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Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun
- Year
- 1940 Community consensus
- Manufacturer
- Daisy Manufacturing Company Community consensus
About this item
Lever-action spring-piston air rifle introduced by Daisy in spring 1940, licensed from the Red Ryder western comic. It became a classic Christmas-gift wish, immortalized by the 1983 film A Christmas Story.
Details
- Holiday
- Christmas
- Archive type
- Toy
- Brand
- Red Ryder
- Materials
- steel, wood stock
Collector details
Research notes
The gun shown in A Christmas Story (with compass and sundial) did not match any production model of the time.
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- Red Ryder BB Gun (redirects to Daisy Outdoor Products) (Wikipedia) Encyclopedia Article Supports: spring 1940 introduction, lever-action design, A Christmas Story connection View source