History of the Red Ryder BB Gun

RED RYDER ВB GUN The perfetct Gift this Christmas RED RYDER BB GUN HISTORY For over 70 years, the Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun has gained the attention and interest of gun enthusiasts, young and old alike. Introduced in 1939, it became one of the best products from Daisy Outdoor Products and has now become the most famous BB gun ever made. Daisy Outdoor Products has aimed to please since it began in 1986. Then and now, milions of shooters turn to Daisy for reliable, safe and affordable guns. Travel back through time to find out how the company that brought you the Red Ryder BB Gun, shot to success with Red Ryder and is other rifle models. Plymouth Iron lWindmill Company Plymouth Iron Windmill Company beyan in Plyrnouth, Michigan. The company manufactured windmills 1880'S but eventually changed their focus when their premium giveaway item-a metal air rifle given for the purchase of a windmil became more popular. By the end of the decade, Plymouth Iron Windmille employees produced 50,000 guns. Out of the Windmill Business Plymouth Iron Windmill Company gets out of the windmill business and into airguns. Charles Bennett is hired to serve as the Company's first salesman. Two days after being hired, Bennett makes a trip to Chicago and se! 10,000 guns to Hibbard, Spencur, Bartlatt & Company. They also officially change their name into the Daisy Manufacturing Company, Inc. 1890'S Establishing a Global Market o1900'S Daisy's first lever action ropeater, the No. 3-a rickol plated 1,000 shot rifle-is introd- ced and becomes a crowd pleaser. 36,000 units are sold in its first year. From April to September 1907 Mr. Bennett traveled the world establishing Daisy's export The Lofever Yours Begin market. The Modei 25 and Model 40 are produced. The classic Model was produced for 64 years until 1979. More than 8,000,000 Model 25s were sold during this period. The Model 40 was also a commercial success. 1910'S SURE BUT SEE WHAT I FOUND WILMA MY DISINTEGRATOR ARDALA ITS GONE SHOULD WE TAIL IT IN THES MACHENE Ruck oogers PISTOL The Busy 30's! To boost sales during the Depression, the company began tying in their products to popular characters. Over the years several characters were used, but the most successful was Buck Rogers, based on the newspaoer comic strip "Buc: Rogers and the 25th Century." The Buck Rogers Rocket Pistol was introduced in 1933 and became an instant success. It was followed by the Buck Rogers Disintegrator Pistol and the Liquid Helium Pistol in subsequent years. All Buck Rogers pistols set sales records 1930'S "Howdy Podner. My Namé s Red Ryder!" 1940'S Based on the popular comic strip western hero, the Daisy Red Ryder is introrluced. Production was stopped during the war but the Red Ryder was reintroduced in 1945. By the end of the decade the Ped Ryder's popularity reached a peak selling more than one million units in a single year, an unprecedented sales figure during the time. The Daisy Red Ryder becomes the best-known BB gun ever built even until today. The Jeam Passes and Daisy Goer South Daisy Manufccturing Company, Inc. relocates its plant and offices from Michigan to Rogers, Arkansas O 1950'S 1960'S Spittin Images and Shooting Education In partnership with the U.S. Jaycees, Daisy launches the Shooting Education Program to teach youth the fundamentals of safe gun handling and marksmanship. The event is concluded annually with the Daisy/Jaycees International BB Gun Championship Matches. The decade is also marked with the introduction of the Spittin' Image line of airguns and the VL Caseless Ammunition system. Pneumatics at Last To cater to the demands of the sophisticated and adult market, Daisy's first pneumatic air gun was introduced. The Model 880 pump-up air gun became an immediate success and is still a part of the high-powered adult air gun lines today. 1970'S STOR 1980'S Q Movies in the Making The popularity of the Red Ryder was reborr. when the movie A Christmas Story became an instant box office hit. Athough the young protagonist in the story dreamt of having a Red Ryder range model air rifle that does not exist in the actual Daisy air gun lines, it did reignite interest in tha Red Ryder. 