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Slavia · Moderator

A guy at work gave me a Daisy Model 25 (from 1974). It is missing the shot tube (barrel+magazine). Two questions:
1. Has anyone run across a parts diagram/schematic for this gun?
2. I read somewhere that the Model 99 shot tube fits the 25 - can anyone confirm this? (I have a 99.)

Slavia · Moderator

Anyway, here it is. (And you all thought Slavia couldn't do a project in less than 5 pages of posts.)

Yes, the Model 99 shot tube does fit the Model 25.

The Daisy Model 25 was in production from 1914-1978, then a commemorative in 1986, and now since 2010. 20 million were made. It was designed by Charles Fred LeFever, son of the guy that invented the hammerless shotgun. LeFever left his dad to design the Model 25, and liked BB guns enough that he just stayed. The Red Ryder has more notariety (since the movie "A Christmas Story"), but the Model 25 is really the iconic BB gun.

The gun was given to me by a co-worker, and was in pretty sad shape. It was missing the shot tube, had a lot of internal damage, and had several repairs consistent with an 8 year-old gunsmith. From the amount of dirt inside I would guess it was a dirt clod gun for some of its life.

After looking at dozens of online auction offerings, it became apparent that it has no collector value. Plastic (not wood), painted hunting scene (not engraved), and made in Rogers, Arkansas (not Plymouth, Michigan). I found one similar gun that actually sold for $5.00, and plenty offered for parts that failed to meet a $20.00 reserve. So, I elected to fix it up.

I painted the receiver and tube. The cocking linkage is riveted together, so I just cleaned it up and touched up the bare metal scratches with cold blue. I massaged the internal parts to get the thing to work, but they went back in warts and all. The hunting scene is a press-on transfer:
http://www.airgunhome.com/agforum/viewtopic.php?t=6658

Dis/assembly information is hard to find. Aside from the original patent drawing, this is about it:
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Guns-Firearms-Projectile-1501/Daisy-25-rebuild.htm
http://www.gatewaytoairguns.com/airguns/index.php/topic,23107.0.html

I have no idea which of the multitude of variants it is (made in 1974). I don't care if it's all original, nor what the velocity is, nor how accurate it is. I have a Model 25 that looks nice and spits BB's. It will be waiting for me in the closet in 2014 when the design turns 100:

Crosman140 · Senior Member

flightsimmer · Member

You can buy a nice new Daisy model #25 from Pyramyd Air for about $45.00 on sale right now (5/11).
http://www.pyramydair.com/air-guns/