Greetings.

Just stumbled on this site while searching for information about my pellet rifle, looks like I found the right place. I know very little about this gun other that it shoots great and I'm the original owner.

Diana mod. 24 J
Made in West Germany
05 09 (I think)

The stock was scratched up pretty good during a move a few years back, so I'm looking for information on removing the stock for refinishing. Is there anything I should know before I start removing screws? Any other information would be appreciated.

Of course, I brought pictures:






Thanks for looking!

Just take out the Stock Screws and the Trigger guard screws and the Action
will come right out.

Good Luck !!

I was hoping that was the case, but you never know.

Thank you Paul!

nt

Be careful taking it apart, looks like a 3 ball trigger.

That does not sound good. Any tips on disassembly?

Thanks.

Okay, did some searching and reading on the T01 trigger. Wow, tuning does not look fun, way over my head. I'm defiantly not going there.

When removing the stock, I will be extra careful with the action/trigger assembly. I should just leave the gun alone, but it looks so sad with the messed up stock and it's an easy fix (as long as it doesn't explode into a million little parts as soon as the action is out).

This should be easy, right?

Thanks guys.

Diana uses beech for it's stocks.

Beech can be VERY difficult to refinish well. The old stain can be hard to remove completely, and it is tough to apply new stain evenly.

Unless you really know what you're doing, or are lucky, most refinished beech stocks turn out weird, blotchy, and ugly.

I go out of my way to NOT refinish beech. Highly recommend that you touch up the current stock finish defects with some type of furniture scratch hider and leave it at that.


JMO

That is very good to know. Thank you sir.

A dumb pin is a shorter than usual pin that gets put into place and HOLDS all the small trigger pieces together as a block. The block can then come out as a unit.

Especially the safety and the springs.

TO-1 triggers were very good triggers, but they do require a set of dumb pins.

HTH!



Un Abrazo!




H�ctor

if you are just removing the stock there is nothing to worry about.
I believe that "J" denotes the youth model of the 24 with the carbine barrel and smaller stock. This model is somewhat less common amongst 24's I 've seen. A friend of mine has one that is all tuned up with an R7 spring and it shoot really nice.
Look into citrus based strippers to remove the finish without much hassel.
Nice little guns that are no longer availible. Just shoot he sucker, it don't need to be pretty to hit the target. Think of it as added character. LOL!

HTH,

Brian

Thanks for the information guys, been a big help. The trigger did scare me a little but everything did stay put . Yes, I went for it and refinished the stock. Lots of sanding to remove the factory finish and the "character" marks (lol). Beech is weird wood for sure. Stained it walnut and it turned out alright. I'll get a picture or two later today. All in all this thing is in really good shape and I am pleased with the result.

An adjustable trigger.

Man, what a fine job. I should send you my beloved R7 Santa Rosa that could use a little refreshing and let you refinish my stock.

the stock looks great!


Brian

Thanks guys. This little gun is a hoot. I have learned a lot about it here and have a new appreciation for what it is.

The poor thing has spent most of its life in the back of the closet, only to be retrieved when an "urban critter" problem arose. I'm shooting it a lot more now and it has earned a place in the safe with the big guns.

I am tempted to play with the adjustable trigger but it shoots just fine as it is...