I found a treasure chest today.

jdad · Post by **jdad** » Sun May 25, 2008 3:08 pm

I was looking around at the other tables today, at our monthly collectors meeting, and this brown cardboard box caught my eye.

Inside was a Daisy airgun trap. Simple, stamped, blued steel that if you shot through the bullseye you would ring a bell.

Underneath was several packs of vintage targets. The Daisy targets had 2 different backs, but I only found one with the rifles.

There was a neat "stack" of 2-sided Winchester Western targets.

and 2 packs of NRA targets.

I asked the owner what he wanted and he said $10!

It was his, but I forgot to ask how old it was. From the backs of the Daisy targets I would think late 1930's-early 1940's.

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Sun May 25, 2008 3:26 pm

That's the kind of find thatwill put a
smile on you'r face every time.

Great find.

O.S.O.K. · Post by **O.S.O.K.** » Sun May 25, 2008 3:27 pm

Cool!

Especially if you're a collector of such.

I have things equally as "quaint" that other's probably have no interest in, but I like them...

Good find there. Thanks for sharing it.

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sun May 25, 2008 3:27 pm

Nice! What kinda "collectors meeting" do you go to?

jdad · Post by **jdad** » Sun May 25, 2008 4:24 pm

Andrew wrote:Nice! What kinda "collectors meeting" do you go to?

Vall (marlinman93) and I are members of the Oregon Arms Collectors.

http://members.tripod.com/~OregonArmsCollectors/

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Sun May 25, 2008 4:24 pm

WOW ! That is COOL !!!

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Sun May 25, 2008 4:28 pm

Neat stuff, indeed !

Ben_Rumson · Post by **Ben_Rumson** » Sun May 25, 2008 4:35 pm

Neat Find..

66GTO · Post by **66GTO** » Sun May 25, 2008 5:05 pm

What a great find. Thanks for the pictures. That picture of the tubes of Daisy Bullseye BB's sure brings back memories. I must have gone through a thousand of those tubes of BB's when I was a kid.

I'd grab my BB gun and head to the woods every chance I got. My favorite gun was a Daisy pump. I don't remember the model number, but it was the pump model with the scissor action when you worked the pump. It had a flip up peep sight that I was deadly with. I used it to shoot bumblebees and dragonflys.

jdad · Post by **jdad** » Sun May 25, 2008 5:11 pm

What really kind of scares me is what about all the ricochets? Miss the bullseye, especially if you were shooting pellets, and you really could do what your mom said not to do....."poke your eye out"!

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Sun May 25, 2008 7:59 pm

very kewl indeed

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Sun May 25, 2008 10:24 pm

Neato post jdad

!I have not seen a Daisy Bell Target in 35 years

!Thanks for posting.

jdad · Post by **jdad** » Mon May 26, 2008 10:38 am

I just found it that it's a Daisy 77-B "Bell" Target from 1936. You older shooters sure had some neat stuff to play with.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:52 am

Nice find. Really neat.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:31 pm

What a find! Congratulations!!!

Malamute · Post by **Malamute** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:44 pm

Cool find. So, are you going to use up all the targets with your BB gun?

"...what about all the ricochets?"

I think the older BB's were lead instead of steel. I don't think they ricochet as bad. I think pellets being soft, don't ricochet much either. I had a 5mm Sheridan when I was a kid, it had pellets only. I recall the pellets flattened out pretty much when they hit hard stuff.

Well, I just read the BB ad on the back of the target, looks like the BB's were steel by then,.........

otteray · Post by **otteray** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:49 pm

Nice score!
I know where there is an old original Daisy Red Ryder to go with it- in 35' of seawater 100 yards offshore where my stupid brother-in-law dropped it overboard while handing it to his son with arm outstreched past the gunwale of the skiff...

piller · Post by **piller** » Mon May 26, 2008 10:15 pm

Really cool. Thanks for the pictures.