01990'S Moving into the Future Daisy acquires Brass Eagle to offer a complete line of paintball markets. With the Brass Eagle facility located in Missouri, Daisy also moved some of its product assembly there and later some of the other departments while maintaining the corporate office in Arkansas. O 2000'S Daisy's Return After 10 years in several Iccations in Missouri, it was announced that Daisy would be returning to Rogers, Arkansas to consolidate operations under one reof. In a move that was made in record tiine, it was accomplished and the first Red Ryder came off the production line in Jufy 25, 2007. Rogers Welcomes De Rogers Welcomes Daisy Aside from Red Ryder and the other existing lines, Daisy also included new products such as the PowerLine pistols and Winchester Air Rifles. In celebration of its history, the company, now called Daisy Outdoor Products, also opened the Rogers Daisy Airgun Museum in Arkansas to house and display their rifle collection. Jidbits of Info The Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun has become a famous BB gun because of its youth-friendly features and affordability. A classic air gun, it was first produced in 1939 and remains in production today and marketed in old style packaging to come out "Just like the one your Dad had!" The Red Ryder BB Gun is a lever-action, spring piston air gun with a smoothing barrel, adjustable iron sights, and gravity feed magazine with a 650 BB capacity. It can produce velocities capable of shooting up to 350 feet per second. More than 9 million Red Ryder BB Guns has been sold since its introduction in 1939. Lever Action The term "BB" for BB gun shots came from "ball bearing" or "bullet ball" (for plastic made). It was originally called an "air rifle shot" but "BB" While the "Chicago" air rifle-nade almost entirely of wood - had been made since 1885 by the Markham Air Rifle Company of Plymouth, Clarence Hamilton was the first to develop became well known and established hence the "BB guns" known until today. a metal air rifle in 1886 which was produced and given away as premium items for every windmill purchased from Plymouth Iron Windmill. ....... ROGE RS The Rogers Daisy Airgun Museum houses an impressive airgun collection including antiques dating to the 1600s and the first prototypes of early Daisy rifle models. Each year the museum attracts over 1700 visitors from all over the U.S. and foreign countries. Daisy AIRG UN M USE UM Daisy Take Pride. It's a Daisy: Daisy Outdoor Products offers rifles to young ones 10 years and older as well as for adults. For an order to be processed one must have an Affidavit of Age form on file at Daisy. Jake Aim at Safety Keep safe this season by following these basic gun safety rules. Never climb or jump with a gun. Guns not in use should always be unloaded. Keep the muzzle clear. Treat every gun as if it were loaded even if it isn't. Safety Always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, never towards a person. Only load or cock a gun when you are shooting. Only load or cock a gun when you are shooting. Avoid ricochet. Never shoot at a flat hard surface or at the surface of water. Anyone shooting or near a shooter should wear shooting glasses. Also, all other persons should remain behind the shooter. Respect other people's property. Leave a shooting or hunting ground exactly as you found it. SOURCE: The Rogers Daisy Airgun Musem http://www.daisymuseum.com/ AIRGUNDEPOT RED RYDER ВB GUN The perfetct Gift this Christmas RED RYDER BB GUN HISTORY For over 70 years, the Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun has gained the attention and interest of gun enthusiasts, young and old alike. Introduced in 1939, it became one of the best products from Daisy Outdoor Products and has now become the most famous BB gun ever made. Daisy Outdoor Products has aimed to please since it began in 1986. Then and now, milions of shooters turn to Daisy for reliable, safe and affordable guns. Travel back through time to find out how the company that brought you the Red Ryder BB Gun, shot to success with Red Ryder and is other rifle models. Plymouth Iron lWindmill Company Plymouth Iron Windmill Company beyan in Plyrnouth, Michigan. The company manufactured windmills 1880'S but eventually changed their focus when their premium giveaway item-a metal air rifle given for the purchase of a windmil became more popular. By the end of the decade, Plymouth Iron Windmille employees produced 50,000 guns. Out of the Windmill Business Plymouth Iron Windmill Company gets out of the windmill business and into airguns. Charles Bennett is hired to serve as the Company's first salesman. Two days after being hired, Bennett makes a trip to Chicago and se! 10,000 guns to Hibbard, Spencur, Bartlatt & Company. They also officially change their name into the Daisy Manufacturing Company, Inc. 1890'S Establishing a Global Market o1900'S Daisy's first lever action ropeater, the No. 3-a rickol plated 1,000 shot rifle-is introd- ced and becomes a crowd pleaser. 36,000 units are sold in its first year. From April to September 1907 Mr. Bennett traveled the world establishing Daisy's export The Lofever Yours Begin market. The Modei 25 and Model 40 are produced. The classic Model was produced for 64 years until 1979. More than 8,000,000 Model 25s were sold during this period. The Model 40 was also a commercial success. 