Product Details
DIANA, GERMANY
A .177 UNDER-LEVER SPRING-PISTON AIR-RIFLE, MODEL '45 DRP', no visible serial number,
circa 1930, with blued tapering 18 1/2in. barrel, dove-tailed blade fore-sight, dove-tailed standing notch rear-sight elevating on a wheel, manual loading tap, blued air-chamber stamped with a standing figure of 'Diana' in the act of discarding a bow and arrow in favour of an air-rifle above the wording 'DIANA MOD. 45', plain end-cap, walnut half-stock with iron heel-plate and trigger-guard bow, finger-grooves to the fore-end sides and machined under-lever with push-button release, the whole retaining strong traces of finish
Other Notes: The design of this air-rifle was 'liberated' by the allies at the end of World War Two and subsequently used by Webley & Scott to produce their Mark 3 under-lever air-rifle
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Estimate £180-220