Page 8 - Diana Chaser Kit Reviews

I dont care for the pistol/rifle. The rifle barrel is extremely quiet though, that's its only good feature however.

I would make the silencer adaptable for the pistol barrel, and make the barrel changing more user friendly, its very easy to lose those little screws that keep it in place, my suggestion is to keep a magnet nearby.

Feels cheaply made, and is pretty weak, using this for hunting anything other than paper targets would be cruel unless you are very close, and then, throwing the gun at it would do more damage than anything else.

My second airgun in the last 20 years and ~~ 2 months. Chaser is pretty quiet (long moderated barrel), lightweight, accurate at 10-20 yards. It was packaged well by OEM in custom-fit foam lined case. A lot of fun to shoot with a rotary mag. I'm using a 3-9x 32 UTG scope with my aged eyeballs (overkill but this makes it a tack hammer.) I gave up on fixed sights.

Trigger tension about 3 pounds - cannot be adjusted without a custom sear or spring. Added a pair of small polished washers on trigger pivot to reduce the play. Shoulder stock flexes and not as rigid as a full stock (like my 8+ pound break barrel). Wish the pistol barrel had a moderator. Should come with a rotary magazine. I have 2 but they are a bit fussy to load. The travel case is useless with long barrel mounted, but the case would have to be much bigger otherwise (NIT).

Clean the barrel before using -- rusty crud when brand new - unlike the black greasy residue from Germany on my other Diana. Im using Burris rings ($$) on a a UTG Bug Buster 3-9x 32mm scope. The tall rings are probably overkill and have 0.010" droop comp collars in the rings. Got this spot on at 10 yards (bench rest) and is very close at 20 yards (0.22, 15-18 grains). This 0.22 really likes JSB Diablo 15.89 grain or even the 18.13 grain. H&N FTT 14.66 are not bad. RWS Hobby 11.9 Wad Cutters are not bad either. All these will fit inside a 3/4" dia. circle at 10 yards indoors. The bolt on mine bounces back slightly - and makes a muffled rattle sound. Tolerances on this could be better? Ive read articles about the fragile nature of the bolt handle. Cock it with a press on the bolt with your thumb - do not force the handle. Ive had to clear a jammed pellet by removing the CO2 and barrel or a long dowel. Ive only put thru a maybe 100-200 pellets in 2 months. A moderated pistol bbl please?

Great combination pistol/rifle. Easily switched from pistol to rifle or rifle to pistol. Very accurate at 50' I was able to group shots within 3". It's a little time consuming refining sight adjustments but it's worth it to get the sights where it's best for you. Light weight, good engineering and design.

The carrying case is neat as a whole. I might suggest making it a little longer so you can put it in the case assembled as a rifle. I leave mine assembled as a rifle in the carrying case zippered up with the muzzle extending approximately 14 " at the corner.

Always handle your gun as if it was loaded. Abide by all safety rules and measures. It is not a toy.

It looks very nice.

Make it work.

I cannot get this to shoot and the rifle stock will not fit in the pistol stock. It was a complete waste of money.

What a tack driver and 50+ shots per co2 cartridge.added a tacticon reflex sight and wow!

Magazine included

Dont worry about the bolt breaking. Be gentle and use your thumb to seat the round by pushing on the back of the bolt rod. Cock the bolt by pushing the bolt rod close to the base. Easy peasy no breaky.

Very accurate, very quiet very light.

Needs to come with the rotary magazine.

I shoot mine in the rifle configuration with a TruGlo sight. I get 1 inch group at 25 feet.

This is an accurate air gun!! My girls and I are breaking matchsticks at 70 feet!!! Well worth the money!!

I would like to see the suppressor removable. And to be able to purchase more parts for it.

I have left it in the rifle set up. And added a simple 4 power scope. Its a great gun for the money. Great plinker!!

Accurate and cheep

Fiber optic sight would be nice

Love the gun

1. Good fit and finish for price point 2. Easy to change between pistol and carbine 3. Good accuracy at 10 m 4. Carbine is quiet

The grip swell on the bottom of the pistol grip

1. Clean the barrel before first use 2. Check for burrs on the chamber and remove

I love this gun. I have several and this is the best. It's very light, easy to use and very accurate

Light weight, quiet, and consistency.

Sale with a scope.