1910'S SURE BUT SEE WHAT I FOUND WILMA MY DISINTEGRATOR ARDALA ITS GONE SHOULD WE TAIL IT IN THES MACHENE Ruck oogers PISTOL The Busy 30's! To boost sales during the Depression, the company began tying in their products to popular characters. Over the years several characters were used, but the most successful was Buck Rogers, based on the newspaoer comic strip "Buc: Rogers and the 25th Century." The Buck Rogers Rocket Pistol was introduced in 1933 and became an instant success. It was followed by the Buck Rogers Disintegrator Pistol and the Liquid Helium Pistol in subsequent years. All Buck Rogers pistols set sales records 1930'S "Howdy Podner. My Namé s Red Ryder!" 1940'S Based on the popular comic strip western hero, the Daisy Red Ryder is introrluced. Production was stopped during the war but the Red Ryder was reintroduced in 1945. By the end of the decade the Ped Ryder's popularity reached a peak selling more than one million units in a single year, an unprecedented sales figure during the time. The Daisy Red Ryder becomes the best-known BB gun ever built even until today. The Jeam Passes and Daisy Goer South Daisy Manufccturing Company, Inc. relocates its plant and offices from Michigan to Rogers, Arkansas O 1950'S 1960'S Spittin Images and Shooting Education In partnership with the U.S. Jaycees, Daisy launches the Shooting Education Program to teach youth the fundamentals of safe gun handling and marksmanship. The event is concluded annually with the Daisy/Jaycees International BB Gun Championship Matches. The decade is also marked with the introduction of the Spittin' Image line of airguns and the VL Caseless Ammunition system. Pneumatics at Last To cater to the demands of the sophisticated and adult market, Daisy's first pneumatic air gun was introduced. The Model 880 pump-up air gun became an immediate success and is still a part of the high-powered adult air gun lines today. 1970'S STOR 1980'S Q Movies in the Making The popularity of the Red Ryder was reborr. when the movie A Christmas Story became an instant box office hit. Athough the young protagonist in the story dreamt of having a Red Ryder range model air rifle that does not exist in the actual Daisy air gun lines, it did reignite interest in tha Red Ryder. 01990'S Moving into the Future Daisy acquires Brass Eagle to offer a complete line of paintball markets. With the Brass Eagle facility located in Missouri, Daisy also moved some of its product assembly there and later some of the other departments while maintaining the corporate office in Arkansas. O 2000'S Daisy's Return After 10 years in several Iccations in Missouri, it was announced that Daisy would be returning to Rogers, Arkansas to consolidate operations under one reof. In a move that was made in record tiine, it was accomplished and the first Red Ryder came off the production line in Jufy 25, 2007. Rogers Welcomes De Rogers Welcomes Daisy Aside from Red Ryder and the other existing lines, Daisy also included new products such as the PowerLine pistols and Winchester Air Rifles. In celebration of its history, the company, now called Daisy Outdoor Products, also opened the Rogers Daisy Airgun Museum in Arkansas to house and display their rifle collection. Jidbits of Info The Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun has become a famous BB gun because of its youth-friendly features and affordability. A classic air gun, it was first produced in 1939 and remains in production today and marketed in old style packaging to come out "Just like the one your Dad had!" The Red Ryder BB Gun is a lever-action, spring piston air gun with a smoothing barrel, adjustable iron sights, and gravity feed magazine with a 650 BB capacity. It can produce velocities capable of shooting up to 350 feet per second. More than 9 million Red Ryder BB Guns has been sold since its introduction in 1939. Lever Action The term "BB" for BB gun shots came from "ball bearing" or "bullet ball" (for plastic made). It was originally called an "air rifle shot" but "BB" While the "Chicago" air rifle-nade almost entirely of wood - had been made since 1885 by the Markham Air Rifle Company of Plymouth, Clarence Hamilton was the first to develop became well known and established hence the "BB guns" known until today. a metal air rifle in 1886 which was produced and given away as premium items for every windmill purchased from Plymouth Iron Windmill. ....... ROGE RS The Rogers Daisy Airgun Museum houses an impressive airgun collection including antiques dating to the 1600s and the first prototypes of early Daisy rifle models. Each year the museum attracts over 1700 visitors from all over the U.S. and foreign countries. Daisy AIRG UN M USE UM Daisy Take Pride. It's a