[LazyPup]

Alyssa..talking about what a buck will buy, check out the attached photo of a Daisy BB gun that I found sealed up in a bathroom wall.

When I originally found it we were ripping out the old lathe and plaster for a rehab in a bathroom. At first all I could see was the tip of the barrel and i couldnt figure our why any pipe would have a hole in the cap. when i touched it, it moved so i lifted it out of the wall to discover it was an old BB gun. Out of curiosity I cocked it and fired into some scrap in the dumpster and to my total amazement if fired perfectly. I then began to inspect it closer and could not find the slot where you pour the BB's in.

I brought it home and cleaned it up a bit to find the manufacturers name, serial number and any clue as to its age. I found top of the reciver section stamped "Daisy Mfg, Plymouth, Mich." but i was still not able to find how to put BB's in it.

I then sent an Email to Daisy with the serial number to see if they could shed any light on the subject.

Two days later i received a reply from Daisy that said this was originally marketed between 1929 and 1940 as "A Daisy for a Buck" , that's right folks, the original selling price was $1.

They also informed me that this is a single shot BB gun. In order to load it you must unscrew the barrel and pull it out, then insert one BB in the base of the barrel, reinsert the barrel and cock the lever to fire. The internal spring activated air pump has a leather washer which is supposed to require occassional oiling to prevent it from drying and cracking.

According to information from the original homeowner that bathroom wall was originally closed up in 1935 and had not been opened since then, so it would stand that this BB gun has been in that wall since 1935, hence the leather washer was never oiled, yet it still works perfectly.

I am 59 years old, and as a kid on the farm I had daisy BB guns from the age of 7 or 8 but I have never seen a single shot BB gun before or since finding this one.