offered a Daisy 880

[mr007s]

I mentioned to a fellow that I was going to buy an 880 from WalMart for 35$. He ask why I was buying a plastic 880 and that he had a metal one he would sale for 35$.
 He told me to take it home and shoot it and let him know. I found thru inspection all was tight and worked great. Oil wiper felt moist and cosmetics were not bad. Shot a string thru the chrony and had avg 625 fps with 7 grain Hobby ammo. Shot 3 -5 shot groups at 5 meter with stock sights and it was hole in hole, surprised the &^^& out of me.
  None of the screws are buggered up so I dont know if it has been resealed, if so the person may have known what they were doing.
 Opinion needed if  I will be better off with the metal 880 or go purchase a new plastic one form Walmart?
our input is appreciated.

[Jeff Marshall]

Buy the metal one. Not only is it made from superior materials, but you know for sure that it is accurate.

[HunterWhite]

You gotta ask?

[Racer1]

Bring that cash out like yer fingers are on fire!

[Stinger177]

Send me his info. I'll give him $40 for it!! (J/K.... ).

It's an even better buy if it has the screw-on rear sight (and a rifled barrel).

You didn't mention how many pumps it took to get to that 625fps. Whatever condition the internals are in, it's a good deal. Parts are still available.

[mr007s]

Send me his info. I'll give him $40 for it!! (J/K.... ).

It's an even better buy if it has the screw-on rear sight (and a rifled barrel).

You didn't mention how many pumps it took to get to that 625fps. Whatever condition the internals are in, it's a good deal. Parts are still available.

10 pumps, avg 625 fps, 7 grain hobby ammo. Is that good for this gun?

[avator]

Grab it !! Then prepare to be disappointed with alot of other guns costing much more.

[Stinger177]

Send me his info. I'll give him $40 for it!! (J/K.... ).

It's an even better buy if it has the screw-on rear sight (and a rifled barrel).

You didn't mention how many pumps it took to get to that 625fps. Whatever condition the internals are in, it's a good deal. Parts are still available.

10 pumps, avg 625 fps, 7 grain hobby ammo. Is that good for this gun?

I would say yes, especially if nothing has been done to the gun.

I would suggest PM'ing Mark (cobalt327) and ask him what he thinks. Tell him I sent you.

Grab it !! Then prepare to be disappointed with alot of other guns costing much more.

+++1 ^^^^

[cobalt327]

That's a real good buy for a gun that holds pressure and is accurate. Cock the bolt, do not load a pellet and pump it one time, then shoot it and remember the sound. Now, do the same thing- 1 pump after cocking but this time leave the gun for at least an hour and longer if possible w/safety on and where unauthorized people cannot get to it. Then- again unloaded- shoot it. If the sound is as loud as it was before, there's a good chance it's holding pressure pretty well.

The intake seal for these guns run $30, so a leaker isn't much of a deal unless it can be fixed by cleaning and/or an alky flush and/or packing the intake seal w/an O-ring. The exhaust valves also go bad, but less often. The screw-in valves are getting expensive ($22 from one eBay seller). A gun that needs both had better be a real looker or have other redeeming qualities for obvious reasons!

The older 880s are very nice, but guns w/screwed on rear sights with rifled barrels are scarce- 1979 only, and not all of them. If it was made 1980 or later you can be pretty sure it came w/a rifled barrel. My personal favorite 880s are the ones w/metal receivers, rifled barrels, no billboard warnings cast into them, no diamonds and an open sided loading port. Unfortunately these were made that way for only a few years.

[mr007s]

Good info Mark. I will check it for pressure holding with 1 pump tomorrow.
I believe it is made from 1980-1992, is rifled barrel, no warnings, no diamond, etc.

[cobalt327]

Good info Mark. I will check it for pressure holding with 1 pump tomorrow.
I believe it is made from 1980-1992, is rifled barrel, no warnings, no diamond, etc.

The date can be deciphered from the LOT NO. If it has a letter (month) followed by a 0, that's 1980, letter then 1 is '81, letter/2 is '82. In '83 it changed to the year (3) than the letter for the month. This continued until it changed again in late '92.

[Stinger177]

Good info Mark. I will check it for pressure holding with 1 pump tomorrow.
I believe it is made from 1980-1992, is rifled barrel, no warnings, no diamond, etc.

Ray - Although as Mark said, a rifled barrel and screw-on sight are one year only (I actually didn't know that) I'm still curious about yours. (I'm calling it yours because you know you're gonna buy it!  )

Any chance of some pics?

