I got my first red Ryder in about 2006 and it must have been one of the last American made left on the shelf at that Walmart.I don't know what the box said, but it didn't say China on the gun like the modern ones do.Was your new one an otherwise standard red Ryder or the Christmas version?There was a Christmas version and an anniversary version at Walmart within the past few years, both had metal levers if I'm not mistaken.I gifted both so I couldn't say for sure but I know one definately had a metal lever and I know the Christmas version had the painted barrel band.
The only Daisy Red Rider I have is the Carbine No111 model 40 that with plastic stocks and aluminum cocking lever puts the build date at 1953-54. Red Rider logo molded into the side of the butt stock. It's got a few screws missing that needs work. I'll put in a seal kit and Super Spring when I find the rest of the parts.
Quote from: bantam5s on June 16, 2022, 06:13:58 PMI got my first red Ryder in about 2006 and it must have been one of the last American made left on the shelf at that Walmart.I don't know what the box said, but it didn't say China on the gun like the modern ones do.Was your new one an otherwise standard red Ryder or the Christmas version?There was a Christmas version and an anniversary version at Walmart within the past few years, both had metal levers if I'm not mistaken.I gifted both so I couldn't say for sure but I know one definately had a metal lever and I know the Christmas version had the painted barrel band.No, it's just a regular gun, as far as I can tell. Nothing special on the box, no medallion or sundials in the stock. Maybe they all come with metal levers now?
Nice work on the stock Andy! I found these two old models a a trading post and gave them a few mods. The top one is an older wood stocked 1938 Red Rider with a Colbalt power spring/air tube and Model 25 Shot Tube installed. The bottom one is a Model 36 with the power spring/air tube mod and a longer stock that I made from a piece of premium pine board.