Extremely light weight and allows using it as a pistol, a carbine or a rifle. I ordered the .22 version and it arrived damaged. The shipping box did not have packing peanuts to protect the Chaser box and had a noticeable dent. This caused the rifle barrel to protrude through the inner box. It appeared at first that the breech was bent, but on closer inspection, I saw that the breech O-ring was severely crushed and damaged. PA arranged to send replacement O-rings. After charging the pistol and firing about 25 pellets, I cleaned it and found the rear hammer spring cap was not capable of being removed. It is plastic and seems like they pressed/swaged it in. PA sent me a replacement that tech removed the cap from and left in the box with the replacement pistol. It took about 30 minutes of careful sanding to get the cap to be easily removed. PA has excellent support and I can highly recommend them.

In order to get a replacement quickly, I had to purchase the replacement and get credit after the first Chaser was returned. The comprtition sent me a replacement Bandit within 2 days of notification of an air leak WITHOUT requiring me to prepay.

The replacement pistol came without the breech O-ring! Good thing I retained the barrel from the first on that I spent about an hour smoothing the barrel intake port and breech. Get the 10 for $10. I ordered this from my wish list and was not given the 10 for $10 option. I would have had to purchase another Chaser kit because they said it had already been loaded on the FedEx truck. I ordered it at 10:00 pm PST and by 8:00 am it had been processed and shipped. The free FedEx ground took 7 days to get here, so if you want one quickly, ask about faster shipping options. Other SPA manufactured pistols may be similar and cheaper, but PA support is worth it!

Nice looking and finished well. Accuracy is good. Sights are basic but fully adjustable and easy to see. Weight is nice light but heavy enough to maintain a good aiming posture.

Hone the chamber better. I know a tight chamber is better for accuracy but not to the point where it breaks the gun while trying to chamber the round.

The gun is pretty good but putting a pellet into the chamber is difficult at best especially with a wad cutter pellet which is almost impossible with my pistol, I see why the one fellow broke the bolt handle off of his gun. I learned to push on the end of the bolt which takes the strain off of the handle. Round nose pellets will work but it's still tough to chamber them. I honed mine which solve the problem.

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Opinions for pistol or rifle . Mine is very accurate with out a scope. Also powerful enough to do job I bought it for based on shots into oak board.

The ten shot repeater should be included.

Its cheep but quality and accurate, good for close shooting.

Very light weight, young shooter friendly. Gun really has no flaws to speak of. Oh and yes in rifle mode this gun whispers.

So why the low rating then? Not the gun's fault, it's on me alone. I somehow thought that I would be able to get this gun to shoot harder and further out.WRONG!!!!! Whether in pistol or rifle mode, don't expect to go past 45 to 50 feet out. No more than 10 to 20 feet if you plan on poking holes in a soup can. For the limited power this has, stick to .177. You can slowly blink for the time it takes .22 to leave the barrel and hit the target. A mouse would have time to move and avoid incoming round! Lol. Speaking of which, don't use this gun on any small animal. It is strictly for fun and plinking.

Great gun for the little one. At $119.00 you can get a decent break barrel that easily outperforms the chaser. This gun is a $49.00 gun, not the 119.00 that they are getting for it.

Very accurate

Pellets feeding from the magazine

Great little plinking gun , goes on alot of trips

The auto load repeter

Solid frame, Light weight. Very accurate at least out to the 30 ft. or so I've used it. Pretty quiet. Not likely to attract attention.

Gotta come up with a better magazine. Loading it is tedious. Inserting into gun a bit challenging. And it isn't reliable as it jams. Best to operate gun as a single shot. Additionally, instructions for assembling from pistol to rifle are of little help. Best to have some prior understanding of guns and their breakdown. To be fair though it is a good piece, solid, and since it hits what you aim it at, a pleasure to shoot.

Works great! Sighted it in open sights didn't have to do mutch ! Boom it was there.Nice that one can go from pistol to rifle configuration in a flash,or something in between. Pyramyd was awesome Im a lefty so got pyramyd to switch out bolt block! Came ready to rock and roll! Its very rare that ive been able to shoot any rifle for a left handed person! Everything is set up for righthand! Any rifleshotgun Ive ever owned has been for right handed people! For once my diana chaser is configured for me! Awesome!!!! The folks at pyramyd air are great! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

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Be responsible,safe,and enjoy!