And, FYI, there's a metal version on the bay right now that needs A LOT of work and is up to $26.50 (incl. shipping) with four days left to bid, so consider what you're holding there.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Daisy-Model-880-Metal-Receiver-Shoots-Weakly-For-Parts-or-Repair/163610702498?hash=item2617f532a2:g:YQ0AAOSwd89clSMV

I have two metal ones, one with the screw-on sight (Lot #B70xxxx). I put an ebay $12 rifled barrel on it.

The other has the welded sight but came with the rifled barrel (Lot #E10xxxx).

[Yng@hrt]

Take the metal 880 & ditch the plastic then run like you stole it...which you actually did.

[mav72]

Take the metal 880 & ditch the plastic then run like you stole it...which you actually did.

Yep!

There is/was a nice one on auction recently but I have a feeling that it was once somebody’s that I knew in the 90s and now his son is selling it. I’d think I’d feel weird about owning it, since I didn’t get it from him personally.

[cobalt327]

Ray - Although as Mark said, a rifled barrel and screw-on sight are one year only (I actually didn't know that) I'm still curious about yours. (I'm calling it yours because you know you're gonna buy it!  )

Any chance of some pics?

And, FYI, there's a metal version on the bay right now that needs A LOT of work and is up to $26.50 (incl. shipping) with four days left to bid, so consider what you're holding there.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Daisy-Model-880-Metal-Receiver-Shoots-Weakly-For-Parts-or-Repair/163610702498?hash=item2617f532a2:g:YQ0AAOSwd89clSMV

I have two metal ones, one with the screw-on sight (Lot #B70xxxx). I put an ebay $12 rifled barrel on it.

The other has the welded sight but came with the rifled barrel (Lot #E10xxxx).

I remember both of those 880s- they're in the database!

I try to watch the 880 listings, mostly to glean info for the database but occasionally I'll put in a snipe on one. I saw the one you linked to above, I sent the seller a question asking about the Lot No. this afternoon but he hasn't responded yet. You'll notice it has a billboard on the L side but not the R, these are rare but that doesn't mean expensive, just odd. This was right at the time when the billboards were beginning to be used and as far as I know, 1988 was the only year to have a warning billboard on the left side and no instruction billboard on the right, and not all '88s are that way, some have no billboards at all. By the end of '88 billboards were there to stay. So a 1988 880 may have none, left side only or billboards on both sides.

[Matchstickshooter]

Buy the metal one. Not only is it made from superior materials, but you know for sure that it is accurate.

+++1   you can't go wrong!

[mr007s]

Good morning everyone, I have been going over every inch of the 880 and here are my findings. I will post some photos once the camera battery is charged.

I put 2 pumps in it and fired, listening to the report. Pumped 2 again and left it overnight. This morning I fired it again and the report sounded the same( in enclosed basement). Pumped 2 again to compare with the just fired shot and sounded the same to me.

Located the Lot #--K037880, left side of barrel, also patent #- left side next to receive, Rogers, Ark.
Butt plate has Powerline on it
Barrel right side has Rifled
Butt stock has 1 screw on left side
Cocking lever has loading and firing instructions printed
Cocking lever has latch that fits into trigger guard.
Rear sight is welded

If I understand correctly this was manufactured in 1980

Anything else I should look for??

[Stinger177]

Mark will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think your Lot number indicates the following:

K = November
03xxx = 1980

[mr007s]

Mark will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think your Lot number indicates the following:

K = November
03xxx = 1980

Thanks, did not know what the K meant

[cobalt327]

Good morning everyone, I have been going over every inch of the 880 and here are my findings. I will post some photos once the camera battery is charged.

I put 2 pumps in it and fired, listening to the report. Pumped 2 again and left it overnight. This morning I fired it again and the report sounded the same( in enclosed basement). Pumped 2 again to compare with the just fired shot and sounded the same to me.

Located the Lot #--K037880, left side of barrel, also patent #- left side next to receive, Rogers, Ark.
Butt plate has Powerline on it
Barrel right side has Rifled
Butt stock has 1 screw on left side
Cocking lever has loading and firing instructions printed
Cocking lever has latch that fits into trigger guard.
Rear sight is welded

If I understand correctly this was manufactured in 1980

Anything else I should look for??

Very nice, and yes- 1980. Now, about the loading port-. Is it open on both the left and right sides of the receiver halves, or is it open on the left side only like the bottom gun in photo? I'm sure it will be right side open only, but stranger things have been seen so I just wanted to verify. Also, is the shroud stamped "Rifled Barrel" on the right side below the rear sight? This was very close to when they switched sides for that stamping. (ETA- reread your post and see that it is on right side. That makes your 880 the latest I've seen to have a RH "Rifled Barrel" stamp.)

And thanks for the info, you got a keeper!