Daisy: Daisy Outdoor Products offers rifles to young ones 10 years and older as well as for adults. For an order to be processed one must have an Affidavit of Age form on file at Daisy. Jake Aim at Safety Keep safe this season by following these basic gun safety rules. Never climb or jump with a gun. Guns not in use should always be unloaded. Keep the muzzle clear. Treat every gun as if it were loaded even if it isn't. Safety Always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, never towards a person. Only load or cock a gun when you are shooting. Only load or cock a gun when you are shooting. Avoid ricochet. Never shoot at a flat hard surface or at the surface of water. Anyone shooting or near a shooter should wear shooting glasses. Also, all other persons should remain behind the shooter. Respect other people's property. Leave a shooting or hunting ground exactly as you found it. SOURCE: The Rogers Daisy Airgun Musem http://www.daisymuseum.com/ AIRGUNDEPOT RED RYDER ВB GUN The perfetct Gift this Christmas RED RYDER BB GUN HISTORY For over 70 years, the Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun has gained the attention and interest of gun enthusiasts, young and old alike. Introduced in 1939, it became one of the best products from Daisy Outdoor Products and has now become the most famous BB gun ever made. Daisy Outdoor Products has aimed to please since it began in 1986. Then and now, milions of shooters turn to Daisy for reliable, safe and affordable guns. Travel back through time to find out how the company that brought you the Red Ryder BB Gun, shot to success with Red Ryder and is other rifle models. Plymouth Iron lWindmill Company Plymouth Iron Windmill Company beyan in Plyrnouth, Michigan. The company manufactured windmills 1880'S but eventually changed their focus when their premium giveaway item-a metal air rifle given for the purchase of a windmil became more popular. By the end of the decade, Plymouth Iron Windmille employees produced 50,000 guns. Out of the Windmill Business Plymouth Iron Windmill Company gets out of the windmill business and into airguns. Charles Bennett is hired to serve as the Company's first salesman. Two days after being hired, Bennett makes a trip to Chicago and se! 10,000 guns to Hibbard, Spencur, Bartlatt & Company. They also officially change their name into the Daisy Manufacturing Company, Inc. 1890'S Establishing a Global Market o1900'S Daisy's first lever action ropeater, the No. 3-a rickol plated 1,000 shot rifle-is introd- ced and becomes a crowd pleaser. 36,000 units are sold in its first year. From April to September 1907 Mr. Bennett traveled the world establishing Daisy's export The Lofever Yours Begin market. The Modei 25 and Model 40 are produced. The classic Model was produced for 64 years until 1979. More than 8,000,000 Model 25s were sold during this period. The Model 40 was also a commercial success. 1910'S SURE BUT SEE WHAT I FOUND WILMA MY DISINTEGRATOR ARDALA ITS GONE SHOULD WE TAIL IT IN THES MACHENE Ruck oogers PISTOL The Busy 30's! To boost sales during the Depression, the company began tying in their products to popular characters. Over the years several characters were used, but the most successful was Buck Rogers, based on the newspaoer comic strip "Buc: Rogers and the 25th Century." The Buck Rogers Rocket Pistol was introduced in 1933 and became an instant success. It was followed by the Buck Rogers Disintegrator Pistol and the Liquid Helium Pistol in subsequent years. All Buck Rogers pistols set sales records 1930'S "Howdy Podner. My Namé s Red Ryder!" 1940'S Based on the popular comic strip western hero, the Daisy Red Ryder is introrluced. Production was stopped during the war but the Red Ryder was reintroduced in 1945. By the end of the decade the Ped Ryder's popularity reached a peak selling more than one million units in a single year, an unprecedented sales figure during the time. The Daisy Red Ryder becomes the best-known BB gun ever built even until today. The Jeam Passes and Daisy Goer South Daisy Manufccturing Company, Inc. relocates its plant and offices from Michigan to Rogers, Arkansas O 1950'S 1960'S Spittin Images and Shooting Education In partnership with the U.S. Jaycees, Daisy launches the Shooting Education Program to teach youth the fundamentals of safe gun handling and marksmanship. The event is concluded annually with the Daisy/Jaycees International BB Gun Championship Matches. The decade is also marked with the introduction of the Spittin' Image line of airguns and the VL Caseless Ammunition system. Pneumatics at Last To cater to the demands of the sophisticated and adult market, Daisy's first pneumatic air gun was introduced. The Model 880 pump-up air gun became an immediate success and is still a part of the high-powered adult air gun lines today. 