Thursday, January 21, 2010
A few months back I mentioned the Daisy Wirestock project- a plan to reverse engineer and issue a limited edition, exact replica of Daisy’s very first gun. This is the gun that changed Daisy form a windmill maker into a BB gun maker. Since then, Daisy has completed engineering and production, and begun to marketl these stunning replicas.
The first [...]
The clever people at Daisy recently announced one of the most interesting commemoratives they’ve yet offered- a soon to be released replica of the very first wire-stock Daisy BB gun. This is the gun that was offered as a promotional item by the Plymouth Windmill Company, and proved so popular that the company quit making [...]
You still see a lot of these 1960s-70s Slavias popping up at gun shows and swaps, usually for around $35 or so. Most of them have dried out seals, and don’t shoot well on account of that, so the owners toss them into a drawer and forget about them.
This example was given to me by [...]
Heym have been making fine firearms since 1865. They’re also made more than a few airguns, including this simple pistol. Functionally, it’s identical to the GAT featured yesterday, but the Heym is a good deal more solid, with heavier castings and nicer grips, I think. It’s still a very low powered pistol, best for indoor [...]
