Tip for loading BBs into a Model 25.

[avator]

Like some others here, a year or so I bought a new Daisy Model 25 with the wood stock and pump handle. This was my very first BB gun when I was a kid. Then over the years they began making then with plastic stock and pump handle.

https://www.daisy.com/product/model-25-pump-bb-gun/

These new ones are pretty nice with the crossbar safety and adjustable rear sight (elevation and windage) and flip up peep option. And mine is very accurate with the Daisy Precision Max BBs. I've since shot a few hundred BBs with it and it's breaking in nicely. It's time for me to drill out that peep to remove the "spider webs" and see about a lighter trigger spring.
Unfortunately one of the things I remember about the gun still exists, loading BBs in the magazine.
I either had to load it over a bowl to catch spilled BBs or use a magnet to pick them up.
My solution is a simple plunger type pellet pen...

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Crosman-Pellet-Loader-Holds-16-177-Cal-Pellets/20753529

Pull the plunger out and form a funnel around the top with my thumb a index finger. Pour BBs in until full and dump the rest back into the container. (maybe a couple more so the plunger sticks back in 3/8" or so).
Then I press the soft rubber tip of the pellet pen over that loading hole in the magazine and just push all the BBs into the mag in one motion. Slicker than greased snot on a slip and slide.
It holds about 2 full pellet pens full. It will stop filling when the mag is full. Just squeeze the rest back into the container.

[desertplinker]

Great tip Bill, thanks. I too have a new wood stock 25 but have yet to shoot it. Not wanting to hijack the thread but I wonder if a regular straw would work?

[avator]

Yeah should work but the pellet pen has a funnel of sorts and probably easier than a straw to fill. The trick for feeding them into the magazine is to tilt the magazine so the BBs run down into it. The rubber tip of the pellet pen flexes to make a seal.

[desertplinker]

Yeah should work but the pellet pen has a funnel of sorts and probably easier than a straw to fill. The trick for feeding them into the magazine is to tilt the magazine so the BBs run down into it. The rubber tip of the pellet pen flexes to make a seal.

Copy that. Got one coming from Amazon.

[avator]

Yeah should work but the pellet pen has a funnel of sorts and probably easier than a straw to fill. The trick for feeding them into the magazine is to tilt the magazine so the BBs run down into it. The rubber tip of the pellet pen flexes to make a seal.

Copy that. Got one coming from Amazon.

Good move.

[ER00z]

This, by far has to be the best way to load the model 25. Had one of these pellet pens for a long time, but rarely used it. Preferred the other style that didn't have the plunger sticking out, but now have use for the Crosman one 

Thanks for the tip!

[avator]

Same here Zack. I bought a 2 pack several years ago and they sat unused ever since until just a couple days ago.

[singleshotcajun]

I will try that. I ordered another 25 this week. I plan to “defarb” strip and restrain the wood on the one I bought last year and the new one, hate the orange finish.

[Matchstickshooter]

 Bill, I've recently seen a mod for the 25. 
    You drill a hole into the endcap (you are actually drilling a hole into the magazine)
 You take out the spring and the little follower and insert a tube.
   Load the bb's through the hole, make yourself a little rubber plug as a stopper.
 Tipping the gun upward it gravity feeds the bb.

I'll try to find the video...

here it is..

[avator]

Thanks Wendell, the pellet pen is working great for me.

[singleshotcajun]

As for myself one of the biggest draws of the 25 is that one can keep your sight picture while shooting. I really like spring fed shot tubes. I can’t remember the model but Christmas 1968:I got a Daisy lever BB gun that had a spring fed shot tube . I could shoot critters in the ditch or bayou without pointing it toward the sky to load a bb, I have missed that feature until getting a 25 last year.

[Brazos]

Thanks.  Just bought one.  The spring fed magazine is a huge plus over the RR gravity feed.  The big downside is loading the magazine one bb at a time. 

[avator]

Thanks.  Just bought one.  The spring fed magazine is a huge plus over the RR gravity feed.  The big downside is loading the magazine one bb at a time.

That's exactly what this thread addresses, go back and read the first post if you missed it.

[bantam5s]

I don't have a picture on hand, but I made a BB loader for my model 25.

All you need is an medicine bottle ( ALEVE...etc ) and a Bic pen tube.

1st file a u notch into the end of the pen tube, then use whatever means you have on hand to heat and bend the end to fit around the loading hole.
Drill a hole in the cap, and glue in the pen tube.

To use just fill, hold it against the loading hole and shake to load the BB's.

[avator]

That'll work too. I used to just use a folded piece of card stock to funnel them in.

[bantam5s]

That'll work too. I used to just use a folded piece of card stock to funnel them in.

I'm always in too much of a hurry for even that to work out without spilling any BB's.
I can shoot all day long 1 round at a time, but when there's a magazine to load I find myself wanting to load it as quickly as possible.

[avator]

If that were the case for me I would order a few spare magazines.

[bantam5s]

If that were the case for me I would order a few spare magazines.

I have a few extra cylinders for my Crosman 357, and a full cartridge belt worth of shells for the umarex peacemaker.

Don't ask me why, but I just have no patience when it comes to loading the model 25 for some reason.

[avator]

If that were the case for me I would order a few spare magazines.

I have a few extra cylinders for my Crosman 357, and a full cartridge belt worth of shells for the umarex peacemaker.

Don't ask me why, but I just have no patience when it comes to loading the model 25 for some reason.

Yep, that's the reason for this thread.   

[superchikn]

I use one of these without adapters.  Just hold it against the fill port, not perfect but does work pretty well and very fast.
I had bought it for my Beretta M92A1 semi/full auto with 18 rnd magazine which definitely needs it.

https://www.amazon.com/Umarex-Steel-Spead-Loader-Caliber/dp/B003FD2534/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1NFMRUB4UEOC7&keywords=bb+speed+loader&qid=1701624739&sprefix=bb+loader%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-3