1970'S STOR 1980'S Q Movies in the Making The popularity of the Red Ryder was reborr. when the movie A Christmas Story became an instant box office hit. Athough the young protagonist in the story dreamt of having a Red Ryder range model air rifle that does not exist in the actual Daisy air gun lines, it did reignite interest in tha Red Ryder. 01990'S Moving into the Future Daisy acquires Brass Eagle to offer a complete line of paintball markets. With the Brass Eagle facility located in Missouri, Daisy also moved some of its product assembly there and later some of the other departments while maintaining the corporate office in Arkansas. O 2000'S Daisy's Return After 10 years in several Iccations in Missouri, it was announced that Daisy would be returning to Rogers, Arkansas to consolidate operations under one reof. In a move that was made in record tiine, it was accomplished and the first Red Ryder came off the production line in Jufy 25, 2007. Rogers Welcomes De Rogers Welcomes Daisy Aside from Red Ryder and the other existing lines, Daisy also included new products such as the PowerLine pistols and Winchester Air Rifles. In celebration of its history, the company, now called Daisy Outdoor Products, also opened the Rogers Daisy Airgun Museum in Arkansas to house and display their rifle collection. Jidbits of Info The Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun has become a famous BB gun because of its youth-friendly features and affordability. A classic air gun, it was first produced in 1939 and remains in production today and marketed in old style packaging to come out "Just like the one your Dad had!" The Red Ryder BB Gun is a lever-action, spring piston air gun with a smoothing barrel, adjustable iron sights, and gravity feed magazine with a 650 BB capacity. It can produce velocities capable of shooting up to 350 feet per second. More than 9 million Red Ryder BB Guns has been sold since its introduction in 1939. Lever Action The term "BB" for BB gun shots came from "ball bearing" or "bullet ball" (for plastic made). It was originally called an "air rifle shot" but "BB" While the "Chicago" air rifle-nade almost entirely of wood - had been made since 1885 by the Markham Air Rifle Company of Plymouth, Clarence Hamilton was the first to develop became well known and established hence the "BB guns" known until today. a metal air rifle in 1886 which was produced and given away as premium items for every windmill purchased from Plymouth Iron Windmill. ....... ROGE RS The Rogers Daisy Airgun Museum houses an impressive airgun collection including antiques dating to the 1600s and the first prototypes of early Daisy rifle models. Each year the museum attracts over 1700 visitors from all over the U.S. and foreign countries. Daisy AIRG UN M USE UM Daisy Take Pride. It's a Daisy: Daisy Outdoor Products offers rifles to young ones 10 years and older as well as for adults. For an order to be processed one must have an Affidavit of Age form on file at Daisy. Jake Aim at Safety Keep safe this season by following these basic gun safety rules. Never climb or jump with a gun. Guns not in use should always be unloaded. Keep the muzzle clear. Treat every gun as if it were loaded even if it isn't. Safety Always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, never towards a person. Only load or cock a gun when you are shooting. Only load or cock a gun when you are shooting. Avoid ricochet. Never shoot at a flat hard surface or at the surface of water. Anyone shooting or near a shooter should wear shooting glasses. Also, all other persons should remain behind the shooter. Respect other people's property. Leave a shooting or hunting ground exactly as you found it. SOURCE: The Rogers Daisy Airgun Musem http://www.daisymuseum.com/ AIRGUNDEPOT RED RYDER ВB GUN The perfetct Gift this Christmas RED RYDER BB GUN HISTORY For over 70 years, the Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun has gained the attention and interest of gun enthusiasts, young and old alike. Introduced in 1939, it became one of the best products from Daisy Outdoor Products and has now become the most famous BB gun ever made. Daisy Outdoor Products has aimed to please since it began in 1986. Then and now, milions of shooters turn to Daisy for reliable, safe and affordable guns. Travel back through time to find out how the company that brought you the Red Ryder BB Gun, shot to success with Red Ryder and is other rifle models. Plymouth Iron lWindmill Company Plymouth Iron Windmill Company beyan in Plyrnouth, Michigan. The company manufactured windmills 1880'S but eventually changed their focus when their premium giveaway item-a metal air rifle given for the purchase of a windmil became more popular. By the end of the decade, Plymouth Iron Windmille employees produced 50,000 guns. Out of the Windmill Business Plymouth Iron Windmill Company gets out of the windmill business and into airguns. Charles Bennett is hired to serve as the Company's first salesman. Two days after being hired, Bennett makes a trip to Chicago and se! 10,000 guns to Hibbard, Spencur, Bartlatt & Company. They also officially change their name into the Daisy Manufacturing Company, Inc. 1890'S Establishing a Global Market o1900'S Daisy's first lever action ropeater, the No. 3-a rickol plated 1,000 shot rifle-is introd- ced and becomes a crowd pleaser. 