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BB guns

asopasop Member Posts: 9,023 ✭✭✭✭
edited March 2015 in General Discussion
when you were a kid did you ever argue with your friends over who had the most powerful BB gun ?

one kid always joked about my break open single shot, he had a pump action Daisy and kept bragging it was the most powerful, mine not being powerful enough to make a mark on his butt, he said, "go ahead and shoot me on the butt", he pulled down his pants and from about 15 feet away i shot him on the butt, he went screaming to his Mother, she dug the BB out with a crochet hook and tweezers then lied to her about what happened, the other kids told her the truth. then agreed i had the most powerful BB gun [:D]
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,023 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    http://www.geocities.com/bbmachinegun/review10.htm

    Sorry if this has been posted before. Check out the videos on the bottom of the page. All I can say is [:0] [:0] [:0]
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,023 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Going to buy a new one for one of my grandsons. Any suggestions as to mfg., model or whatever? Any still made here? Thanks
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,023 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a couple old BB guns that were my dad's when he was younger. They were made in the 60s. I looked them up and found that they were actually worth a little bit of money.

    I have two that are pretty old. kinda wouldn't mind starting a collection. I seem some old ones at flea markets all the time but just walk past them. Never knew they held their value like the ones I looked up.

    I don't care alot about how much they are worth, it's just a bonus. But I think it's cool to see the history of the guns and how they've evolved over the years. One is a Crossman 3500 slide action where you slide the barrel in to cock it. Pretty cool I think.

    Just curious if anybody on here happens to collect bb guns, or think it's wortwhile. If any of you have pictures you can post of and older bb gun that you have I'd be very interested in seeing it.
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,572 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Crossman makes one called the Marlin Cowboy that looks to be better made then the Daisy but I think they are made in Canada
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  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can't beat the old Daisy Red Ryder if you want a BB gun.
    If you want an air gun, spring, pneumatic, BB or pellet rifle, there are plenty, most if not all not made here.
    Check out Pyramid Air. They have everything.
    I have a Gamo Silent Stalker Whisper, .177 caliber. Not a spring air gun but a piston type. Very accurate and good for a lot of small game.

    I think Daisy is 100% US, others are sometimes, like Crosman, Benjamin, may have come foreign parts.
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  • wpagewpage Member Posts: 10,201 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Get the crossman pump rifle not any co 2 models.

    The crossman 760 is reliable and proven
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  • jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,345 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Another vote for Crossman pump.
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  • mango tangomango tango Member Posts: 3,833 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have the GAMO Whisper .177 pellet rifle with a 3x9 scope, it is just awesome, pinpoint accuracy, great small game rifle.
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  • babunbabun Member Posts: 11,038 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by asop
    Going to buy a new one for one of my grandsons. Any suggestions as to mfg., model or whatever? Any still made here? Thanks


    Is your grandson age 16 and 5' 11" and 165 lbs OR is he
    6 years old and 3 foot nutin, and 42 lbs????
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  • SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am just assuming your grandson is small. Daisy makes a model they named Daisy Buck or something like that. It has a shorter stock than the Red Rider and is better for those younger than 10 or so. Most hardware or farm stores carry them or can order one for you.
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  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have an original Benjamin pump....best ever made....all brass air chamber...
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  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My son has a Sheridan Blue Streak 5MM from the 60s that belonged to his GF. It hadn't worked in years. I restored it last year. It's a great rifle. They can be fixed with the proper tools. Parts are available for Blue and Silver Streaks.
    Don't throw'em away when they quit working.
    Send'em to me.[:D]
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  • Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I was a kid most of the boys had a Daisy lever action BB guns. Some kids had the Daisy pump but they spent most of their time reloading the thing instead of shooting hundreds of BB's at a time without reloading like the kids with the lever action guns. The pumps seem to shoot harder but you could squirt a few drops of 3 & 1 oil down the barrel of the lever action and it would shoot just about as hard.
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  • nards444nards444 Member Posts: 3,994 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    depending on age. if they are younger I would start with nothing more than a Red Ryder/Daisy. Little older proably a crossman, pump. would stay away from C02 models
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If he is young get a Red Ryder they are great introductory BB gun's.
    RLTW

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  • bullshotbullshot Member Posts: 14,731 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Get him a Daisy Red Ryder. My dad taught me how to shoot with one and I taught my son to shoot with one too. Easy on the kid and as cheap to shoot as a slingshot. I wish I still had the one my dad gave me.
    "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you"
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  • nards444nards444 Member Posts: 3,994 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bullshot
    Get him a Daisy Red Ryder. My dad taught me how to shoot with one and I taught my son to shoot with one too. Easy on the kid and as cheap to shoot as a slingshot. I wish I still had the one my dad gave me.


    first gun is about teaching fundamentals, safety, etc. No need for something that can do some serious damage. Nice thing about a red ryder short of poking out eyes, its not going kill. pellet guns and 22s can.

    unless the kids were in there teens, id have a hard giving some kid that wasnt familiar with guns more than a bb gun
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do they still make Sheridans I had one years ago and just loved it.
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  • rec4309rec4309 Member Posts: 2 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you want accuracy, Daisy 499B with the micrometer sight. close to 1 hole at 5 meters.
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  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by armilite
    Do they still make Sheridans I had one years ago and just loved it.

    Yes but it's Crosman/Benjamin/Sheridan now.
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