Greetings,


Can someone please educate me to the differences/nuances of the following Diana rifles?

Model 24, 25, 27, 35

Is there a website that has this information?
I'd much appreciate any help.

thank you,

-arbi

there is wealth of info there on old Dianas, & plenty of very knowledgeable members.

Best Regards,
Sixto

The 24 is an entry-level, low powered springer. By entry-level, I mean a beginner's rifle, not a toy or cheap gun. The 25 is, as far as I can tell, an upgraded 24. The 27 is the old mid-powered gun which was made in several variations from the 1920's until the late 70's or so. The more recent guns are quite popular, being comfortable to shoot and accurate with a good trigger. Not overly heavy, either. The 35 was the more powerful springer and maybe about 100 fps faster than the 27. Also a nicely balanced gun, although no longer considered "powerful" by today's magnumitis crowd. Winchester imported these in the late 60's/early 70's and those models sported a bit nicer stocks, the Winchester logo and series numbers based on Diana's with a "4" added (425, 427, 435).

Search on the Vintage forum for more info or try here:

https://store.bluebookinc.com/InstantAccess/Model.aspx?product=4&id=91

RF:

you do not cease to amaze me, if you do not know you find out and give the forum the correct answers, vintage answers

I tip my hat to you

warren

and remember "it's 30% the gun and 70% the shooter"

Thank you for the info.
very helpful.

don't discount Geco or other "oddly marked" Dianas. Several retailers sold these models under their own brand or house names.

RF I think you might have them backwards. The 25 came first and was produced in several different variations. The earliest were made from 1925-1934, next was 1933-1940 and finally 1950-1986.

I currently have two 25's one is marked "Made in Great Britan" and it has gloss bling like no other Diana I have seen. The other is a 1980 vintage RWS marked German manufacture gun that is a youth model. It looks like a small 1970's model 27, red butt pimple included. The tube, barrel and stock are noticably smaller when compared to the 27.

The model 24 was made from 1984-2007. I have always thought of the 24 as the new model model 25. In regular form (it was also availible as the "J" youth model)the 24 is bigger than the 25's but produces similar power. I have a late model 24 in .22 caliber it shoots 400's and is the epitomey of what my friend calls "low and slow". It is a can crushing plinker that is all day fun to shoot. For whatever reason Diana skipped this number in the sequence and used it much later on.

The 27 and 35 also came marked HyScore to add antoher import marking to the mix. As RF said above the Winchester marked ones are out there and seem to command a premium. To further the confusion these guns can also be found (less often in my experience) with Beeman markings.

Oh yeah, don't forget the Belgian Diana 25's with the hand cut checkering and nifty pellet loader doohickey.

Regards,

Brian