Greetings All,
This video provides some historical info on the small frame Daisy rifles marketed as The Red Ryder Carbine, an iconic element of american culture stretching all the way back to 1940. There are 4 major versions of this gun as well as a myriad of special editions marketed by Daisy and I'll attempt to list some of them for your edification.
The first Red Ryder to be marketed by Daisy was the #111 Model Red Ryder Range Carbine which appeared in 1940 and sported copper plated muzzle bands, copper plated fore stock bands, low pivot lever and the Red Ryder logo emblazoned on the right side side of the butt stock. The #111 Model 40 was a direct descendant of the Daisy Model 39 #108 which was in production from 1939 to 1949 but did not have a marketing tie in like the Red Ryder.
After WW2 was successfully concluded, Red Ryder production resumed and a record 1,000,000 BB guns were sold by Daisy which continued production of the #111 Model 40 with many variations until 1955 when the high pivot Daisy Model 94 Red Ryder Carbine was introduced and the low pivot #111 Model 40 Red Ryder was retired from active production.
The Model 94 Red Ryder carried the flag for Daisy until the Model 1938 Red Ryder was introduced in 1962, the Model 94 continued in production but without the Red Ryder logos.
The Model 1938 Red Ryder carried the ball for Daisy until 1978 when lawyer inspired design changed were made that provided a plastic trigger with an internal safety, removal of the bottlecap style shot tube and the gradual adoption of plastic parts to reduce production cost resulting in the current Daisy Model 1938B Red Ryder.
And this is where my interest in Daisy Red Ryder's ends. I don't like working on the current production models because the design changes limit your options when mucking about with Modding the Red Ryder into something a bit more substantial than a toy. I actually like finding superbly crusty old Red Ryder's and with a bit of tinkering with the internals and cobbling up a larger stock moving them out of those dusty barns, closets and attics and back into the owners daily shooting life.
That's probably enough for this post. More later as we continue development of the #111 Model 40/27 platform and sooner or later this year move on to the Model 94/1938 high pivot guns to see what can be done with them.
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