142 was another large frame gun in production when the register number system was first installed.
There are obvious errors indicated in the log, but we do not know whether these are machine or transcription errors. The record keeping system was totally manual and hand written. There is no indication in the production records of any pump guns being produced with numbers lower than K004350, but we have personally seen a lower register number, so they do exist. Daisy records show that on December 8, 1952, No.
111, Model 40 Red Ryders made on Decemwere stamped with register numbers starting with 000001 and ending with 002405. The machines used to stamp the small frames did not.ĭaisy production records show that the No. History does not tell us the reason for starting the large frame gun sequence with the letter K, but we do note that the number of the pierce and stamp machine used to stamp the large frame guns contained the letter K. 25 and 142 and these were stamped with the K prefix. The first registered large frame guns included the Nos. The large frame guns were made in two parts - a receiver and a barrel - and welded together, like the No. The barrels and receivers of these guns were stamped and formed from a single piece of sheet metal. These first registered small frame guns included the Nos. In this same memo Shafer specified that, “Prior to assembling registered guns, all non-registered barrels and jackets must be used, including those to be reblued, brushed, etc.” The first number to be stamped on the No. The first number to be stamped on the small frame barrels was to be 000001. In the memo, Shafer specified that register stamping would begin on Decem(guns were then being produced in Plymouth, Michigan). The numbering of Daisy BB guns began with a memo dated November 28, 1952, from Daisy’s Robert Shafer. Reprinted here with permission, provided by Gary Garber.
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