Diana Oktoberfest BB Rifle

I have multiples of these. Got a bunch for the family to shoot at birthday parties, and other family gatherings. Ordered this batch in October of 2025. When you get a nice one, the quality is superb. The manual says "Steel BB's ONLY". But here in the U.S. [.177] steel BB's are actually 4.4mm or smaller. Accuracy is acceptable for a gallery rifle, shooting at [Air Venturi Airgun Slynger Metal Silhouette Targets] within 10 yards. You would get the most out of this rifle ordering 4.4mm lead balls from JG Airguns here in the U.S. [RB44 4.4 Round Ball Lead balls] - since Pyramid does not stock any. You will avoid ricochets if you shoot at steel like I do. And lead BB's will not damage the action/rifling over time. You can also get 4.4mm lead balls from Germany. Diana makes such ammo branded as "Oktoberfest". H&N and SK also make it.

This is a gallery rifle. The sights are adequate, the trigger is adequate. You get a fun repeater that will make you smile - if you set your expectations for what it is. I would not change a thing as this rifle is amazingly good for $99 - which is what they are selling for October 2025.

Going back to "when you get a nice one". I received a few rifles in this batch that were backbored. Reminiscent of arsenals refurbished Mosin Nagant's where the last few inches of the barrels were drilled out to recess the crowns. Pyramid took care of it, no questions asked. They replaced all of them that had this issue.

Very solid. This gun is a must for anyone who likes to shoot BBs. The action is a blast and the accuracy is excellent for a BB gun. Getting 468fps and trigger pull around 3.65#.

The sights. I painted the front blade hi-vis and this helped immensely. The sights are dead on when I can see them.

Pour the BBs very slowly into the funnel ad it won't clog.

Good solid construction. Nice even trigger pull. Bluing on the barrel is very good. Stock finish is excellent. The funnel for filling the BB reservoir is a nice touch.

First session using Daisy Match BBs. Set up at 22' inside my garage to get on target. Shot three rounds, all 4" low and 2" to the left, about 1" grouping. I corrected the windage and started on the correction for the elevation. I backed out the set screw and adjusted the rear blade sight (thumb push). Recognizing the sight is plastic, I was very careful when resetting the set screw. I never felt any resistance when attempting to find the "bottom". The threads on the screw hole were completely stripped. I had not attempted to screw "in" until this time. At this price point, metal sight components should have been used, and would be a vast improvement.. I marked the position of the sight blade in relation to the base so I can periodically check to make certain the sight has not moved. Disappointing.

Great build.heavy but good feel in shoulder.100 rounds before reloading

Hard to see the sights.fiber optic sights would be a game changer

It's a great shooting fun bb gun.i tried Daisy,crosman,umerex,Hornady and excile bbs all the same results 1" groups at 5 yards after that bbs are all over the place. I can hit galley ducks some times at 18 yards. It's not a sniper,but a great fun gun

Awesome...it is tremendous fun and I love it. Metal, Real Wood, "Bolt Action", large reservoir. It is in a different class when comparing bb guns. I read a lot of worrisome reviews prior to buying this about how normal 4.5mm BBs wouldn't work and the accuracy would be terrible and that I needed to buy oversees overpriced 4.4mm BBs. This was flat wrong. With Crosman Copperheads, this is dead on consistent within a half inch at 13 yards. After I finish off the Copperheads, I will try out the Daisy Match Grade.

Great character, great feel, and "A riesen Gaudi"

Do not use 0.177 Gamo Round Balls - they will jam. The reservoir tube is gravity fed so point upwards when cocking to prevent dry fire.

i bought this rifle - a red dot sight with a 11mm rail adaptor fits where the rear iron sight mounts making this rifle much more shootable. i use BUSNELL TR25 on mine. one must shoot .177 lead balls out of it. steel BBs even daisy match BBs just randomly spray the targets. HN smart shot works OK. German Lead 4.4mm balls are what it is specd for. even then it shoots 1 inch groups from a rest at 25ft

change the barrel so HN .177 smart shot shoots well from it or put in a .177 smoothbore barrel that shoots daisy precision BBS well.

dont shoot steel BBs out of it. Put on a RED Dot sight

Things I like; that's simple - everything.

Be scopeable.

The fps that is listed is very conservative. Mine clocks at 485 low to 500 high fps. I only wish it was scopeable; it's that accurate for a BB gun. A bargain at twice the price.

I am very impressed with the accuracy. Outdoors, in the wind, I can step back from 20 yards to 35 yards and consistently hit a plastic bottle that is 2.5"x3.5"x7.5". And more often than not it ends up end-on. Not every shot at 35 yards, but by holding a hair high, I can hit it within a few shots. And this is offhand. And I'm no expert. And I'm not spreading lead around everywhere. It seems to have a quite flat arc out to around 100' but then starts falling off more and more rapidly.

I find it a little awkward lining up the sights, they seem too low along the barrel, so getting my eye down low enough means the rifle is high on my shoulder. But maybe there's something wrong with my form.

It's heavy, but that helps make it accurate. It's not the most comfortable thing to pick up, some of the corners of the stock alongside the barrel could be rounded instead of square. Once you have it up though it is comfortable to hold.

great value fun to shoot change the sights tho.

Sights

Great unique plinker . Get one while you can

The build quality seems very good by the Chinese manufacturer under Diana guidance. It is a solid and substantial piece with twice the magazine capacity and more power than the venerable Daisy Model 25. Unlike the latter classic BB rifle, the Oktoberfest is a rifled BB gun with a topside bolt action and a full width stock. Of course, it is multiple times the price.

The rear sight is "challenging" at the best and "horrible" at worst for a 75 year-old shooter with progressive lenses. I don't have a problem with the ramp and clamp for the elevation and windage adjustments, however. Like its commercial forebear, it is a gallery gun for a short and fixed range. Nevertheless, the rear notch is too small and disappears in the bolt hinge mechanism. The notch "blade" is just too small and it is coupled with a front blade that might better be a post?

Use lead shot for the sake of the rifling. That, currently, presents a problem as the H&N SmartShot seems to be absent from the supply chain for some reason. The actual German round balls that would be ordinarily used didn't come across the Atlantic to suppliers along with the rifle. That is okay, since one will need to so some serious cleaning of the barrel from the muzzle end to scrub out the post machining debris. The "breech" end is inaccessible.

Being a Diana, this should eventually prove to be a shooter and a short range piece that will provide shooting enjoyment within its scope. I am hoping that the SmartShot will arrive (I've got an order for 6K of them) so I can do some serious breaking in of the piece and see what it can really do.