36,000 units are sold in its first year. From April to September 1907 Mr. Bennett traveled the world establishing Daisy's export The Lofever Yours Begin market. The Modei 25 and Model 40 are produced. The classic Model was produced for 64 years until 1979. More than 8,000,000 Model 25s were sold during this period. The Model 40 was also a commercial success. 1910'S SURE BUT SEE WHAT I FOUND WILMA MY DISINTEGRATOR ARDALA ITS GONE SHOULD WE TAIL IT IN THES MACHENE Ruck oogers PISTOL The Busy 30's! To boost sales during the Depression, the company began tying in their products to popular characters. Over the years several characters were used, but the most successful was Buck Rogers, based on the newspaoer comic strip "Buc: Rogers and the 25th Century." The Buck Rogers Rocket Pistol was introduced in 1933 and became an instant success. It was followed by the Buck Rogers Disintegrator Pistol and the Liquid Helium Pistol in subsequent years. All Buck Rogers pistols set sales records 1930'S "Howdy Podner. My Namé s Red Ryder!" 1940'S Based on the popular comic strip western hero, the Daisy Red Ryder is introrluced. Production was stopped during the war but the Red Ryder was reintroduced in 1945. By the end of the decade the Ped Ryder's popularity reached a peak selling more than one million units in a single year, an unprecedented sales figure during the time. The Daisy Red Ryder becomes the best-known BB gun ever built even until today. The Jeam Passes and Daisy Goer South Daisy Manufccturing Company, Inc. relocates its plant and offices from Michigan to Rogers, Arkansas O 1950'S 1960'S Spittin Images and Shooting Education In partnership with the U.S. Jaycees, Daisy launches the Shooting Education Program to teach youth the fundamentals of safe gun handling and marksmanship. The event is concluded annually with the Daisy/Jaycees International BB Gun Championship Matches. The decade is also marked with the introduction of the Spittin' Image line of airguns and the VL Caseless Ammunition system. Pneumatics at Last To cater to the demands of the sophisticated and adult market, Daisy's first pneumatic air gun was introduced. The Model 880 pump-up air gun became an immediate success and is still a part of the high-powered adult air gun lines today. 1970'S STOR 1980'S Q Movies in the Making The popularity of the Red Ryder was reborr. when the movie A Christmas Story became an instant box office hit. Athough the young protagonist in the story dreamt of having a Red Ryder range model air rifle that does not exist in the actual Daisy air gun lines, it did reignite interest in tha Red Ryder. 01990'S Moving into the Future Daisy acquires Brass Eagle to offer a complete line of paintball markets. With the Brass Eagle facility located in Missouri, Daisy also moved some of its product assembly there and later some of the other departments while maintaining the corporate office in Arkansas. O 2000'S Daisy's Return After 10 years in several Iccations in Missouri, it was announced that Daisy would be returning to Rogers, Arkansas to consolidate operations under one reof. In a move that was made in record tiine, it was accomplished and the first Red Ryder came off the production line in Jufy 25, 2007. Rogers Welcomes De Rogers Welcomes Daisy Aside from Red Ryder and the other existing lines, Daisy also included new products such as the PowerLine pistols and Winchester Air Rifles. In celebration of its history, the company, now called Daisy Outdoor Products, also opened the Rogers Daisy Airgun Museum in Arkansas to house and display their rifle collection. Jidbits of Info The Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun has become a famous BB gun because of its youth-friendly features and affordability. A classic air gun, it was first produced in 1939 and remains in production today and marketed in old style packaging to come out "Just like the one your Dad had!" The Red Ryder BB Gun is a lever-action, spring piston air gun with a smoothing barrel, adjustable iron sights, and gravity feed magazine with a 650 BB capacity. It can produce velocities capable of shooting up to 350 feet per second. More