Posted on 11/22/2014 6:14:25 PM PST by jespasinthru
You can still buy a Daisy BB Rifle for your kid. I didn't know that.
That's perplexing. The big factory is still operating here in Rogers. Maybe they only make certain models.
Just a few miles from here.
***Country of Origin: China***
Unfortunately true. They used to be made in Rogers Arkansas.
I almost shot a kid’s eye out with a cork gun back in 1955.
A year later I missed being one eyed with an arrow by 1/2 inch.
The last Crosman 1377C pistol I bought said: “made in U.S.A. with some foreign parts”.
I suspect that meant it was made in China then they shipped it to Crosman where they put the grips on. I hope that is wrong tho.
Anyone remember the Daisy VL rifle that fired .22 caseless rounds? I fired one about 46 years ago.
When I was a kid, we had some neighbors (country neighbors about a mile away) who had six red headed boys. They were wild as red Indians.
I was not too surprised when one shot another’s eye. He ended up retaining 30% vision in the eye so wasn’t totally blind.
LOL!
I remember when they came out but I never actually saw one.
I did own a Daisy .22 Long Rifle It was made of zamak and plastic. the barrel was steel I think. Mine was a single shot but I think they also made one which took a boxy looking magazine but I am not sure if they ever made it. I never actually saw that model.
NO thanks.
They had a BB plant here in town for a short time. They got some type of tax deal or something. Then they left in 2006 most likely to move to China.
Besides it is illegal to use one in town, not that has stopped anyone.
How do I get a download of this picture. I got a do a dozen buddies that need as big as laugh as I had.
Sarah Palin, sez, "You betcha!"
My youngest brother had several Daisy BB guns as a kid and developed superb aim that carried over to shooting with rifles. Years later, when my brother was an adult, I saw him pick up a WW II era carbine for the first time at a rifle range and rapid fire a full clip onto a distant target.
Just procure/steal it from me, man, do you know how?
Well, lucky you. I graduated from a Daisy BB gun to a Winchester bolt action single shot .22 long rifle that my daddy gave me when I was 12. It was a rusty old thing that looked like it had been through the Civil War, but I was proud to own it. He taught me how to field-strip it and how to keep all the components clean and oiled. And he taught me how to use it by taking me hunting with him and my big brothers (I was the only girl, and I was the youngest).
Today that rifle is only good for taking out poisonous snakes and field rats, because you can only load one shot at a time. Now that I’m grown I own several far more expensive firearms. But I still own that little Winchester .22 rifle, and I cherish it above all the rest.
I got my first Daisy BB gun as a birthday present when I was 9 or so back in the ‘50s. Bought one for my daughter when she turned ten-years-old, 13 year ago. She was a dead shot with it and even better with a .22.
My nine year old son is on his second red ryder. The lever broke on the first last year
Yep. They’re still around. I think you can get them in pink now.
I wish they still made the saddle carbine one with the big loop cocking handle.
My daughter and her fiancé got me a Benjamin Trail NP for Christmas last year. Really nice air rifle, but altogether too loud. The pellet travels faster than the speed of sound and the shots crack like a gunpowder weapon. Over the summer I bought one of their slightly lower velocity models (about 950 fps) and now I can plink without worrying that some neighbor will call the cops and report that they heard gunfire.
If I’m not mistaken that’s the Rock Island Arsenal.
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