Diana Stormrider Reviews

My .177 cal. Stormrider was delivered neatly packaged. My first impressions on unpacking the Stormrider was the sleek gracefull look of the rifle. The small air resovior allows it to be designed to avoid the bulky look most PCP guns have. The Stormrider was light and agile and was very comfortable when I shouldered it, and the stock was finished with a nice satin gloss. I charged it up to 200 Bar and shot some pellets, it was quiet and seemed to be fairly accurate. As old eyes and iron sights don't work well together my next step was to mount a UTG 4-16 X 44 compact tactical scope on it. After sighting in the scope, I was impressed with the accuracy I was getting so I compared five shot groups from the Stormrider to five shot groups from my Air Force Talon and my Benjamon Maurader using 8.44 gr. JSB exact and 7.9 gr. Crosman Premier pellets in all three rifles. I got five shot groups that you can cover with a dime from all three guns.

For the price, nothing.

For hunting I would advise getting the rifle in .22 cal, adding a front barrel band and a cover to keep the fill port clean.

Light weight. Pretty accurate. Make sure you get the 20 for 20 test the scope mount and zero. Sometimes the moderator on these are defective and your pellets hit them. So get the 20 for 20 because these professionals will be able to tell if there is something off.

Nothing for this price point.

If you are buying anything that needs days to get shipped why wouldn’t you do a 24 hour tank test a 20 for 20 shots? Be simply foolish not to get it. Great product btw.

Price and sights

Bigger air tank

Everyone probably knows but unlike most PCP rifles this has sights so if you like you can skip. the hassle and expense of buying a scope

Everything

Nothing

I usually don’t leave reviews but I have to tell my story on this one.I ordered a what is considered a inexpensive scope named Tasco as I used them in the 80s on center fire rifles.I opened the box of the Stormrider and mounted the Tasco scope 4x32 that fit flawless and the magazine cleared perfectly with about 1/32 clearance.Then I loaded the magazine and set the Stormrider on a bench rest and aimed at a 3 inch spinning target at 25 yards fired and twang / spin ! It was almost zeroed with no adjustment. I am happy with my set up.

This isy second Diana Stormrider I've gotten from Pyramid air and it's light weight and simple design make it a great small game rifle for younger hunters to use, it's power is respectable and accuracy is great

I would ad a extra barrel band for the end of the barrel to help stabilize any droop,( which has not been a issue as of yet.

The price of this rifle is very impressive for it's I feel it should get more credit

I like that it's little and powerful. One of my favorite guns i got. Mine shoots above the fps limit. Probably should do a video. Nice look and feel. Really fun to shoot. Glad I got it !!!! If I didn't have one I would buy one again. It's not a toy. It can easily kill or seriously hurt someone or something. I got .22 it flies faster than the .177 Fps numbers in here. Been like 2 or 3 years or more, gun doesn't lose air. Never has. The bottom line is, It Is a nice-looking, little, very powerful gun, with pellet loading problems with the magazine, you might have to fix or get fixed or load a single pellet by hand.

I would change the magazine. Mine gets stuck most of the time. I have to feed one pellet at a time. I haven't tried to fix it, maybe I can, if I tried. The pellets don't load well with this setup. Don't know the problem yet. If the pellet lines up well, I don't know. The pellet gets lodged between the Magazine and the barrel. Only way was take a utility blade with vise grips and cut the pellet in half. Be nice to have after-market parts for it. Not many.

Remarkably quiet, unless I'm doing something wrong. Can hit a saucer (y'know, like for a teacup?) consistently at 100 m.

I don't love the Monte Carlo comb... never have, even though it was on my first powder burner .22 when I was 12. This is a pretty graceful example, which is kind of self-contradictory. I don't like the look, but I like the way it fits and shoots very much, and if it fits well and shoots well, that is 51% of everything. But I'd love to find a classic flat-topped stock for it. Other than that, it's gorgeous, and functions superbly.

No.

The weight and feel is good.

Don't really know what to say here. Mine is terrible when it comes to accuracy.

Mine shoots all over the place and I've tried everything to try and fix it but I give up it has has to be a bad barrel

It's inexpensive and the overall quality is very good. The form/fit/function including the wood stock is very good. Shoulders quick and is fairly light to carry. Diana did a good job with the design engineering.

A nice air rifle for the price point for sure. I'd either float the barrel or add a barrel band after the stock.

This is an entry level non-regulated PCP air rifle not a $1500.00+ air gun. Since it isn't a floating barrel design the rear sight and barrel band attached to the air cylinder rubbing on the wood stock and in my case caused a wandering POI shift issue... (expansion/contraction of different materials at different rates). I fixed this by adding a barrel band after the stock, I added a barrel clamp to the barrel and air cylinder (beyond the stock). I made one on my 3D printer. It pumps up easily with a hand pump from low to hi manual stated recommended pressures and in about 6 minutes with my electric pump.

The reason I bought it---ACCURACY.

Three problems I was aware of. One, the trigger is terrible. About twice as bad as the M1 Garand . Two, cocking is extremely difficult. They need a side lever type for this heavy a pull. Three, the comb is way too low. I bought a comb raising device to solve that one. Benjamin needs to pay more attention to these details but,, as I said, I knew this going in and the accuracy is far above the average air gun especially in this price range.

