Air Gun Home :: View topic - Tennessee here, need input on .22 ammo, and thanks.

Obsessive · New Member

My Diana RWS 34 Striker Combo, TO6 Trigger, is on the way. I break in all my toys very carefully, running cleaning material and objects in the direction of projectile direction only. On a new rifle, this is done after every shot for the first 20 shots, and then the same procedure, after two shot intervals, and yes, again after 3 shot intervals for a total of 3, 20 round boxes.

However, this is an air rifle, but to a degree some of these principles might be still intact. In that there are different mechanisms at work in the Diana, and reading about people tuning them, I have to admit, I am new in this direction of skills. Leading will be a problem, but through weeks of research, there are lubes that can minimize this and maybe even get a few more FPS.

All that, to ask all of you out there, in this particular rifle, what are the most exacting pellets for marksmanship, and if you would, what are your best performers for taking game in regards to accuracy. Thanks in advance and hope to hear from some of you experts. Regards.

Robw · Veteran Member

The RWS 34 is a very low powered airgun and you should experience no
leading of the barrel problems.

Ledbetter122 · Member

The ammo I prefer to use is Crosman Premier, I have yet to shoot a gun that didn't shoot them decently (but then again I've only shot 7 different types of guns, most of them springers until my Disco).

My disco and my buddies Benjamin Titan both shoot Crosman Premiers with about a 1/4 to a 1/2 group at 30 yards (rested of course).

For hunting I have found them to be quite adequate as I hardly miss my target, but for championship marksman competitions you may want to look at higher priced pellets