Daisy makes a blunder...

[DWalt]

A little-known fact about the plastic stocked VLs. There is a starter gear embedded inside the plastic buttstock to add weight. The light weight of the plastic made the rifles muzzle heavy. To add weight, Daisy found a very large inventory of old starter gears stashed away in some parts warehouse. I think they were originally Studebaker. They picked them up cheap and came up with some way to insert them into the mold. I was told that story by a Daisy guy at either a SHOT show or NRA convention long ago. I do not remember which.

Allegedly, Daisy was working on the development of a repeating VL rifle but the plug was pulled before it got very far. The VL ammunition was being made by CIL in Canada. I have one of the Presentation sets, but the plastic carrying case is deteriorating from age. Sort of like I am. I have never fired that one.

 

[Onomea]

Interesting piece. I'd never heard of it.

(Used my pump action Daisy Model 25, stashed by the door to my deck, just yesterday to drive a pond invading duck outta my backyard. He was affronted. I was pleased.)

 

[Muley Gil]

I was in Scouts back then & I believe that Daisy advertised these in Boy's Life magazine.