than 9 million Red Ryder BB Guns has been sold since its introduction in 1939. Lever Action The term "BB" for BB gun shots came from "ball bearing" or "bullet ball" (for plastic made). It was originally called an "air rifle shot" but "BB" While the "Chicago" air rifle-nade almost entirely of wood - had been made since 1885 by the Markham Air Rifle Company of Plymouth, Clarence Hamilton was the first to develop became well known and established hence the "BB guns" known until today. a metal air rifle in 1886 which was produced and given away as premium items for every windmill purchased from Plymouth Iron Windmill. ....... ROGE RS The Rogers Daisy Airgun Museum houses an impressive airgun collection including antiques dating to the 1600s and the first prototypes of early Daisy rifle models. Each year the museum attracts over 1700 visitors from all over the U.S. and foreign countries. Daisy AIRG UN M USE UM Daisy Take Pride. It's a Daisy: Daisy Outdoor Products offers rifles to young ones 10 years and older as well as for adults. For an order to be processed one must have an Affidavit of Age form on file at Daisy. Jake Aim at Safety Keep safe this season by following these basic gun safety rules. Never climb or jump with a gun. Guns not in use should always be unloaded. Keep the muzzle clear. Treat every gun as if it were loaded even if it isn't. Safety Always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, never towards a person. Only load or cock a gun when you are shooting. Only load or cock a gun when you are shooting. Avoid ricochet. Never shoot at a flat hard surface or at the surface of water. Anyone shooting or near a shooter should wear shooting glasses. Also, all other persons should remain behind the shooter. Respect other people's property. Leave a shooting or hunting ground exactly as you found it. SOURCE: The Rogers Daisy Airgun Musem http://www.daisymuseum.com/ AIRGUNDEPOT RED RYDER ВB GUN The perfetct Gift this Christmas RED RYDER BB GUN HISTORY For over 70 years, the Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun has gained the attention and interest of gun enthusiasts, young and old alike. Introduced in 1939, it became one of the best products from Daisy Outdoor Products and has now become the most famous BB gun ever made. Daisy Outdoor Products has aimed to please since it began in 1986. Then and now, milions of shooters turn to Daisy for reliable, safe and affordable guns. Travel back through time to find out how the company that brought you the Red Ryder BB Gun, shot to success with Red Ryder and is other rifle models. Plymouth Iron lWindmill Company Plymouth Iron Windmill Company beyan in Plyrnouth, Michigan. The company manufactured windmills 1880'S but eventually changed their focus when their premium giveaway item-a metal air rifle given for the purchase of a windmil became more popular. By the end of the decade, Plymouth Iron Windmille employees produced 50,000 guns. Out of the Windmill Business Plymouth Iron Windmill Company gets out of the windmill business and into airguns. Charles Bennett is hired to serve as the Company's first salesman. Two days after being hired, Bennett makes a trip to Chicago and se! 10,000 guns to Hibbard, Spencur, Bartlatt & Company. They also officially change their name into the Daisy Manufacturing Company, Inc. 1890'S Establishing a Global Market o1900'S Daisy's first lever action ropeater, the No. 3-a rickol plated 1,000 shot rifle-is introd- ced and becomes a crowd pleaser. 36,000 units are sold in its first year. From April to September 1907 Mr. Bennett traveled the world establishing Daisy's export The Lofever Yours Begin market. The Modei 25 and Model 40 are produced. The classic Model was produced for 64 years until 1979. More than 8,000,000 Model 25s were sold during this period. The Model 40 was also a commercial success. 1910'S SURE BUT SEE WHAT I FOUND WILMA MY DISINTEGRATOR ARDALA ITS GONE SHOULD WE TAIL IT IN THES MACHENE Ruck oogers PISTOL The Busy 30's! To boost sales during the Depression, the company began tying in their products to popular characters. Over the years several characters were used, but the most successful was Buck Rogers, based on the newspaoer comic strip "Buc: Rogers and the 25th Century." The Buck Rogers Rocket Pistol was introduced in 1933 and became an instant success. It was followed by the Buck Rogers Disintegrator Pistol and the Liquid Helium Pistol in subsequent years. All Buck Rogers pistols set sales records 1930'S "Howdy Podner. My Namé s Red Ryder!" 