The Diana Mauser K98 is fitted with Diana’s T06 adjustable trigger. The bottom of the cylinder, exposed by the opening of the loading port, is slotted and any pellet that drops through the slot will drop into the lever mechanism and prove difficult to retrieve.
One issue to be careful of is dropping a pellet when attempting to insert it into the barrel chamber. This lever moves back with the piston as the rifle is cocked and must be pressed to lock the cocked spring in place. There is a small locking lever beside the rear sight. Cocking this powerful springer requires a bit of careful technique and is definitely an adult operation. The effort to cock this big springer was not made any easier by the relatively slippery butt plate. The cocking lever is below the barrel, as you would expect, and is designed to look like the cleaning rod on the original military rifle. Just cocking the rifle indicated it was gifted with a powerful spring and I was looking forward to what the chronograph would say once I got into the pellet testing. 22 calibre test rifles because they are better suited to pest control and small game hunting and I have a good variety of different pellets I can test.
#Diana mauser k98 driver#
Also included in the box is a small toolkit containing a wrench and driver set that fits all the screws on the rifle.ĭiana’s Mauser K98 is an under-lever, spring-powered, single-shot air rifle. While I am sure that supervised youngsters will have a lot of fun plinking with this homage to a famous German military rifle, it is going to need an adult to cock and load this hefty, spring-powered air rifle. It is a full-sized rifle with under-lever cocking that requires some effort to set. The length of pull seemed a bit short for me, not much of a problem with open sights, but something to consider when fitting the scope. It is muzzle heavy by nature of the military design and the constraints of fitting an air rifle into that. The rifle was long and relatively heavy, in keeping with the replication of the original rifle. The wood had good grain and was well finished with a nice sheen. My first impressions were of a design faithful to the German army rifle predecessor. The Australian distributor, Nioa, provided the air rifle, along with a Simmons ProTarget 3-12×40 scope, SportsMatch T03C ring mounts and a generous supply of pellets. That stalwart of air-gunning, Diana, has brought out a faithful Mauser 98K lookalike and the SSAA Australian Shooter/Hunter was given the opportunity to review this product. Here is an air rifle that will have enormous appeal to aficionados of military firearms. As with the TbT Maxi kit, the spring may require shortening to stay legal.This review was first published in the SSAA Hunter edition 66 in October 2018.
#Diana mauser k98 pro#
The TbT Maxi Pro kit is the same as the TbT Pro kit, but with the addition of a spring. Short stroke extensions are also available separately. It is a simple modification that takes less time to fit than it took you to read this. Lock time is dramatically reduced along with recoil and hold sensitivity. This allows the piston to travel faster, over a shorter distance for the same power. The short stroke extension fits onto the front of the piston reducing the volume of air being pushed out on firing.
The kit comprises of the guide set from the TbT Standard kit with the addition of a pot of Bum-Slide hi moly paste, and a short stroke extension. The TbT Pro range is available for some models, these are designed primarily for the UK market and allow the gun to run better at a lower power (sub 12 ft/lb, 16j) with reduced hold sensitivity. Please check your local laws for more information. This spring will allow the gun to run at it’s maximum designed power, and may require shortening to meet local power restrictions. In the case of Weihrauch and Diana guns, this means a genuine factory replacement part. Our TbT Maxi range of kits offer all the advantages of our standard kit, but with the addition of an export powered spring.
#Diana mauser k98 free#
With the addition of a small amount of optional Bum-Slide hi moly paste, this will give you many thousands of quiet, maintenance free shots between services. The kit includes a rear guide, top hat and slip washer to reduce torsional recoil, preload washers to allow some control over power output, standard molybdenum grease and a TbT sticker for your rifle. Guides that fit the spring properly keep it under control during the firing cycle prevent it from rattling around, all metal to metal contact is eliminated. The TbT Standard guide set will work with your existing spring to reduce spring twang, vibration and recoil at a stroke. The TbT range of air rifle tuning kits offer an extensive range of options for all the most popular air rifles with great value for money.