Page 4 - Diana Stormrider Reviews

First rifle had a defect and was quickly replaced by Pyramyd. Second rifle is excellent arrived in good shape well packed. Second rifle is 5 star I am giving 4 stars because of necessity of returning the first one. Shoots well functions perfectly for the 100+ shots I have fired so far. Pyramyd customer service is great an example for the industry and the best I have experienced in 40+ years dealing with sporting goods industry.

Sights are adequate but a little fidly to adjust. Scope mounting must be done carefully to keep from Interfering with magazine. Single load tray likes to let pellets drop behind tray making you invert gun and shake to free.

For the price you cannot beat this PCP. I purchased the Refurb 177 gen 2 model.

Affordable,accurate,reliable, first PCP. Very accurate with H&N crow magnum pellets. I have the .22 cal of this gun. Already killed several squirrels with it.

Definitely would pay more for a shrouded barrel version of this same gun to make it more backyard friendly.

Most scopes will need high (11 mm) mounts to clear the height of magazine and you need to remove the rear sight (which is easy). I have the UTG 3-9X 40 mm hunter scope and UTG high scope mounts,both of which I really like. I can't comment on the magazine since I have been using the single shot tray and like that so I can try different pellets. Easy to pump with hand pump. I would rate it as a medium in the loudness category.

Great first pcp. Easy to work on. Metal trigger and adjustable. Good shot count.

Make it more left hand friendly.

it is a good starter pcp for the money. fun to shoot little small but i understand.

i did add an extra barrel band to make it more accurate and sturdy.

be gentle when sliding the cocking lever.had to send first gun back do to lever handle broke.all in all good value.

The rifle have a good wheight , is accurate nice and quieted. Good for the price.

The bolth action level is really weak you need to change it if you get this rifle. Also you need to buy the barrel band to give support to barrel.

For the money is good and acuerdate, consistent shots. You also have to tuning the barrel, pellets do not enter smoothly. En general if you want something in overall good for this amount of money you can buy it

The accuracy and consistency is extreme in .22 cal ..i have a junky center point scope but works fine ..its impressive hitting clothes pins at 60 yrds ..cant wait for the 300 inches of snow to melt so i can bring it in the field

Add the extra barrel clamp..but is fine with out it

If u want to dispatch varmints at a distance buy this rifle

GUN HAS AWESOME POWER, ACCURATE WITH THE RIGHT PELLETS, (10-13 GRAINS IN 177) EASY TO FILL, LITE TO CARRY, STOPS SQUIRRELS INSTANTLY

THE COCKING HANDLE OR BOLT, BENDS TO EASY, AND WILL BREAK OVER TIME (THATS THE GEN 1) THE GEN 2 BOLT IS A LITTLE MORE STURDY, BARREL NEEDS TO HAVE MORE SUPPORT, BUT BARREL BAND WILL HELP

I LIKE THE GUN BUT IT HAS SOME FAULTS FROM THE FACTORY, SO I WOULD SUGGEST HAVING A 10 FOR 10 DONE WHEN PURCHASING IT

Its very lightweight pretty short and not very loud the barrel is threaded and the accuracy is good enough for my needs iv gotten a 1.42 inch 10 shot group with 14.4 gr H&N sniper lights and a 1.51 inch 10 shot group with jsb exact 18.1gr both at 50 yards.

Better bolt/charging handle and better mags.

The muzzle attachment does come off the gen2 well mine did it was very easy also the gun seems to shoot the best after you put 150 or so pellets through it mine went from about 3 to 3 1/2 inch groups at 50 to right at/right under 1.5 inch groups at 50.

Light weight, accurate, powerful, easy to use

Make the sights optional from the factory. Skip the fill probe and just put a fitting on the gun.

Great rifle! Very good quality. You will not find a better value!

Price, quality & performance.

Add another barrel band, the one band doesn't seem to support the 18+" of barrel in front of the one band. My barrel was not completely aligned with air tank. I added another barrel ban & it solved the problem.

Price, reasonable quality fit and finish, trigger, suppressor is exceptionally well made. The best part is the customer support after the sale. The first one arrived and was probably damaged in transit as the carton was damaged. The bolt handle broke off after the 1st couple of shots. I immediately called customer support and was told to print the RMA # and return label and ship via UPS and a new rifle would immediately be shipped upon their receipt of the damaged one. It arrived and works much better.

I ordered the extra barrel support for the price of 9.95 plus shipping. You could probably order that and the extra magazine with the rifle and save the shipping costs. The extra barrel suport was highly recommended by a you tube revue as an adjunct to accuracy and it works well.

