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oldwizzer
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Thanks for posting all the pictures !
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cobalt327
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This thread likely has as much info on these stocks as there is anywhere! (Which is to say, I agree- there's not any info on them to speak of.)
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oldwizzer
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The joy is in the journey!
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Gumslinger
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Ditto for my questions on Daisy
plastics. Whether or not one enjoys plastic or wood, they are all Daisy's, and
when a kid opens up his first box, he doesn’t care what the parts are, or what
the history is--it’s HIS first Daisy. That
is why I wanted to shed whatever light I could on Daisy plastics. Hopefully the
information will help someone to figure out a way to save, or to fix their own
gun stocks--to pass them on to the next generation of Daisy nuts. |
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twocompassheads
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Very good information here. I want to give my thought on plastic stocks, why do we find some in very bad condition and some just with a slight warping and some without any warping. My thought on this is after Daisy took care of the very early stock problem then from that point on it all had to do with storage after you were done with it. Think about the conditions they were put through, stored in a closet and standing on the stock at a slight angle in the heat of the summer. Very little air conditioning in the 50's to the 90's. Also left in the garage or in the trunk of the car in the 90 to 100 degree heat. Or sat outside on the porch in the sun until it was picked up and brought in. I think the best way to store in a vertical position is to store it on the barrel with the stock upright or lay the gun down without anything on top of it. I find that the 1894 didn't have the problems that the model 25 pump did. I only see a slight warp in some of the stocks. I'm going to cut one in half length wise and see how many bulkheads (bracing) are inside and report back. I don't have a sacrificial model 25 stock but I bet there is a significant difference in the two.
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Keep On Plinking
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oldwizzer
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And a great job you do !
Ed.
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stevec
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From what I understand the early plastic was called Bakelite and was very unstable. Took a few years for everyone to get the plastic right. You gotta understand that Bakelite was new and was only used on small things. Doing big things like stocks really tested it.
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Gumslinger
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Wait--don't sacrifice another Daisy stock! I have already filleted a Red Ryder stock (see the pictures back a few pages in this thread) and have done the same for a No. 25 stock. They are basically the same internal structure. I am currently awaiting a stock from the Powerline series to see what surprise may be in that stock. I will keep you posted.
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Gumslinger
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This
was an unknown vintage Powerline stock. Easy to fillet (the metal plates were a
surprise) but a real bear to remove the injected foam (the foam is injected
thru a hole under the buttplate). It was also filled with 250+ steel BBs. The
plastic shell was quite robust. I don’t know what the material is, but the
smell the Dremel generated was definitely different from other Daisy's.
I
wish Daisy had begun their plastic production with a shell this thick. Foam
filling or not, with a little thicker wall, their early stocks might have
resisted warping and would have been fine today. I
know it was referenced back in 1971 (The American
BB Gun, p81) but I have never heard it mentioned anywhere else, or if it
continues today. See the next post for the foamed-in picture. |
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