This is our second listing - we obtained this excellent air rifle from friends in Iowa.  You will see from the numbers listed in on the buttstock, it may have been manufactured in the late 1940s.  However, this is what I found on-line:  While Milbro was busy making pre-war model 27's . . . Diana in Germany was re-designing the gun and re-tooling for renewed production in the early 1950's. The chief change was the greatly simplified (but still excellent) ball-sear trigger, though the powerplant, cocking links, and many other details were also changed.  Markings are much like the pre-war rifle, though the small "Made in Germany" line has replaced the Nazi-era DRP stamp.  Many components appear to be the same as the pre-war gun. That includes all the screws in this photo, as well as the complete receiver tube! Note the nifty fluted breech jaws are still present. The rear sight is also very similar, and in fact may be of pre-war manufacture, though the blade is wider than any DRP-era sights I have seen. The way the new parts are designed around these old ones is remarkable.  The trigger blade on this gun is solid aluminum alloy, with both the adjuster and locking screw accessible through the trigger guard. Everything you see in this photo is quite different from the pre-war rifle.  The gun's stock is a similar profile shape to the pre-war 27 but modified for mass production on automated machinery with simplified, slab-sided contours, and in beech instead of walnut.

Also included is the BOYT rifle leather soft case also from Iowa Falls, Iowa, and I will try to find some projectiles (if we have any left).

You can see this has not been used much for as old as it is.  It is very tight and an excellent shooter.  If you have property, it will be perfect for rock squirrels, gophers, and packrats.