The extra barrel support is easily added after removing the barrel via removal of the three metric allen screws at the rear of the barrel and loosening the existing barrel band. Use an old leather belt wrapped around the Suppressor to prevent marring and use a pliers or channel lock to twist the barrel back and fort to remove the barrel. You may wish to change the O-ring seal at the end of the barrel with one of the supplied ones from the pack of O-rings supplied with the rifle. Slide the new barrel support to within an inch or so of the stock and reinstall the barrel and O-ring seal and the 3 metric allen screws to retain the barrel and snug up the original barrel band and the new barrel band.

The size/weight and the fact it's all metal and wood. The stock I ended up with has nice figuring. It has turned out to be a very accurate platform. The gen 2 adjustable trigger can be set to produce a very nice 2-stage pull with a predictable and clean break. I use the rifle for hunting so prefer a heavier pull, I was able to adjust it be exactly how I want it. This feature by itself justifies the price difference between the gen1 and gen2 versions.

Diana needs to improve the QC, include an additional barrel band with the gun, make it possible to easily remove the LDC and front sight. Make sure all the burrs are removed and the o-rings are in good shape. Use LESS of the nasty preservative oil when prepping the gun for shipment, better yet, put it in a plastic bag with a desiccant pack. The magazine needs to be redesigned to fit the breech tighter, the loose fit contributes to problems with certain pellets. I added copper tape to mine which improved the fit and eliminated jamming I experienced with H&N Hunter Xtreme pellets

This gun makes a really good hunting rig once you've dealt with the QC issues it will most likely have when you receive it. The first one I received leaked from several places and was slathered in the preservative oil, so I returned it for a replacement. The second one also leaked but was in much better shape so I decided to accept it a deal with the leak(s). I'm very glad I did, this is an accurate gun that's easy to hand pump and can produce a lot of power (stock it shot 14.3gr CPHPs at over 900fps). I added a regulator and adjusted it to produce 600fps with 18.52gr H&N Hunter Xtremes. I also added an additional barrel band which I believe contributed to its really good accuracy.

Accurate

Stronger bolt handle had two different ones break inside of the bolt

Spend extra money and buy a better one but pyramid air has excellent return policy

Beautiful to look at, lovely to hold, shoots as I expected. Very nice gun, especially for the money.

nothing

I like it. Fun plinker, adequate hunter, accurate.

Looks great.

Better air fill system.

Overhaul upgrade would be good.

Very nice gun. Very Accurate!!!

Removed iron sights , mounted scope!

Think it might beat my 10-22!!

Light weight, very accurate, easy to load as a single shot.

Better instructions on the use of the magazine. I figured out how to load the cylinders, place it on the gun, but that is as far as I can get. What am I doing wrong?

Light weight. Quite.

Magazine loading. Putting pellets in backwards is fiddly. Yes I know only one needs to be loaded backwards..

I am old and crippled.

I bought this for the grand-kids , they love to shoot. Good accurate gun for the money. I mounted a 4 x scope on it and no complaints shoots a half inch group all day long. grandson can bust cans out to 50 yards no problem......liked it so well I bought 2 , 1 in 22 and 1 in .177......This is the 4th PCP I own and granted it's not a Daystate or a Brocock. I think it's a great value for the money and a great way to get kids interested in shooting sports.

sling mounts would be nice.

good starter PCP , light weight....I did have a problem with the fill probe but CS handled it ASAP with a replacement

The rifle is well made. The stock is nice. The bolt pulls nice. It's light. It's quiet in my opinion. I have break barrels that are louder. It's easy to fill. I get about 30 shots per fill. I already had a pcp pump for my TalonP. My Talon will only get about 10 useable shots. The Diana is so much more fun to shoot. It's very accurate with the extra barrel band. Do your research before purchase. It's much more hand pump freindly than my Talon. I put a cheap scope on it and it works great. The trigger on mine is smooth as can be. Better than my Hatsan Quattro's even. I picked this up during Christmas for about 120 bucks on P.A. and won't look back. It's not to pellet picky either.

Nothing really at this price point. The extra barrel band should be included but it's only 10 more bucks and a breeze to install.

If your getting into PCP just buy this one with the extra barrel band and a economical pump. You won't be disappointed unless your willing to spend 5 to 10 times more. It's pretty addictive. I chose this over the Guantlet due to price point and cc of the air chamber vs pumping. You can't be disappointed if you accept that you bought near the cheapest pcp on the market. It does feel kind of girly compared to my Carnivore .30 but hey it's a lot of fun and out shoots the Carnivore over 30 yards.