Daisy 188

[Septicdeath]

Daisy Model 188 Pistol...Years Produced 1979-1993
New in 1979 Single shot pellet or BB repeater 215fps BB's- 180 fps pellets. Very few Variations, it went from a heavy Diecast to plastic around 1990. It became BB only around 1984.
I have two in near mint condition. A earlier bb/pellets and a latter bb only. they both shoot strong but I wanted to see the inside. while in there clean and relive everything. It was dissembled everything was very clean to my surprise except a bit of old caking grease. The spring has more preload than I expected. Putting it all back together I used moly on the piston and other moving parts. When completed for drops of pellgunoil in the oil hole. and one in the loading mechanism.
I chronograph it after I had shot 24 bb's. The second load they averaged between 227 and 219fps. About 15fps better than before teardown.
The third load I shot paper from 25 ft kneeling with two hand it's not a powerful pistol but seem to be fairly accurate. More so than the guy behind the trigger.
Definitely a fun little gun from the past. In my opinion one that Daisy should bring back. A overlooked and underappreciated pistol from the 1980's

 

[kBob]

Sort of a modernized version of the Targeteer.

Kind of neat looking. Is it any more accurate with pellets?

An uncle's Targeteer was my first BB air pistol.

Do you have a working model of the Targeteer you could share?

I like the way you bring back and share older BB guns. Please continue to do so!

-kBob

 

[Septicdeath]

Yes have a nice 177 target special. It shoots weak. But that's how the 118 and 177 are. I'll share a pic after I have the chance to dig it out. They were spring plunger like the Red Ryder but apparently the spring it way under powered. It's a shame because they are a nice design and gun. The body is riveted so I have never tore into one. I may have to get a basket case gun and do it.
The 188 is a spring piston underlever the Daisy 62 is the closest example to the 188. Would love to have one.

 

[Septicdeath]

Here's a ad for the 62
Which was actually a el gamo falcon I would really like one of these or the modle 65

 

[Septicdeath]

Here's the gun you asked about 177 target special

 

[kBob]

Thanks!

Can you imagine what might happen to a family that gave one of those to a six year old today and turned them loose?

Mine had a flip rear sight with a notch on one leg of the L and a peep on the other...like on the "good" Model 25 of that time period. I would do this thig where I would grab my right elbow with my left hand and place the pistol in the crook of my left elbow to steady everything up and get my eye close to the peep when I used that sight. One of my little bud's called it my "Sniper Pistol". Fortunatly I figured out not to do this with a "real" handgun.

Even semi new they were weak, but pure Heck on Little Plastic Army Men. Soda caps stood up in the sand were the first metallic targets I trained with. The gun did very little damage to Mom's clothes pins....unlike the Daisy CO 2 200 that replaced it in five years. Had to spend all my BB money for a couple of weeks buying new clothes pins which I no longer shot.

-kBob