Daisy

The Plymouth, Michigan windmill company that became the world’s BB gun — the Red Ryder, the powerplants, and the caseless V/L.

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    Volumes

    1. Vol 1 Overview & the Spine
    2. Vol 2 Plymouth Iron Windmill to Daisy, 1882-1895
    3. Vol 3 The Cast-Iron Era to the Mass Market, 1895-1940
    4. Vol 4 Plymouth to Rogers: the 1958 Move, the Owners, and the Museum
    5. Vol 5 How a BB Gun Works: Spring-Piston, Pneumatic, and CO2
    6. Vol 6 The .177 Steel BB: Why 'BB', and How It Is Made
    7. Vol 7 The Red Ryder: Fred Harman and the Model-Number Tangle
    8. Vol 8 'A Christmas Story' and the Buck Jones Conflation
    9. Vol 9 The Catalog Beyond the Red Ryder
    10. Vol 10 Powerline, Avanti, and the Modern Line
    11. Vol 11 V/L I: Jules Van Langenhoven and the Idea of a Caseless .22
    12. Vol 12 V/L II: The Mechanism — Ignition by the Heat of Compressed Air
    13. Vol 13 V/L III: The .22 V/L Caseless Cartridge
    14. Vol 14 V/L IV: The Ruling That Killed It, and the Collector Market Since
    15. Vol 15 Caseless Ammunition, Volcanic to G11: Why It Keeps Failing
    16. Vol 16 Safety, Litigation, and the Regulation of BB Guns
    17. Vol 17 Collecting Daisy: Dating, Values, and a Cheatsheet