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Daisy is most famous for their BB Guns
(officially Daisy Airguns). The company, basically, came out of the American
Civil War (more properly called "The War Between The States" or other
names—depending on where you live!) and started (BB gun-wise) in 1886.
Officially they are the Daisy Manufacturing Company, but started out as The
Plymouth Iron Windmill Company in Plymouth, Michigan, close to Detroit. The
gun, the "Chicago" air rifle (mostly wooden), had been made since 1885 by the
Markham Air Rifle Company. The windmill company (which developed the metal gun)
gave away the air rifle to farmers who bought a windmill and after hitting the
target during a demonstration, the general manager, Lewis Hough declared,
"That's a Daisy!" The name stuck. Farmers liked the air gun more than the
windmills. Kind of funny, huh? These are well-known public facts, but can be
found at their official website at:
http://www.daisymuseum.com.
The part that
interests us is that Daisy had other companies—notably Nichols Industries,
of course, manufacture Cap Guns for them and some of them are SERIOUS prizes to
this day. There are a few examples of Daisy Cap Guns made by Nichols that are
even more rare and valuable than their Nichols counterparts. I wish I had them
all! We will feature a few of them here.
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This is a High Chaparral
pop-gun rifle that Is very rare. Tim finally looked a little closer and found
Daisy on it somewhere.
Thanks to Tim Tobin
This is the High Chaparral
pop-gun rifle-but with the matching Daisy double holster and pistol set!
Wow!!!
Thanks to Jim's Vintage Toys -
one of our advertisers
Here's a
really unusal piece from Daisy. A rocket dart gun.
Thanks to
Dave Klahn of The Ten Gallon Hat for these
photos.
Here is something I bet
most of you have never seen: A Daisy 2-gun shooting gallery. It uses either
rubber suction cup dart OR cork balls. The guns look more like ray guns to
me.
Thanks to Jack Rosenthal of Toys and
More for these photos.
This set was sort
of...generic for the various TV stars, Sugarfoot, Cheyenne and Bronco. (You
know...Bronco, Bronco, Tearin' up the Texas plain...Bronco, Bronco...Bronco
Lane.) They were: Ty Hardon (Bronco), Clint Walker (Cheyenne) and Will Hutchins
(Sugarfoot).
Thanks to Chuck Quinn for this
photo.
Of course, we can't overlook
the fact that Daisy was (and is) still famous for their BB Guns! BB Guns are as
American as apple pie, as they were invented in America right after the
American Civil War. Now the Liberals want to outlaw them completely and a top
auction website has actually outlawed them from the site. Incredible and
stupid, but true. I had one by the time I was in the first grade and never did
shoot out anybody's eye!
Thanks to Chuck Layman for this photo.
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Daisy
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It's really an amazing thing
that you can buy a Daisy Gun and it ISN'T a BB Gun!
However, as
previously said, there were several companies — Nichols Industries
included — that made Cap Guns for Daisy.
The guns
presented here (by Doug Hamilton) are VERY similar to the Nichols Mustang 250.
Considering the year, then it is probable that these guns were made by Kusan /
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| Be Sure To Click On The
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Here's an offering by our friend Scott McCollum of Oklahoma. It's
a Daisy that was blue at the factory. I had never seen one like this before,
but he says that it came that way. Thanks Scott.
Daisy also sold caps for
their Cap Guns.
I don't know if they made them themselves or had them farmed
out.
Photo thanks to Lauren Tandberg
Daisy had gun and holster
sets. Here's proof! I wish I had the guns that were in the box,
but I don't.
Please send them immediately! :-)
Thanks to
McGrath-Kramersmeier from Antiques Plus
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Daisy Holster
Set
w/ Pony Boys
by Hubley/Gabriel
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Daisy also made holsters and "stuffed" them with
guns from other manufacturers. These are Pony Boys from the 1970s.
Thanks to Dwain Burkholder
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| Photo Thanks To Rich Hall |
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Here's another photo of
the Six Gun box, but this time with a Cap Gun. Looks like a Stallion 38 to me.
This Cap Gun has a bronze hue to it. This particular version has the little
2-piece Stallion bullets.
Photo by
Chuck Quinn, one of our
advertisers
This is the Daisy Six
Gun that doesn't have the little bullets. It has a slightly different trigger
too and a different loading gate.
Photo by
Chuck Quinn, one of our
advertisers
This is the Daisy Six Gun mint on the card. Very
unusual.
Photo by Jamie Linford, one of our
advertisers
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Comparison of the Peacemaker Types
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Here is a
comparison set of photos, showing all of the Peacemaker types that Daisy made
and their relative sizes and also the types of loading gates.
Photos thanks to
Chuck Quinn.
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Daisy Spittin'
Image Cap Gun
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This gun was made around 1960
by Nichols. It is actually rather obscure. This gun also comes in a blued
version with walnut grips.
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Be Sure To Click On The Thumbnails!
All of
these photos are thanks to Bob Garvey. |
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Daisy Model 61
by Nichols Industries
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Daisy / Nichols
Model
61
Civil War
Commemorative |
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This is truly one of the
finest toy Cap Guns ever made. And it was made by Nichols Industries. For the
Daisy BB Gun Company.
It is steel blue and has a lot of brass and walnut grips. This
gun is just one class act! And for that reason, it is always priced
high!
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Daisy / Nichols
Model
61
Civil War
Commemorative |
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Photos thanks to
Rich
Hall!
Be Sure To Click On The
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THE STALLION MODEL 61'S
OF RICH HALL!
Here we can see, side-by-side the different versions of the
Model 61. The Nichols versions are on the left and the Daisy versions (still
made by Nichols) are on the right. The Nichols versions are expensive enough,
but the Daisy versions are even more pricey. I haven't ever even seen
one!
All
photos by Rich Hall
This is an unusual set
in that the Cap Gun seems to be a Kilgore. Or is the Kilgore a Daisy? I think
the Daisy is a Kilgore. But anyway, the Roy Rogers Cap Gun portrayed here is
exactly like the one on the Kilgore Page. So if the box didn't POSITIVELY say,
"Daisy," then we might not know where any of this came from—except the Cap
Gun. So I included the end of the box for a double verification. And if you
click on the bottom photo, then you can more clearly see this Cap Gun and
holster. Looks like a Cannon too...that is, a Cannon beach towel for a
background.
Photo by Chuck Quinn, one of our
advertisers
Okay, they are
NOT Cap Guns, but some of them have been included in Cap Gun sets and since
they are Daisy, these canteens are still pretty neat. These are Daisy canteens
in Gary Garber 's collection!
Photo by
Don
Raker, one of our advertisers
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