In the days of our youth.

[Septicdeath]

Vintage airguns

 

[whughett]

1951 A brand new Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas . No bumble bee in the garden was safe, from the fearless hunter that crept silently to within mere feet of his prey. Never put my eye out either.
Still have one, not that one but I’m not sure I could tell the difference.

 

[bikerdoc]

Still got my Sears Daisy!

 

[Spats McGee]

I have a Daisy Red Ryder that I keep just for new shooters. Had a Crosman that I saved up for as a young teenager, too. That was my pride and joy at the time.

I also bought a Ruger Impact a few years ago. Still haven't really broken it in.

 

[22250Rem]

Had my father talked into a BB Gun somewhere in the 1960-62 era; but my mother vetoed that idea. Made up for it in my teenage years with a 22 and a 16 ga. shotgun. Followed by all kinds of rifles, handguns, and shotguns. Never got around to a BB or pellet gun until age 65..... Got a great deal on a .22 cal. Benjamin Trail break barrel pellet gun by Crosman and finally scratched that itch. Wish I had gotten one sooner. Despite all the other guns here that Benjamin Trail is a heckuva lot of fun. I've chronographed various pellets out of it, successfully squirrel hunted with it, ( it's legal here ) and punched a lot of paper with it. I would have loved something like this as a kid. Could I be going through my second childhood ?.... ....

 

[Meeks36]

Got this beauty from my fil. He gave it to my son. Claims it's his from his youth. Not sure how true it is. But it's beatin up pretty bad. Doesn't work. Have another one floating around. That's supposed older then this. That he gave to me. Can't find the joker.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

I have these two Daisy BB guns that look like Winchester 94’s.

 

[stonebuster]

Some of my earliest memories of Christmas in the mid 1950's were my Hopalong Cassidy and Roy Rogers revolvers/holsters. Then came the big time. The Daisy BB rifles. Every kid in the neighborhood had one.

 

[bikerdoc]

Sears catalog ( we are talking 1958 or so) had Sears branded daisy. Still got one!

 

[12Bravo20]

I started with my Dad's old Daisy Red Rider and his old Benjamin 22 pump. I then got a new Daisy Powerline 880 around 1982 and still have it. Dad has had the Benjamin since he was a kind and still uses it to this day.

 

[PapaG]

Oh for the days of 1953 or 54 and my Daisy, five cent celo packs of bbs and a backyard of grasshoppers. A model 25 pump later let me control the English sparrow and starlings that tried to nest in mom's Martin house. Next, a Benjamin 22 and pigeons were added to the quarry list. Always wanted a Sheridan and sixty years later I bought one. Th a 's for stirring the memory pot.

 

[kBob]

I am currently playing with a Daisey Model 25 that based on its rear sight (L type with notch or peep close to eye) was supposedly made in 1954. It has the old spring feed rather than the more common gravity feed so no shaking to determine how much ammo is left and BBs get loaded one at a time, but boy does she shoot!

There is an older style Model 36 in the barn with metal lever and removable "barrel" and gravity feed.

Last Friday I played with an old style (see Model 36 above) Model 111 that my grandfather bought to run things from his garden and then my Dad kept in his Garage.

When I play with BB guns:

I pledge myself to protect People, Animals, and Property in my community by always aiming and shooting my Daisy Safely.

….just like I had to memorize from the butt plate of my first Daisy in 1959 before being turned loose with it.

Wish we had a Daisy serial number chart up in the stickys.

-kBob