I have about 30 airguns and none of them a springer. I thought it would be nice to try the Diana P5 for starters. So I found a great deal on a preowned one in like new condition. After getting used to the thwang kick, I started to adjust the sights, and ran out of travel due to the gun shooting down. I even had my son shoot the gun to assure myself that it wasn't me.
Well, when things are that far out, it is likely to be one thing. The dreaded bent barrel. I took off the muzzle brake, and put a straight edge along the barrel, and sure enough it was bent. It was an easy fix putting the barrel into one finger of a leather glove and lightly clamping in a wood vice. It took all of my weight against it, and checked it about 7 or 8 times, and finally, it became true. I reinstalled the brake, and beautiful groups with the sight cranked all of the way back down to a normal position.
I imagine the gun could be cocked a million times without bending the barrel, so I suppose it was dropped one time as the muzzle brake does have a flat spot on it. It's a fun gun to shoot, and it seems like you can go through pellets quite quickly with it. I think I'm going to like it!
