Pellet stuck in Red Ryder

[foxmeadow]

When my son ran out of BBs he tried using a Crosman .177 pellet and jammed it up.
Any suggestions? I haven't had the time to dink around with it yet, and have never tried getting inside a Daisy before....

 

[cobalt327]

If it's the newest type with the "non removable" shot tube, removing a jam can be a bear. Of course if the gun is older, just remove the shot tube and rod it out, pushing it out the muzzle. Let us know what type you have and we can advise you on what you can do.

 

[foxmeadow]

I consulted the oracle of Youtube last night and started messing around with it. I don't know what I did, but it now shoots BBs , one after another after another........

Thanks, all...

 

[rsrocket1]

Take that gun away from him. He'll shoot his eye out

 

[cobalt327]

If it works then you done good!

 

[milemaker13]

Still trying to imagine how to load a pellet in a RR? Did he just drop in in like a BB? Stuff it down the muzzle?

Good job getting it going again!

 

[Sav .250]

Good time to go over what goes where.

 

[cobalt327]

I tried it a few times, what "worked" for me was to roll the skirt between my index finger and thumb to collapse it a little, then carefully start it into the shot tube skirt first, then push it the rest of the way w/a cleaning rod. So I got it in okay but it didn't work worth a hoot! lol

If the pellet were to be pushed in a little too far I could see how it could hang up in the area where the BBs usually drop into the rear of the shot tube- and that could make it hang up and not shoot.

 

[rsrocket1]

If it can be done, count on boys to try it.
I used to shoot strike anywhere matches down the barrel of my Crossman 760 and they would pop when you shot them at a brick wall. I also filled the barrel with used match sticks to make the gun a "confetti" shooter. Same with a dozen or more BB's when pointed straight up, it "rained BB's".

There was once a lever action toy rifle with the word "Ricochet" on it where you pumped and it shot a puff of air and made a ricochet sound. We found that you could stick the barrel into your lawn, punch out a plug of sod and shoot it. Our parents didn't care too much for that although in retrospect it may have probably helped aerate the lawn.

 

[MedWheeler]

rsrocket1 writes:

There was once a lever action toy rifle with the word "Ricochet" on it where you pumped and it shot a puff of air and made a ricochet sound. We found that you could stick the barrel into your lawn, punch out a plug of sod and shoot it.

One of the kids in the trailer park I grew up in had this Daisy "pop gun", based on the model 109 or something like that. It said "Trail Boss" on it, and got passed around so much I don't recall whose it actually was. When the plastic muzzle plug fell out, we discovered the same thing, and the Muscovy ducks that populated the park paid the price.

I actually found one on eBay (the gun, not a Muscovy!) and bought it a month or so back. Brings back memories..

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Find some who works for the phone company as a repair guy they have really long drill bits you can use to drill out the pellet!

 

[Stevie-Ray]

There was once a lever action toy rifle with the word "Ricochet" on it where you pumped and it shot a puff of air and made a ricochet sound. We found that you could stick the barrel into your lawn, punch out a plug of sod and shoot it. Our parents didn't care too much for that although in retrospect it may have probably helped aerate the lawn.

There was a ricochet sound that came from Topper's Johnny Eagle Red River rifle. (Everything Topper made seemed to have the word Johnny in it) It was the cowboy levergun version of Johnny Eagle guns, which also included the Magumba, a safari rifle, and the Lieutenant, an M14.