model 225

when was the 225 made and any info on this would help

thanks

so the 225's are a varient of some sort of the 25?

cool. a quick seach of the Web shows a few. No I may have to get one.....

dan

Update on the "black paint" on the tootsie roll.  Upon a more thorough inspection of the rifle I discovered that there were also some black markings on the stock adjacent to the pistol grip area, and I believe these black colorations are part of the lexon from which those plastic parts were formed.

If anyone out there has knowledge of the manufacturing process that fabricated these plastic components I would appreciate hearing about it.

Thank you.

Pinball, again, I will always respect a differing of opinion and I have  a keen understanding of preseving the Daisy heritage because it's part of the American heritage.

"Tootsie roll" refers to the lever pump handle, it looks like a tootsie roll to me.

If a collector was interested in acquiring that Model 225 it was on that auction site for about a week; I watched it carefully and no one even bid on it.  I was determined to get it after I read an article about the Model 25 and this is what it said:

"Then in 1994, they produced a special run of the Model 225 American Legend-basically the good old classic Model 25-as a way of commemmorating the 100th Anniversary of the Model 25 itself."  I suppose that was because Daisy had  "prematurely" produced the 1986 Centennial Model 25 to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Daisy Manufacturing Company.

The specimen that I have is Lot No. 93L01841 and from what I can determine that means it was manufactured in 1993, November, the 1,841st rifle to come off of the production line.

As I indicated earlier, the packaging and carton were shop-worn, the asssociated manuals and paperwork was scuffed up as though someone had stepped on them, however I still probably would have slid that rifle out of the packageing to have a close look at it and fired up a couple of rounds.

Now I have to ask, don't these airguns deteriorate while in storage?

I will give you an example: I acquired  BRAND NEW IN THE BOX a Daisy Model 25, Reg No M650869 which means it was produced in December, 1965, the 869th rifle to come off of the production line.  The box had previously been opened to photograph the rifle for the auction site; upon receipt I fired it up and guess what: the freaking BB went out with as much force as I could spit.

Naturally, I have sent it off to be resealed and when I get it back I am going to have to figure out how best to preserve it.  I have posted an article entitled PRESERVATION AND STORAGE OF AIRGUNS and hope that there are responses that will guide me in that effort.

In my mind I know that the Daisy Museum is acquiring as many specimens of the Daisy product lines that it can obtain and that is enough knowledge for my comfort zone.  If and when it is my time to cross over into some other world and if I have  unique enough specimens of Daisy's products I will ensure that they are bequeathed to said museum.

I would never argue the point about keeping specimens undisturbed in their original packaging, I am just airing my opinion.  I commend those who have the self-discipline to do that; I suppose that when I was a kid, being in the poverty zone, I like to explore and use that which I can afford to obtain.  I don't ruin or destroy things, I use and preserve them.

I do  respect and understand that serious collectors desire unblemished, unused new in the box examples of the Daisy airgun product line, and the free market aspects of our society enables them to do so.