Help, what is this Daisy rifle?

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   Prototype? What is this rifle? 
Only markings, top of receiver says "Standard"
Both sides of receiver say "Pellet King 177 CAL. PELLET RIFLE"
"Daisy" on the aluminum cocking lever
"Load here" just behind cylindrical magazine halfway up the barrel
"Oil here" bottom front of cocking lever
Then the dymo-label stickers.
No other writing. No Rodgers, no China, no patent numbers, no model number, nothing. 
Newbie here, trying to figure out how to post pics. Do the pics have to be hosted on a website first? 

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Lobi Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: April-27-2023 Location: Michigan Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lobi Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Help, what is this Daisy rifle? Posted: April-27-2023 at 1:55pm
	Prototype? What is this rifle? Only markings, top of receiver says "Standard" Both sides of receiver say "Pellet King 177 CAL. PELLET RIFLE" "Daisy" on the aluminum cocking lever "Load here" just behind cylindrical magazine halfway up the barrel "Oil here" bottom front of cocking lever Then the dymo-label stickers. No other writing. No Rodgers, no China, no patent numbers, no model number, nothing. Newbie here, trying to figure out how to post pics. Do the pics have to be hosted on a website first?

Lobi Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: April-27-2023 Location: Michigan Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lobi Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: April-27-2023 at 2:50pm


Lobi Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: April-27-2023 Location: Michigan Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lobi Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: April-27-2023 at 2:51pm


teerex.otw Members Profile Find Members Posts Red Ryder Member Joined: October-21-2022 Location: Mississippi Points: 219	Post Options Post Reply Quote teerex.otw Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: April-27-2023 at 3:32pm
	Sounds like you are dealing with one of the “Roto-Clip” models, with “oil here” in front of the trigger guard probably a “wide-body” model (403, 450, 453, 454, possibly others). I’m not sure what the difference was between models, but I think at least one had 99-type target sights.

teerex.otw Members Profile Find Members Posts Red Ryder Member Joined: October-21-2022 Location: Mississippi Points: 219	Post Options Post Reply Quote teerex.otw Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: April-27-2023 at 3:42pm
	Looking thru J.G.’s listings, looks like it was the 453 that had target sights, 454 appears to be the only one with a “pistol-grip” type stock.

Lobi Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: April-27-2023 Location: Michigan Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lobi Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: April-27-2023 at 6:14pm
	I'm to old for this lol Imgur not working for me

Lobi Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: April-27-2023 Location: Michigan Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lobi Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: April-27-2023 at 6:15pm
	https://imgur.com/gallery/wnhB34E

Lobi Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: April-27-2023 Location: Michigan Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lobi Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: April-27-2023 at 6:33pm
	https://imgur.com/gallery/GtWBlbe Close up from breech end, further out from muzzle end Is the magazine in backwards? It doesn't come out, I didn't force it. Why would this gun be devoid if all writing like model number, where built, patent numbers etc?

cobalt327 Members Profile Find Members Posts Red Ryder Member Joined: November-15-2013 Points: 3049	Post Options Post Reply Quote cobalt327 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May-01-2023 at 3:27pm
	New one on me! Here are a few thoughts: On the 450, which it somewhat resembles, the magazine is removable and there's a sliding lock in front of the magazine. The gun in question seems to not be so equipped. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say the mag is captive and rotates without needing to be removed for loading. I'm basing that by how the empty hole in the mag is exposed (for loading, I would think) at one point. I'd expect there to be tactile/audible detents as the mag was rotated to indicate when the mag was properly aligned to shoot a pellet. I don't see a slider to unlock the safety on the right side of the receiver like would be expected if it was equipped with an automatic safety like the 450 and other Daisy guns used during that era. I also don't know why it's called "Standard" when it's anything but. The rear sight mount is for a steel peep sight like was used on the 99 and early 499/499B guns. It wouldn't surprise me to see the front sight was a globe sight like used on the 99 and 499s. But I have no idea why no markings other than what it has. There's obviously a tie-in with the NRA, and the wood and finish is outstanding compared to a "regular" model 450 so maybe it was a limited production gun that was given as an award of some sort, but that's just a WAG.

cobalt327 Members Profile Find Members Posts Red Ryder Member Joined: November-15-2013 Points: 3049	Post Options Post Reply Quote cobalt327 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May-03-2023 at 11:06am
	Lobi, any chance you could re check the barrel shroud carefully for a REG. or LOT NO? It may be faint, some guns weren't stamped very deeply and the paint can hide it, but it still should be visible. There's also a slight chance the number is under the forearm. The number will likely begin with the letter "A". Barring a usable number, the gun could be assumed to have been made very close to the 1971 NRA Centennial date. The model 450 wide frame Daisy pellet gun was made between about 1971 and 1976.