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lillysdad621 · « **Reply #80 on:** February 18, 2014, 07:41:02 AM »

absolutely love it!!! did you ever check out minisniping.org??? so addicting...

stonykill · « **Reply #81 on:** February 18, 2014, 07:47:26 AM »

Quote from: lillysdad621 on February 17, 2014, 11:27:44 PM

i am sorry if i offended anyone , including you KO... what i meant by rip off is that for that price you shoud be getting a better gun that what you are getting on a 760. this year it was redone so lets see what improvements are made... (still no rifled barrel)... As per the 66, find one. it is half a 760 and half a 2100... as per not being worth it 40 dollars, the 880, i would disagree. if you have ever opened one up you'll be pretty impressed at the amount of power that such a small valve can put out... and the fact that it comes with a dodecahidrally rifled barrel that will shoot both pellets and BBs with no damage at all to the barrel. and crosman still gives you smoothbores... As per the 766/2100 being more modifiable... to an extent. I had a 766 that shot crosman ultra mags (10.5 gr) at 762 fps on 15 pumps. But the gun needed resealing often... and after 8 pumps you were straining to pump again... the daisy in the other hand has a pump that does not get any harder the higher you pump. And also it seems to be a lot quieter than any of the crosmans... I just believe to give credit, where credit is due. The 880 has long lived under the shadow of the 2100... maybe of a benji or a sheridan, but knowing what i know now of air rifles, pumpers, and such and having resealed thousands of this guns while as a gunsmith at Cobra airgun, i can tell you that it is a better rifle than most people believe... another great kept secret... the daisy powerline 901... yes... lets have a daisy gate!!!

yes the 901 is on my short list to purchase.

K.O. · « **Reply #82 on:** February 18, 2014, 01:35:18 PM »

I checked out the mini sniping org site and its about what me and my kids did, still have the Red Ryder, Buck ,and 760 that we had the

Miracle shot competitions with...

Ritz and animal crackers at 80" with a ton of hold over uber cheap fun thousands of bbs went thru those guns and they still work...

chea-pass · « **Reply #83 on:** February 18, 2014, 03:31:21 PM »

Bump . . . . for Daisy Gate

Alanheal · « **Reply #84 on:** February 18, 2014, 09:54:35 PM »

Re: Daisy 880

I work at home and sit at my desk all day. When I need a break I can go to the basement and shoot from 35 feet, or just swivel my chair and shoot the length of my office (15 feet) into a ductseal target. How convenient variable power is!!

I also have a Stoeger X-5, which is another nice rifle. The Daisy is more powerful though.

Wish list for Daisy:

A rear sight with click adjustment. It's difficult to make refined adjustments to the rear sight to match the barrel's accuracy.

A wood stock and forearm

lillysdad621 · « **Reply #85 on:** February 18, 2014, 10:32:31 PM »

the wood stock andforearm will hjave to be sorted from a 177x rifle (parts gun), or a 22sg parts gun. Maybe call daisy and they might still have it. As per the rear sight i would recommend the rear sight from the avanti 835 rifle... it will cost you about 2 times what a 880 costs but it is a precision sight... or you might as well order a 853... I think you will be ecstatic.

Nail Gun · « **Reply #86 on:** February 18, 2014, 11:31:41 PM »

I am not a Moderator and am FAR from being a forum owner. With that being said, I can appreciate any and all decisions that have led up to this point. However, as an owner of a type 1 880, a vintage 922 and a current 880, I would certainly appreciate a "Gate" that is dedicated to Daisy owners and enthusiasts.

mudduck48 · « **Reply #87 on:** February 18, 2014, 11:42:22 PM »

Quote from: Nail Gun on February 18, 2014, 11:31:41 PM

I am not a Moderator and am FAR from being a forum owner. With that being said, I can appreciate any and all decisions that have led up to this point. However, as an owner of a type 1 880, a vintage 922 and a current 880, I would certainly appreciate a "Gate" that is dedicated to Daisy owners and enthusiasts.

Well said. HERE,HERE!

Nail Gun · « **Reply #88 on:** February 19, 2014, 12:05:24 AM »

Let's face it; how many of us had our first shooting experience with a Red Ryder, 880, 922 or whatever... Many of us first learned to shoot with Daisy AG's. We may have moved on to rimfires and eventually centerfires...

