Number 102 model 36

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   Thanks, I'll add that to the database.

For what it's worth, when I asked Joe when the 102-36 became just the 102, he said he wasn't sure. Apparently the production records didn't delineate the change. So going by date requests he received where the owner stated that the gun was a 102-36, he matched the REG. NO.s to dates as late as "from 1967 and 1968".

These are all the dates I have on the 102-36. If anyone has any they'd like to add, I'd appreciate it!

102-36 REG. NO. A263387, Ply. no oil hole, stamped 11-11-1954
102-36 REG. NO. A968379, Ply. no oil hole, (thanks to Rick Cates @ DT)
102-36 REG. NO.s C722328 to C723828 stamped 9-3-57

102-36 REG. NO. D041985, Ply. w/oil hole, stamped 1^st
quarter of 1958

102-36 REG. NO. D132426 Ply. bronze w/gold
lever, stamped 3-18-58
102-36 REG. NO. D272908 Rogers, bronze w/gold lever, stamped 11-11-58 

102-36 REG. NO. G896447 (thanks to airitis @ DT), stamped
2-16-61 

102-36 REG. NO.s I210480 to I217125, stamped 9-27-64

102-36 REG. NO. J546969, stamped 4-6-67

Edited to add: This is what Joe wrote about the Model 102 in 12-10-21...

"The 102 has a long history in the Daisy product line. The No. 102 was first made from 1933 to 1935 as the No. 102, Model 33. It was a
500-shot gun with wood stock and nickel finish.
"In 1936 it became the No. 102 Model 36 and maintained the nickel finish until
1942. It was nickel plated from 1936 to 1942. In 1942, when the use of nickel
was prohibited (due to WWII), the gun was made with a blued finish. Production
of the blued gun resumed after WWII, from 1945 to 1958 in Plymouth (then from
1958 to 1978 in Rogers, AR.)

"In 1952 it was still blued but was only a 350-shot gun. Guns made after 1952
have a Register No. stamped on top of the frame. (By the way, the No. 102 is
the fore-runner of the Model 105B which is a youth gun, marketed as the Buck
today.)"