Diana Model 20 Youth Part 2
The Diana Model 20 was produced from about 1922 until 1940. Shooting the Diana 20 is a pleasant experience. Being a kid-sized gun, the cocking effort is kid-sized, too: only 10 pounds. The barrel breaks easily and the spring compresses very smoothly with no crunching sounds. As with most airguns of this era there is no safety or anti-beartrap mechanism. It is possible to decock the gun by breaking the barrel completely down and, while holding the barrel, pull the trigger and let the mainspring decompress. I did disassemble this gun to clean and properly lube the internals; there was no special work done that could be considered a "tune". However the shooting cycle is still very smooth and the noise level is low with no spring buzz. Since the Model 20 is so light it does move a bit when fired. Velocities Testing was done with a fairly wide range of pellets weighing from 4.2 to 8.6 grains. Velocities ran from the upper 300's to the upper 500's....