Actual video date was 08/19/19 - This is a first look at my new Diana Bandit .177 cal pcp air pistol. The video will show a mixed bag of good and bad as this first time shooting it had some issues. It's an aesthetically very nice looking air pistol, and has a lot of nice visual quality and usable features for a less than $180.00. Internally/functionally it seems to have a couple not so favorable issues so far. During test shooting I found the chamber to be giving me trouble with pellet loading from either the magazine or the single shot pellet tray. I suspect a rough or burr on the chamber lead in edge, and it is what it turned out to be, I just didn't know for sure while testing today. I also found the pistol in it's stock configuration (free floated barrel with some flex) is hold/rest fussy while trying to bag rest it on any part of the underside of the pistol. My groups were really open and large when bag resting the pistol, but tightened right up when I only rested my arms extended with nothing touching the pistol. I feel pretty strongly that it needs a barrel band to stiffen up and stabilize the barrel. After the vid I ordered up the Diana Stormrider barrel band, and will report any improvement in my next video.
On a positive note this particular Diana Bandit is shooting a little hotter than the advertised specs. RWS Hobby 7.0 gr. were averaging 835 FPS @ 10.84 FPE, while H&N Barracuda Hunter 10.49 gr. were averaging 691 FPS @ 11.12 FPE, so that's a bit of power out of this pcp pistol. Overall it was a day that didn't work out well, but I still really like the pistol, and believe I will be able to fix up the issues I experienced today. The video is a bit long and tedious but it has some good information if you can make it through it. My next Diana Bandit video I'm sure will be a lot more positive, and hopefully a bit shorter. But for now, I hope you enjoy (some of) this one!
** Part 2- 2nd Look- Diana Bandit - Diamond in the Rough Now Shining (shorter and way sweeter) • 2nd Look- Diana Bandit...
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