Page 7 - Diana Stormrider Reviews

Have had this gun now for about a year. I did have a major bolt issue with it. Sent it back and have had absolutely no issues with it at all. Shoots like a dream. Very light very accurate and lots of power.. No barrel issues like some have wined about, have sent thousands of pellets through it. I use a dot sight and it works absolutely perfectly. I highly recommend who ever is on the fence about this gun to just get it. Its a great pcp. I mean I'm shooting plastic water bottle caps from 25 yards. Diana done a great job on this one.

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Great pcp for the money. Very powerful, light and extremely accurate.

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bought as a refurb. mag would not feed. like a scattergun. would not group at all. tried 11 different pellets. contacted pyramid for a return. didnt hear from them so i gave it away it's like a 3/4 size rifle near impossible to mount a scope due to small dovetails. scope is either too far or too close to the eye. my trigger was over 7 pounds.

Quality.

Very accurate easy to pump with hand pump.This is my first PCP rifle,but wont be my last.

Nothing It is smaller than I thought,but I like it.

Get a good scope 3x9x30 or better. I have a Nikon I robbed off my 30-30 works great.

Lightweight, accurate, easy fill w air,

O rings are GARBAGE.... especially Barrel ones. Magazine is very very slow to load and NOT CHEAP. Bolt is hard and rough. No wonder they break! Scope mount is very short for eye relief. Hard to chamber pellets at times. Trigger pins not secure and come loose. Moderator useless. Must HEAT set screw a lot to remove. Get a better one as she is LOUD!

The wood stock and the light weight. The accuracy is damn good at 25 yards.

The charging port is not protected. The manometer hasn't worked yet. They sent me another one and it didn't register either. The barrel needs to be supported. I made my own and it should be standard on this rifle. Way too easy.....Duh

It really is a nice unit for the price. I am a newbie....I struggled, but I figured it out. I really enjoy this gun. I have nothing to compare it to. I have no experience with a $1000+ air gun.

Easy pump up,good power, repeater

Don't like mag

Good entry level 22 pcp

Nice light weight PCP that is well finished and a repeater. Perfect little hunter to carry all day long.

The bolt handle will break off after a few months and needs to be changed out using a 10-32 bolt or threaded material. A larger handle is a substantial upgrade to the cocking cycle.

The trigger could be lightened, the muzzle brake could be changed to something quieter and the barrel is easily moved. Don't lean gun against barrel or POI changes likely will be seen. However, these changes would only increase the gun's price. A regulator installed, set to 12 to 14 FPE ... increases shot count from it's steep shot curve. An accurate gun out to 50 to 70 yards ......... don't expect more.

Size, nice light and compact. Wood stock and trigger are good. The rotary magazine easy to load and use, but like the single shot better. Easy to fill, takes about 50 pumps from air Venturi to fill.

Put on a better muzzle break, not backyard friendly at all. I wouldn't use super epoxy on break, Allen screws would be good IMO. I replaced with a tko brake, much better now. Bolt material is soft, it bent, but no problem, I'll replace with another. Rear site needs to be removed, if you want a longer scope. I took it off, easy fix.

It's a bear if you want to remove break, I dipped it in boiling water to loosen up epoxy. Then finished with grinder. Crosman premiers are snug in chamber, but shoot just as good as the JSB's.

I like the look, the weight, and overall feel of the rifle.

The breech seems to be selective regarding pellets of slightly different dimensions, rough seating on most that I have tried so far, but I will try more. The 7 shot magazine easily feeds two pellets with the breech in this condition, frustrating. I would change how it recieves the pellets and make sure all barrel breech openings and any burrs are honed to a more acceptable spec.

Filling the air reservoir to around 175 to 180 bar seems to calm down the tendency for the first few shots to come out too hot and target wildly. If you add an after market moderator, you will need to shim the scope and rezero it, afterwards, all will be fine!