But how many of us have returned to the airgun shooting sports after re-discovering and dusting off our old Daisy's we once proudly carried around the neighborhood? Many of us owe our shooting backgrounds to Daisy. I am proud to say I am here as a product of Daisy AG's. I would be proud to to represent and flaunt Daisy on GTA. If there is a shortage of moderators I would proudly throw my hat into the ring to launch and moderate a Daisy Gate.

chea-pass · « **Reply #89 on:** February 19, 2014, 12:07:03 AM »

Once again, bump for a very entertaining and enlightening Daisy Gate !!!!!!!

tweedking · « **Reply #90 on:** February 19, 2014, 02:19:50 AM »

demanding a daisy gate.

the other guys at the daisy museum would rather collect and ignore than to shoot their guns. there should be a place for the daisy enthusiast as opposed to the collector. the collector would rather have a gun with 0 shots through it (new-in-box). i would rather have a gun loved and used often (without wear, maintained often), and similarly minded fellows who wish to dig deeper into the 880/etc..

please mr. moderator? I'll do what ever you want.....

just, "DAISY GATE" yourself already.........

i promise to post on day 1. i bet about 14 others would too. (come on, each of you shot the ol' daisy 95, or 25, or 1938, or 880, or 822 or 201 or whatever, give tribute...)

please mr mod, give the poor the tired masses a gate to get into airguns in an affordable way, just like you, in jr.-high....

gracious-thanks,
rob

ericnel · « **Reply #91 on:** February 19, 2014, 11:23:17 AM »

What are the steps to getting a "gate" established. Based on the response to my original question, there seems to be a lot of interest. The only functioning Daisy forum seems to be only for collectors. I have both Crosman and Daisy guns and love em both, but it seems like Daisy's are poor stepchildren of the airgun world and that is flatout undeserved.

stonykill · « **Reply #92 on:** February 19, 2014, 12:47:09 PM »

Quote from: ericnel on February 19, 2014, 11:23:17 AM

What are the steps to getting a "gate" established. Based on the response to my original question, there seems to be a lot of interest. The only functioning Daisy forum seems to be only for collectors. I have both Crosman and Daisy guns and love em both, but it seems like Daisy's are poor stepchildren of the airgun world and that is flatout undeserved.

agreed and I wish I knew the answer. I have been hoping with how busy this thread is a mod or 2 would have joined in the conversation. Maybe sending a link to this thread to an admin? Not sure.

MikeSSS · « **Reply #93 on:** February 19, 2014, 02:12:08 PM »

I shot thousands of pellets through a Crosman Benjamin 397 that I used to have, it never could equal my Daisy 856.

Now days I'm shooting a Daisy 888, CO2 rifle and it is very accurate and is easy to use...other than loading pellets.

A Daisy Gate would be a fine addition to GTA and the airgun community.

K.O. · « **Reply #94 on:** February 19, 2014, 02:41:01 PM »

I think for now if there were threads by those that have fixed up Daisys and how they source the parts it would help...

Any links of such in this thread would be pretty cool (I know I would love to see them) and help keep this thread alive as a form of lobbying

the mods and owners which is what the membership can do until they either say yes or say sorry but at this time we are unable to do so.

I have never considered Daisy to be the poor stepchild of air guns I go by my experiences with each model heck they excel at the club level with the Avanti and x53 line

...

Look at the company they keep at that level and at different affordability levels

!...

http://www.airgunclub.org/club-tests---rifles.html

Well any ways here is a link I found about fixing a 922 which by the way shows a performance mod/workaround for a part I did not know about...

http://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=9718.0

Alanheal · « **Reply #95 on:** February 19, 2014, 05:54:36 PM »

That was an interesting link (http://www.airgunclub.org/club-tests---rifles.html). Daisys really do keep good company LOL.

Today it was finally warm enough to shoot outside. I took the 880 and my Stoeger out for a 25 yard shoot today. I have little cat food cans hanging from strings inside a cardboard box. That makes it easy to tell when there's a hit. With the Stoeger I hit 7 out of 10 shots. With the Daisy it was 9 out of 10. The odd thing is that the Daisy was zeroed for 10 yards, but it worked fine at 25 yards. Later I shot steel soup cans with my older Daisy that doesn't start to get compression until the 5th pump. It still was able to pierce the cans. I was using H & N Field Target Trophy Power pellets 8.8 gr. These are copper plated and 20% harder than lead.

ericnel · « **Reply #96 on:** February 19, 2014, 06:45:16 PM »

Have my old metal rcvr 880 torn down. It was a rust bucket when I got it at a farm auction. Planning on barrel replacement, shroud and walnut stock. I love the older guns. My 1200 is still my favorite. Won't sell it cause I don't know where I'd get another one.

ericnel · « **Reply #97 on:** February 19, 2014, 07:10:41 PM »

The reason posters have drifted off topic here is there is no other place to have a discussion on Daisy's. I will say that I doubt the Daisy Crosman debate will ever be decided. Let's just concentrate on our Daisy's and let the Crosman folk concentrate on theirs. I have both but would stick with my Daisy's if I could only have one or the other. Exception - I'm not giving up my modified 1377.

Alanheal · « **Reply #98 on:** February 19, 2014, 09:14:36 PM »

Re: Planning on barrel replacement, shroud and walnut stock

Sounds great. I wish I had the knowledge to do that. Would love to see pics when it's done.

chea-pass · « **Reply #99 on:** February 19, 2014, 09:49:15 PM »

Oh wow, look at the time

- time for a Daisy Gate bumpity bump bump

Put some lead through the Powerline 856 tonight - still can't believe how accurate it is.

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