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Show off your Daisy guns here...other than my Red Ryder I have this one...an early 1960's Spittin' Image that still shoots great...

It came with a leather holster that is long gone now but I can assure you this pistol shot many a sassy bandit in its day (when I was 6 or so). My dad bought it I think at a hardware store. We had a single shot rifle of some sort too, but don't know where that ended up. It was a Daisy too.

I had a Daisy Red Ryder but never even knew that Daisy made a cowboy handgun model. Looks great!

ChefDuane wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 18, 2019 1:16 am

I had a Daisy Red Ryder but never even knew that Daisy made a cowboy handgun model. Looks great!

I have a Powerline 880. Inherited, don't know vintage tho. Probably their most popular rifle.

Daisy also made the V/L rifle, which is very collectible. Only 23,000 produced during 1968/1969. It used a .22cal caseless/primerless bullet. The ATF however declared it a firearm, and it was discontinued. A little info:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_V/L

Video - very informative technical:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHNg6laaiWo

I have a Red Ryder I found in a dumpster with a bunch of old printers and filing cabinets at my work's storage yard. I still don't know why I climbed up to see what was inside but I'm glad I did. A few dings on the stock but she's in great shape and shoot straight!

RanchRoper wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:08 pm

Show off your Daisy guns here...other than my Red Ryder I have this one...an early 1960's Spittin' Image that still shoots great...

Wow RR! It's in great shape! It IS a " Daisy "

I bought this around 1980. Powerline 717. A while back I opened it up, reworked the trigger, which was pretty bad, and added an over travel stop. I shoot it very rarely .... I would like to keep it looking decent, it still has the original finish pretty much intact.

Full review : https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2007/09 ... 17-part-1/


I also had a much older Daisy pump action bb rifle, the model with the “finger lopper” steel bars. It got a bunch of use in the basement shooting up bottle caps and all sorts of small toys that I got tired of. Safety glasses? Nope.... my dad shot a hole in the rear patio door glass, thinking it was open when it wasn’t. It is long gone, donated I think. It was the one on the right, does anyone know the model number?



John Davies
Spokane WA

This thread reminded me of a humorous incident from my childhood.

When I was a senior in elementary school... (sixth grader, top of the pecking order,) I was living in Florida and had a pack of friends. This had been a great period in my life, we had moved a LOT when I was younger. For the first time we were stable, and had roots. We lived in the same place for about five years.

My stepdad at the time was pretty cool, and he came home with an anemic Daisy lever action. He told me it was mine, but it was too weak to shoot bb's any longer, and in fact he plugged the loading port to insure we didn't try. The gun was for playing cowboys and indians in the woods around the creek running behind our house. He showed me a trick. Filling an old elmers glue squeeze bottle with baby powder, he shot just a puff down the muzzle of the wheezing Daisy. Cock 'er and pull the trigger and she emitted a faint pop... ... But... Also a puff of smoke like all the guns of the Saturday morning westerns. A charge was good for several shots, and a small squeeze of the elmer's bottle, and good to go.

I ruled the range.

Well, how about this? I never knew you could buy new ones...
https://www.daisy.com/product/Model-25- ... 990025-001

I’m kind of surprised that they kept the dangerous action.... on my old gun you could fire it without returning the fore grip to the normal position, and the steel arms would slam closed like a guillotine. Very cool to see if your fingers where out of the way.
John Davies
Spokane WA

Ouch....that hurts just thinkin' about it.

I have a few Red Ryders including several Christmas Story Commemoratives that have "a compass in the stock and that thing which tells time." Here are 4 of them.

My favorite is the original Buck Jones Model 107 that I picked up a few years ago. It was the only model that Daisy made that did, in fact, have a compass and sundial in the stock.

Love your collection.

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Nice collection there!

Devious6 wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 28, 2019 11:12 am

I have a few Red Ryders...

Very nice collection. Never owned a Daisy but I had a few Crossmans

Daisy also made the V/L rifle, which is very collectible.

I remember reading a story about the V/L many years ago.
Pretty interesting but it came with more problems than Daisy was willing to deal with financially and they decided to not pursue it further by licencing to build firearms.
I am surprised they managed to sneak as many as they did 'under the wire' before the ATF ruling it a firearm.

Great collection and display. Thanks for sharing them with us.

John E Davies wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 19, 2019 1:04 pm

Well, how about this? I never knew you could buy new ones...

2B953843-4DA4-42AD-B8CE-90630735484B.jpeg

https://www.daisy.com/product/Model-25- ... 990025-001

I’m kind of surprised that they kept the dangerous action.... on my old gun you could fire it without returning the fore grip to the normal position, and the steel arms would slam closed like a guillotine. Very cool to see if your fingers where out of the way.

B5A6BEB7-DF88-484E-9D10-EB9761486F39.jpeg

John Davies
Spokane WA

I still have a scar on my leg from one of those.
Had it laying on my leg while trying to cock it, my hand slipped and it pinched to you know what out of the leg.
Not funny at that time.

RP

Nice collection Devious. WOW !!

RP