Light weight beautiful stock and accurate

Have a regulated option

My gen 2 wood stock .22 is a beast I have no issues no leaks easy to cock with magazines I mounted a Simmons pro target and had to adjust it one click up one click right and it was on at 30 yards have never had that happen before lol but for the money I couldnt ask for more and the customer service was great if you have issues using online returns jst call them they will hook you up

Build quality, accuracy, and this thing is whisper quiet. I wanted an accurate PCP rifle with iron sights, it did not disappoint!!

The screws for the trigger adjustments. The screws mine came with had heads on them that bottomed out against the trigger before they could touch what they are suppose to. They need to be either longer or headless allen type.

The gun is quite light and the stock is on the slender side. It is not very pellet picky at all.

Light weight ,looks, accurate and ability to be converted to left handed

Larger air chamber and the magazine is a little flimsy

Great gun

Light enough for my big 8 year old to handle, light trigger, accurate for my needs (rabbit & squirrel hunting, plinking).

Bolt is sticky frequently when loading pellets. Sometimes when i first got it, this would result in loading 2 pellets in the chamber when I was using the magazine, as I would pull the bolt back to try to push it in again, the magazine would automatically spin to a new pellet, and then I would push the bolt in. I just learned to push harder on the first pellet, though my kids still struggle a bit with this. Would be nice to sling studs, but I was able to add these on my own.

This is my first PCP and air rifle as an adult, so I can't compare.

Very accurate, and, so far, is not picky about ammo. Light, with good handling characteristics. Fit and finish is very nice, even at the price point.

It needs a longer dovetail for more eye relief adjustability. Rear sight is high enough to be in the field of view off the scope unless a high mount is used, or the rear sight is removed.

After owning it for one week, it will not take a charge. Contacting Pyramyd Air tomorrow for advice.

Good clean looking well finished rifle. Super good value and performance. Amazingly low sound level for the power delivered. Blows .22 Crossman 14.3 gr pellets clean through 3/4 pine boards. The sound of the impact is more than the report from the rifle. Nice and light, easy to handle.

Nothing. Going to leave open sights.

Just buy it!

This is an excellent product. The wood stock is well done. It has held air for over 6 months. My Hatsan Flash which I purchased at the same time has more power but leaks badly.

Nothing considering the overall value as compared to other products in this price range.

Recommend over the Hatsan Flash

Nicely finished, checkered stock, compact (40") and very light weight (<5lb) for a PCP. Magazines and shot tray are aluminum with magnets to help hold them in place. Open sights are well placed, easy to align and were dead on out of the box. Quieter than a pumper in the same caliber.

Fill port has no cover, open to elements, dirt, whatever. Easy enough to purchase or make a plug though. Magazines are expensive.

There is an aftermarket regulator available that can increase it's shot count by 50% or better, and swapping the factory fill port for the style used on the Bandit, which includes a manometer, also provides a rotating cover for the fill port.

The looks of the Stormrider is classic, the wood stock has a nice grain, finish and the checkering is precise. The gun is much lighter and compact than I thought it would be. I am used to a very heavy Beeman springer so this is refreshing. It shoulders well and has good sight lines. I did not try the open sights as I had a Simmons 3x9 scope ready to go. The gun was well protected in the box with dense foam cut out in the shape of the gun, could be used in a case. As for accuracy, I was able to get on the bullseye quickly after making scope adjustments. I am using JSB RS and Crosman hollow point dome, 14.3 gr, groupings are very tight, about 1/2" at 30 yds. The 2 stage trigger is quite good as well.

I measured the gap between the air chamber and the barrel, it is .170" at the breech and .170" at the barrel band, it droops ever so slightly at the air fill to .165". Diana should include a second barrel band to stop any droop issues over time. I will be adding one if they are ever back in stock. The cocking is a little stiffer than I would like but not terrible. It would be nice if they provided an air fill plug to keep dirt out. Otherwise I have no complaints.

I have about 500 rds through it now with the two brands of pellets noted. I have not experienced one jam with the rotary clip like people have noted in other reviews. My backyard range only goes out to 30 yds so I have not shot further than that yet. The Stormrider is surprisingly accurate at this distance, any shot more than 1/2" outside the group is me not the gun. I also live in a tract neighborhood and shoot in my backyard, this gen 2 version is VERY quiet. I use a cheap hand pump off Ebay and takes about 60 pumps (very easy) to get it to 20 bar, 3,000 psi. It held the exact same pressure for several days so no leaks, and I get roughly 35 shots before refill. I am quite happy with this gun so far, hope it has some longevity.

Orders shipped quickly

Some sort of quality control.

Purchased this rifle and a few cans of pellets as a Christmas gift. The rifle had an air leak. Rather than return and wait for them to process it and send a replacement, I returned it for a refund and purchased a second one at the same time. When the second rifle arrived, it too leaked air. I decided to just return everything. When I called to set up the return, not only did they not apologize for sending me two defective guns, but they also informed me that technically it was my responsibility to pay return shipping on the pellets because they were not defective, but as a "courtesy " they were covering it. Gave me a good laugh but .......wow!