Diana Model 20 Youth Part 1
The Diana Model 20 is a junior air gun produced before WWII. I picked up this Diana Model 20 a couple of years ago from a popular gun auction site; no one else placed a bid so the prize was mine. Even though I really did not care for quarter stock guns at the time the little model 20 is different enough to pique my interest. A little history The model number “20” is another designation that Diana has used for multiple airguns; first was the pre-WWI model 20 which was made from around 1907 until 1911, according to the Blue Book of Airguns. The particular model 20 is the second version and was made from 1913 until about 1940. Both model 20’s were nickel-plated, “tinplate” airguns; the most noticeable differences are that the original 20 had square-ended forks and three rivets attaching the stock instead of the rounded forks and two rivets of the second variant. The Blue Book lists the gun as the model “20 Youth” to distinguish it from the much later and completely different “Mode...