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No. 107 Daisy Buck Jones Special Pre-War BB Gun

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 450.00 USD
No. 107 Daisy Buck Jones Special Pre-War BB Gun
Auction Location:

16600 Aston Street
Irvine, CA
No. 107 Daisy Buck Jones Special Pre-War BB Gun, NVSN, .177 cal., 18'' barrel, blue finish, trombone action, roll stamped engraved ''Buck Jones'' on left side with light curlicue designs to both sides of frame; compass and sun dial integral to stock. It is interesting to note that in the move ''A Christmas Story'', author Jean Sheperd recalls the ''Daisy Red Rider 200-shot range model carbine action air rifle, with the compass in the stock and the thing that tells time'' (sundial). For those of us in the know, there was never any such thing except in Sheperd's imagination. The only gun with the compass in the stock and the sundial was the Buck Jones No. 107 and it was a pump. Condition is excellent retaining approx. 90% thinning and micro-scratched blue with most of the losses in the actioning area. Stock shows light dings. Celluloid cover to compass is intact; compass graphics are clear and vivid. (Walt Hallstein collection) Est.: $250-$450.