Mine is accurate enough for backyard work. At it's power level, I'd only consider headshots~which it's very capable of doing.
I'm getting 35-37 usable shots before p.o.i. starts dropping. Gun is very much in the same ball-park as the old crosman Mk 1. It is fairly loud for an air pistol due to it's .22 caliber. I think Pyramyd Air of Arizona (?) is carrying a .177 version of it at a good price.
http://pyramydair.com/s/m/Diana_Chaser_ ... istol/4612There is a rifle version of it available on the same site.
I stripped the gun down completely. Trigger looks like an attempt at a copy of the older canjar/timney with an adjuster for sear take-up through the trigger guard. That screw will have to be loc-tited in after final adjustment. I changed the sear/trigger spring out and have it down to about 2 1/2 lbs. Gas button spring from a full sized Bic lighter turns the trick here. It is an exact fit...
Inner construction is interesting compared to other guns on the market. The trigger housing frame is welded to the bottom of the gas tube. Gas system has been designed to conserve on CO-2. There's a bushing around the valve stem to reduce flow, which makes a lot of sense- without it the gun would empty the cartridge in less than 10 shots. There would not be much of a gain in velocity out of a bbl that short. It would be interesting to work on this with a 24" rifle bbl. I'll have to find out about availability.
There are no sheet metal stampings in the gun that I can find other than the welded on trigger group frame.
The entire kit of pistol, carbine stock, and 7 shot wind-up rotary mag cost me 170 bucks, and there was a 500 count tin of pellets included on the same order.
Regards,
Doc Sharptail
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