Alot of power in a small platform. It's light weight compared and easier to maneuver with compared to my disco, QB's, and especially any springer. Even with a quieter LDC on it, it's easy to walk with. My disco with TKO is LONG! This is closer to my 2260 PCP with 18" barrel and TKO. The repeating breech is nice, and has dovetail mounts. And my rifle shoots cheap CPHP quite well, got lucky there I guess.

The bolt handle could longer and thicker. I feel like it might snap one day, the rifle has a pretty stiff striker spring. The magazine will double feed if you don't get it cocked all the way back. It caused a major jam with baracuda pellets. Had a hard time removing it without damaging the breech/barrel. A forward barrel band would be more comforting, but I don't knock my guns around anyhow.

Yeah, get one! I'm getting a .177 in this model soon, fun and easy to fill with hand pump. Shot count isnt that bad, perfect for a small game hunting or varmint control. It his hard, so to me it's not a plinker anyways, so shot count is fine. Around 20 in the power curve is decent for the small air tube.

Quality for the price, nice stock. First pcp I've owned very happy with it.

Move the barrel support more forward, barrel seem to be to easy to move .

Excellent choice for the price. Very accurate and powerful.

I like that its light weight I can carry it all day

I don't like the breach it dingle the pellets

Its a good value

Awesome light rifle, quick to fill with a hand pump and I was surprised how many how many shots you can get before the point of impact changes.

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Great value for the money spent.

Slim, lightweight construction is good for those of us with cranky shoulders, and is also good for smaller shooters. It just feels good to hold. The iron sights are just right for this gun. The trigger has a very smooth pull, as has been noted in previous reviews. Accuracy is adequate for plinking.

As always, there are going to be QC problems with guns of this extraction. Should have had mine tested by PA, as they might have picked up on the problem with seating pellets. Apparently, the inside diameter of the end of the barrel at the breech end is off by at thousandth or two such that pellets hang up where the receiver meets the barrel. It isn't bad enough to completely prevent seating, but the larger and harder pellets are a real chore to seat. JSB Exact 18.1 gr. domes seem to seat the most easily with just a slight bump in the bolt stroke. After 1000 shots, loading is getting easier.

You can mitigate the stiff bolt action with lots of Ballistol. A couple of generous applications made mine much easier to cycle. I have not yet tried the magazines, as it is enough challenge to load pellets individually. Manually pushing pellets into the breech seems to help. There may be a fix by removing the barrel and enlarging the barrel end with a rotary polishing tool.

light, cheap, overall good value

like it was said before. this gun NEEDS another front barrel support. I absolutely could not get this gun to work with a scope. I am a machinist, took it to the shop. the barrel came sagging so bad I ran out of scope adjustment! there is a .169 gap(at the action) between the barrel and air chamber, and only .119 gap at the end of the barrel and air chamber. I machined a .169 barrel support, re-centered my scope crosshairs,(because they were out of travel) and no B.S.........bull'seye,

I would give this gun 5 out of five if it came with a front barrel support. best pcp for the price

Shoots very good, Very light, Shoots nice tight groups when you find the right pellets.

shorter pull on trigger,

Recommend this rifle to anyone starting pcp or just enjoy shooting. Great for hunting in the woods and light to carry.

so far everything ,i just got it ,have only shot about 100 rounds so far ,seems to like h&n or JSBs so far work best in either 15.89 or 18.1 grain. i am sure their are others that will work fine too just dont have them. shot tray and mag both work just fine,

needs extra barrel ban further out towards end of barrel, free float is fine if all u do is target shooting , but if out in field barrel is subject to damage

be paitence when sitin in , if u use James Archers was of sitin in u can same a lot of time in set-up other than that enjoy . got mine for varmits and pest got a lot of them. works well

I like to single shot tray and lets me use the longer magnet pellets accuracy is pretty good I could only check it at 27 yards.

The only thing I don't like it's only a 22 would be better for the 25 caliber

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