you have a good assortment of pellets. It's always a good idea to make the first few dozen shots using heavy pellets as they do better at suppressing detonation which is often a problem with new guns that left the facory with too much lubricant in the compression chamber area of the gun.
Don't be too hasty to put a scope on it. Use the open sights it comes with at least through the break-in process. It's good practice for you and you may even discover that you enjoy shooting without benefit of optical enhancement. An additional factor seldom mentioned is that the dieseling and/or severe detonation often suffered by new guns is much harder on optics than even the normal spring gun firing cycle and can wreck scopes. Plenty of time to choose a scope after you're familiar with the gun and what you and it might need,.
Just use common sense and enjoy your new gun! Tom @ Buzzard Bluff
i got it two days after ordering from natchez...real nice pack job...double boxed...
this gun has quite the presence...it IS a lil heavy, as i was warned, but i dont think itll be too much of an issue,,,im gonna shoot the hell out of it today, and hopefully i can sight her in...the bluing and the diana logos on top of the action are very nicely done..it has a very quality feel to it, i am very impressed, but then again i havent seen a whole lot of real air gun, other than some mendozas at the local shop...very oily...i keep wiping it off, and it just keeps coming out! tonight i will do a cleaning and take the stock off for loctite, and to clean everything up in the stock....the furniture paste sounds like a good idea...ty for all of everyones input...this gun really is a good surprise so far
wow, im falling in love with this gun.....maybe i dont know any better, but it took about 5 shots to start shooting great, it seems to be broke in at this point....one big hole at ten yards. i know thtas nothing to most of you, but im not usd to that from an air rifle!!
theres something very satisfying about working that side lever...my friends cant stop shooting it! they were also able to shoot the gun pretty good...soon, ill get outside and test it at a few more yards...this is with the first pellets i tried, superdomes...i have some supermags to try also...quality controll looks excellent, my 52 was made in 1/07...i hope i havent been annoying with my posts about myself...i just hope that it helps anyone else thinking about a diana, in particular, a 48/52....i am tall amd not weak, i find the side lever very easy and smooth to operate....its very staedy with the heavy forend. there is also no twang that i have heard about, just a nice satisfying pow when the trigger is squeezed....for now, i have more shooting to do....soon, i will have more questions,....
p.s. the furniture wax i used was dye/preservative....darkened my stock a bit and added a nice sheen to it..was a gret idea...
