A snippet from an 1881/1882 Schovering, Daly & Gales advert noting they are the agents for H. Piper in the U.S. of A. & Canada.

A public trial of sorts/contest was held in Cleve, Prussia in August of 1881 as a competition for pattern density & penetration test at 30, 45 & 60 yards using #2, #4, #6 and #8 size shot. Among the judges/jury were Kliumm and Keyssler/Keysaler as Royal Inspectors of Forests and Heise as an Inspector of Powder at Köln. The new Diana Pieper sporting weapons achieved excellent marks at the top followed by an H. Roedel of Prague sourced from Pieper, W.W. Greener in 3rd place followed by N. Bodson Liege and C. Bartles Wiesbaden. H. Roedel's Piper example actually performed better at 45 yards than did H. Pieper's Diana and sources give he was in Prague from around 1870 to 1881. Interesting that a Heuse-Lemoine was in 13th place.

Thread on the 1881 H. Pieper Model Diana:
http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=220155&page=1


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Raimey
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