I found a treasure chest today.
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I found a treasure chest today.
I was looking around at the other tables today, at our monthly collectors meeting, and this brown cardboard box caught my eye.
Inside was a Daisy airgun trap. Simple, stamped, blued steel that if you shot through the bullseye you would ring a bell.
Underneath was several packs of vintage targets. The Daisy targets had 2 different backs, but I only found one with the rifles.
There was a neat "stack" of 2-sided Winchester Western targets.
and 2 packs of NRA targets.
I asked the owner what he wanted and he said $10! It was his, but I forgot to ask how old it was. From the backs of the Daisy targets I would think late 1930's-early 1940's.
Inside was a Daisy airgun trap. Simple, stamped, blued steel that if you shot through the bullseye you would ring a bell.
Underneath was several packs of vintage targets. The Daisy targets had 2 different backs, but I only found one with the rifles.
There was a neat "stack" of 2-sided Winchester Western targets.
and 2 packs of NRA targets.
I asked the owner what he wanted and he said $10! It was his, but I forgot to ask how old it was. From the backs of the Daisy targets I would think late 1930's-early 1940's.
Vall (marlinman93) and I are members of the Oregon Arms Collectors.Andrew wrote:Nice! What kinda "collectors meeting" do you go to?
http://members.tripod.com/~OregonArmsCollectors/
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What a great find. Thanks for the pictures. That picture of the tubes of Daisy Bullseye BB's sure brings back memories. I must have gone through a thousand of those tubes of BB's when I was a kid.
I'd grab my BB gun and head to the woods every chance I got. My favorite gun was a Daisy pump. I don't remember the model number, but it was the pump model with the scissor action when you worked the pump. It had a flip up peep sight that I was deadly with. I used it to shoot bumblebees and dragonflys.
I'd grab my BB gun and head to the woods every chance I got. My favorite gun was a Daisy pump. I don't remember the model number, but it was the pump model with the scissor action when you worked the pump. It had a flip up peep sight that I was deadly with. I used it to shoot bumblebees and dragonflys.
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Cool find. So, are you going to use up all the targets with your BB gun?
"...what about all the ricochets?"
I think the older BB's were lead instead of steel. I don't think they ricochet as bad. I think pellets being soft, don't ricochet much either. I had a 5mm Sheridan when I was a kid, it had pellets only. I recall the pellets flattened out pretty much when they hit hard stuff.
Well, I just read the BB ad on the back of the target, looks like the BB's were steel by then,.........
"...what about all the ricochets?"
I think the older BB's were lead instead of steel. I don't think they ricochet as bad. I think pellets being soft, don't ricochet much either. I had a 5mm Sheridan when I was a kid, it had pellets only. I recall the pellets flattened out pretty much when they hit hard stuff.
Well, I just read the BB ad on the back of the target, looks like the BB's were steel by then,.........