Daisy model 21 double barrel BB gun

[edgarspencer]

Both mine, and Phil's are the rare Pre-64 model, long before the Yeoman model came out. These were engraved by famed engraver Stanislaw Kowalski

[edgarspencer]

This is my model 118 Targeteer. Technically it isn't a BB gun. A BB gun shoots .177 diameter pellets. The Model 118 shoots a .118 diameter pellet, hence the model number 118.

This is my favorite concealed carry gun when I go out and suspect I'll run into a rogue gang of grey squirrels.
I do have a permit for this class of 'Destructive Devise'.

[charlie cleveland]

i aint seen one of these in a while i donot remember what happened to mine...charlie

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

This is my model 118 Targeteer. Technically it isn't a BB gun. A BB gun shoots .177 diameter pellets. The Model 118 shoots a .118 diameter pellet, hence the model number 118.

This is my favorite concealed carry gun when I go out and suspect I'll run into a rogue gang of grey squirrels.
I do have a permit for this class of 'Destructive Devise'.

I have one of those - my grandfather gave it to me when I was little - not sure if it had been his or my Dad's - he also gave me a Red Ryder he took away from some kid for shooting out one of the few street lights we even had in town (Grandpa was the part time cop in town)

[edgarspencer]

Several of my friends had the model 155 when we were little. That was Daisy's 'Trojan'. My model 25 belonged to a guy down the road, who is 6-7 years older than I am. His father was going to throw it out, many years after his son had grown and moved out. He gave it to me, and it was missing the shot tube, which we happened across, in their old wood shed many years later, Nice to reunite the parts.
My recollection was the 155, and the Red Ryder, had very little oomph, so the streetlamps in your town must have been the old, clear glass light bulbs.
The only light a 118 can shoot out is a candle, no more than 6" away; barely a puff.
My dad wouldn't let me have a BB gun, but gave me my first .22 when I was BB gun age. I was only allowed to use it with his supervision, but he believed kids thought of BB guns as a toy, and were too careless with them. This may have been true, and was probably a reflection of parents also thinking that, and not properly training their kids to respect the gun.

[OH Osthaus]

I still have my Dad's old Daisy- i will have to get it out and see what model

it had plenty of power - but had been converted to a muzzleloader

Dad and his brother wore out the thread on the gut - Grandpa's solution was to braze it in place -

my bb gun as a kid was a crossman - that one had a of of power -one of our games as kids was to see how far we could keep a can moving - mine had the distance to reach out

[Phil Yearout]

Guess I forgot to list my scoped 880 and my Powerline 1200...





Gotta admit those 118's are pretty cool; may have to keep my eye out for one of those.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

My dad wouldn't let me have a BB gun, but gave me my first .22 when I was BB gun age. I was only allowed to use it with his supervision, but he believed kids thought of BB guns as a toy, and were too careless with them. This may have been true, and was probably a reflection of parents also thinking that, and not properly training their kids to respect the gun.

Same with my parents. I was never allowed to have a BB gun and for the same reasons, but like you, I had a .22 Remington under the Christmas tree when I was 10.





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[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

Both mine, and Phil's are the rare Pre-64 model, long before the Yeoman model came out. These were engraved by famed engraver Stanislaw Kowalski

My bad. You never mentioned S. Kowalski as that upgrades it significantly.

I do have a permit for this class of 'Destructive Devise'.

Here in Md. you probably would.

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Same with my parents. I was never allowed to have a BB gun and for the same reasons, but like you, I had a .22 Remington under the Christmas tree when I was 10.
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I got to shoot real guns - and had a BB gun- we were trusted to roam around town with them - we had shooting contests and hunted pests, never had an injury or accidental shooting- BUT in our house, even toy guns had to be treated right, always had cap guns, no pointing them at each other - Dad made us wooden rifles that shot inner tube strips - but never at each other

I did the same thing with my kids - my son started shooting a .22 at 5, and had his own BB gun. He once kicked his best friend out of the house- i asked him why. he said his friend found his BB gun in his closet - picked it up without asking and was swinging it around. I asked him if it was loaded - he said of course not. he later gave his friend a safety lesson