1940'S Based on the popular comic strip western hero, the Daisy Red Ryder is introrluced. Production was stopped during the war but the Red Ryder was reintroduced in 1945. By the end of the decade the Ped Ryder's popularity reached a peak selling more than one million units in a single year, an unprecedented sales figure during the time. The Daisy Red Ryder becomes the best-known BB gun ever built even until today. The Jeam Passes and Daisy Goer South Daisy Manufccturing Company, Inc. relocates its plant and offices from Michigan to Rogers, Arkansas O 1950'S 1960'S Spittin Images and Shooting Education In partnership with the U.S. Jaycees, Daisy launches the Shooting Education Program to teach youth the fundamentals of safe gun handling and marksmanship. The event is concluded annually with the Daisy/Jaycees International BB Gun Championship Matches. The decade is also marked with the introduction of the Spittin' Image line of airguns and the VL Caseless Ammunition system. Pneumatics at Last To cater to the demands of the sophisticated and adult market, Daisy's first pneumatic air gun was introduced. The Model 880 pump-up air gun became an immediate success and is still a part of the high-powered adult air gun lines today. 1970'S STOR 1980'S Q Movies in the Making The popularity of the Red Ryder was reborr. when the movie A Christmas Story became an instant box office hit. Athough the young protagonist in the story dreamt of having a Red Ryder range model air rifle that does not exist in the actual Daisy air gun lines, it did reignite interest in tha Red Ryder. 01990'S Moving into the Future Daisy acquires Brass Eagle to offer a complete line of paintball markets. With the Brass Eagle facility located in Missouri, Daisy also moved some of its product assembly there and later some of the other departments while maintaining the corporate office in Arkansas. O 2000'S Daisy's Return After 10 years in several Iccations in Missouri, it was announced that Daisy would be returning to Rogers, Arkansas to consolidate operations under one reof. In a move that was made in record tiine, it was accomplished and the first Red Ryder came off the production line in Jufy 25, 2007. Rogers Welcomes De Rogers Welcomes Daisy Aside from Red Ryder and the other existing lines, Daisy also included new products such as the PowerLine pistols and Winchester Air Rifles. In celebration of its history, the company, now called Daisy Outdoor Products, also opened the Rogers Daisy Airgun Museum in Arkansas to house and display their rifle collection. Jidbits of Info The Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun has become a famous BB gun because of its youth-friendly features and affordability. A classic air gun, it was first produced in 1939 and remains in production today and marketed in old style packaging to come out "Just like the one your Dad had!" The Red Ryder BB Gun is a lever-action, spring piston air gun with a smoothing barrel, adjustable iron sights, and gravity feed magazine with a 650 BB capacity. It can produce velocities capable of shooting up to 350 feet per second. More than 9 million Red Ryder BB Guns has been sold since its introduction in 1939. Lever Action The term "BB" for BB gun shots came from "ball bearing" or "bullet ball" (for plastic made). It was originally called an "air rifle shot" but "BB" While the "Chicago" air rifle-nade almost entirely of wood - had been made since 1885 by the Markham Air Rifle Company of Plymouth, Clarence Hamilton was the first to develop became well known and established hence the "BB guns" known until today. a metal air rifle in 1886 which was produced and given away as premium items for every windmill purchased from Plymouth Iron Windmill. ....... ROGE RS The Rogers Daisy Airgun Museum houses an impressive airgun collection including antiques dating to the 1600s and the first prototypes of early Daisy rifle models. Each year the museum attracts over 1700 visitors from all over the U.S. and foreign countries. Daisy AIRG UN M USE UM Daisy Take Pride. It's a Daisy: Daisy Outdoor Products offers rifles to young ones 10 years and older as well as for adults. For an order to be processed one must have an Affidavit of Age form on file at Daisy. Jake Aim at Safety Keep safe this season by following these basic gun safety rules. Never climb or jump with a gun. Guns not in use should always be unloaded. Keep the muzzle clear. Treat every gun as if it were loaded even if it isn't. Safety Always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, never towards a person. Only load or cock a gun when you are shooting. Only load or cock a gun when you are shooting. Avoid ricochet. Never shoot at a flat hard surface or at the surface of water. Anyone shooting or near a shooter should wear shooting glasses. Also, all other persons should remain behind the shooter. Respect other people's property. Leave a shooting or hunting ground exactly as you found it. SOURCE: The Rogers Daisy Airgun Musem http://www.daisymuseum.com/ AIRGUNDEPOT