Spring/Piston New Daisy 250 (Diana 25) in the fold

Kragman1

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OK, I often joke around about "liberating" or "rescuing" airguns from firearms stores. And it's all in good fun, although there's often some truth to that - many times, gun stores don't know what to do with airguns, especially springers. Sometimes, they don't even put them in the sales rack and you have to ask if they have any laying around.

Today was a little different. I found a neglected old .22 cal Daisy 250 (a Milbro made Diana 25) at New England Airguns. It had come to them rough, scarred and splattered with rust. Missing the rear sight too. Packed away and hard to find. Even at an airgun store, this little guy was being overlooked.

But (!) - the bore and crown look nice, the rifle cocks and fires perfectly fine, and even the very basic trigger feels good.

Hmmmmm......

So, some discussions were had, some money changed hands, and I am now looking for a rear sight. (anybody got one? 😁)

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Update -

The rifle needs a breech seal boost but is making 425 fps with 11.9 Hobby pellets as-is.

And, I'm using the crude rear "peep" that came on my Gen 1 HW50 as a rear sight for the 250 because that's all I have. And it's a good 5" high at 10 yards, etc. and far from precise. The little 250 seems to shoot well though.

Below is the sight, and a quick 3 shot group I just fired (not cherry picked, etc).
POA was the bottom point of the largest diamond on the target. I tried to hold lower in the sight picture to bring POI down, it seems to have had some effect.
Between that and the pointed front sight, holding for elevation is very difficult. I believe the little rifle will be quite accurate once i can scope it.

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Ha ha ha!

Well, I'm just an enthusiast that doesn't get nearly enough practice to be good. But I compare shooting a springer to shooting a bow - you get out of it what you put into it.
Better equipment is certainly good, and of course your skill level. But skillful shooters have bad days too.

I had some luck with the artillery hold 15 years ago, but just some.
Much better for me has been the advice I got from John Thomas - locate the rifle on your hand next to the forearm screws and let the butt hang loosely on your shoulder. Most guns shoot very well this way, though some do prefer a firmer shoulder hold or a slightly different forearm hold.

And my basement range is only 8 or 9 yards.... 😆
 

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