| The Daisy BB gun is a BB gun manufactured
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| | training. They are also used in
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| by the Daisy Company. It sells
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| | jurisdictions where there is a
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| inexpensive BB guns as well as other air
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| | restriction on the use of firearms.
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| guns.
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| | The Daisy gun model number 499 was billed
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| History
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| | as the world's most accurate BB gun. This
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| Daisy was established in 1882 as Plymouth
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| | BB gun is meant for competition. These
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| Iron Windmill Company in Plymouth,
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| | guns have a precision bored smooth barrel
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| Michigan. The company started giving out
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| | with target iron sights. This is used
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| BB guns with the wind mill purchases.
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| | with precision ground steel BB specially
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| Later, the company started selling guns
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| | designed for the 499. The daisy 499 model
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| instead of wind mills.
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| | BB gun is widely used in competitions for
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| Airguns
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| | the youth groups like Boy Scouts and 4H.
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| Daisy is well known for manufacturing
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| | The Daisy BB gun model 25 is designed
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| inexpensive BB guns. These guns are
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| | based on the pump action shotgun. The
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| modeled after lever action rifles. Among
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| | pump action mechanism is trombone. This
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| these, the Red Ryder model is the most
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| | model dominated the high performance, low
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| famous one. This model is still in
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| | price market for more than 50 years. The
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| production.
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| | velocity of the lever action models is
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| The BB guns manufactured by the company
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| | very low around 275 fps. This velocity is
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| are spring air and smoothbore. They fire
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| | due to the use of weak springs used for
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| at very low velocity and thus they are
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| | keeping the cocking efforts low for the
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| marketed to the children below 10 years
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| | youths. But the daisy model 25 BB gun
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| of age. Daisy also sells multi pump
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| | achieved the highest velocity ever
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| pneumatic rifles that are capable of
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| | achieved by the BB guns. Its velocity
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| firing BBs and pellets.
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| | ranged from 375 fps to 450 fps.
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| The diameter of the Daisy BB guns was
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| | The earlier BB guns held 1000 BBs. On the
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| changed to .175 inches around 1900.
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| | other hand, the daisy model 25 BB gun
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| Daisy BB guns are white pellet,
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| | held only 50 BBs. The ammunition in the
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| smoothbore models that have rifled
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| | daisy model 25 BB gun is spring loaded.
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| barrels. They are designed to look like
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| | Thus there is no shift required to reload
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| firearms. They are used by adults for
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| | another BB.
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| inexpensive firearms practice and
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