Daisy BB gun

[oldman45]

My wife was six yrs old when her father bought her a Daisy BB gun. They lived in way out in the country. The nearest blacktop road was 12 miles away so she got to shoot it a lot. Her family has been long time passed away but we found her BB gun a while back. It is almost 55 yrs old.

I got it out to day and shot it in the back yard. The gun will still put holes in a coke can at 25 feet. I am impressed at how well it has held up over the years, especially since it was just ignored for many, many years.

Anyone know if I should drop some oil down the barrel or such?

 

[hangtree]

Check the Daisy site for a manual close to your gun and look to see where to oil. May have an oil hole. There are airgun forums also which you may find the answer. link to Daisy is below. good luck

Daisy Manuals

 

[HAWKEYE10]

I to still have my Red Ryder BB gun and it still shoots good. Don

 

[labworm]

My wife was six yrs old when her father bought her a Daisy BB gun. They lived in way out in the country. The nearest blacktop road was 12 miles away so she got to shoot it a lot. Her family has been long time passed away but we found her BB gun a while back. It is almost 55 yrs old.

I got it out to day and shot it in the back yard. The gun will still put holes in a coke can at 25 feet. I am impressed at how well it has held up over the years, especially since it was just ignored for many, many years.

Anyone know if I should drop some oil down the barrel or such?

Nice find, and what sentimental value. I definitely would oil it, I had a Daisy Pump which held 50 BB's 55 years ago. Cost was $9.50.

 

[Iggy]

Oldman45, that is amazing that it still works after all that time.

I wanted one so bad when I was a kid, but my Dad said when I was old enough, I would get a real gun.. I got a .22 when I was eight.

60 years later, I finally got a Daisy Red Ryder Carbine for Christmas this year.

 

[labworm]

Oldman45, that is amazing that it still works after all that time.

I wanted one so bad when I was a kid, but my Dad said when I was old enough, I would get a real gun.. I got a .22 when I was eight.

60 years later, I finally got a Daisy Red Ryder Carbine for Christmas this year.

And then you took a wonderful trip down memory lane

 

[cass]

Oil it with sewing machine oil.

 

[kennyb]

it was the mid 80's before i got my first red ryder...it's still boxed...i had a host of bb guns as a kid and never got into trouble with one until i was about 20...i was cleaning out my mom's utility room and found a broken stocked beat up old daisy of mine...i shoved it in the trash and continued...my mom came out to check my progress...seeing my opportunity,i pulled the old daisy out and pointed (not aimed) at the top of a pine tree...oh yeah,a blue jay sat there and as i knew,my mom loved that bird...i snickered and pointed (not aimed) and pulled the trigger...sighhhhh...yep,you guessed it the bird took a direct head shot and fell dead...i couldn't have done it again with a scoped 22....i'll just kind of leave out my mother's reaction and the ensuing tirade that i endured

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

YOU'LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT KID!

 

[james56]

I still have my Red Ryder from the 1960's and only put oil in the hole that say's oil. It's located on top of the receiver. Still a hutt to shoot!!

 

[CH47gunner]

Still works -

My own original Daisy, got it when I was about 9. My grandson's holding it, in the back-yard, we'd just got done oiling & shooting it.

Bruce

 

[MikeD99]

I had a Daidy Red Ryder in the '60s that I got in the US mail as a prize for selling seeds. I loved it and shot it almost every day for years. I tried replacing it around 1990 but the quality was so bad I threw the replacemt in the trash and bought a Crossman pump. I found it to be better in quality than the Daisy but still not as good as I remember Crossmans as being in the '60s. Plus the Crossman cost a heck of a lot more.

Mike D.

 

[cjw3]

Those older ones were pretty powerful.

I suspect "product liability" concerns have resulted in their being weakened along the way.

 

[Black_Sheep]

Though the finish is almost nonexistent, I still have the Daisy Red Rider from the '70's. It was my Dad's when he was a kid. In the bright sun you could literally watch the BB arc through the air. We shot it so much that the proper "Kentucky windage" was almost instinctive...

 

[TennTony]

I found one of the old pump guns, like Bruce's grandson is holding, at a flea market. Love the old thing. As I remember if you pulled the handle back and did not push it back forward before shooting it you could lose a finger.