Diana model 19/23/2023 This pistol was called the “MGR” after Mayer, Grammelspacher and Rastatt. Mayer and Grammelspacher factory – 1891 Īccording to an article published for the 120th anniversary of the founding of Dianawerke, Mayer and Grammelspacher’s first air pistol was patented and produced in 1892. Incidentally, Rastatt is only 8 ½ miles or 14 km from Gaggenau. This dissatisfaction led to Mayer and Grammelspacher forming their own business. According to the company archives of Dianawerke, there was general anxiety and dissatisfaction felt by Mayer when Eisenwerke Gaggenau was converted to a public limited company in 1888. Both Mayer, 1860-1933, and Grammelspacher, 1855-1897, previously worked at Eisenwerke Gaggenau which as we learnt in a previous article was also a leading German airgun manufacturer. Mayer and Grammelspacher was a company formed in Rastatt, Germany by Jakob Mayer and Josef Grammelspacher in 1890. How it was, and still is, a world leader of airgun innovation which has shaped the evolution of spring airguns that we use today. We will learn about Diana’s rise and fall and then its rebirth from the ashes of World War II. In this article, through what many would consider an insignificant air pistol, we discover the origins of the world-renowned airgun company Diana.
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