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The Daisy Model 93 is a CO2, semi-auto pistol with a 15 shot magazine. They were discontinued in 2004.,
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Looks like a decent gun, a replica of a Smith and Wesson Model 59. Would be neat to find one. CO2-powered BB repeaters have become a thing for me in recent years. I actually really like the Daisy 5501, which not only has a reciprocating slide, it locks it open after the last round is fired, helping you avoid wasting gas firing blanks.
If you enjoy old Daisy curiosities, you'd probably like the Daisy Model 59 from the company's "SoftAir" line, introduced in the mid-eighties (before AirSoft.) I still have mine. It shoots the same .25 caliber plastic shot as AirSoft, but each ball is first pressed into a plastic replica case that simulates a round of ammunition, and those are fed via a regular, spring-loaded magazine, just like on the real thing. The gun itself is spring-piston-powered, and the real difference in action between it and the "real thing" is that the slide is held open by the spring, not closed. Closing it compresses the spring. Pulling the trigger releases it, firing the ball from the "case" (which is hollowed through to allow the air to pass through it) and ejecting the case. The slide stays open; you have to force it closed again to chamber the next round and cock the mechanism. Like your gun, this is a Smith and Wesson replica. I used to have a (real) 659 and both guns fit the same holsters to a tee.
During the SoftAir line's relatively short run, I believe four models were produced. I remember that one was a 92 Beretta replica. I don't remember what the remaining ones were. Each came with a pack of plastic shot and five fake brass cases. You can't shoot them without the "brass."
I left this one stored with the slide closed (spring compressed) for like 25 years, and it still snaps and shoots quite briskly when the trigger is pulled.
If you enjoy old Daisy curiosities, you'd probably like the Daisy Model 59 from the company's "SoftAir" line, introduced in the mid-eighties (before AirSoft.) I still have mine. It shoots the same .25 caliber plastic shot as AirSoft, but each ball is first pressed into a plastic replica case that simulates a round of ammunition, and those are fed via a regular, spring-loaded magazine, just like on the real thing. The gun itself is spring-piston-powered, and the real difference in action between it and the "real thing" is that the slide is held open by the spring, not closed. Closing it compresses the spring. Pulling the trigger releases it, firing the ball from the "case" (which is hollowed through to allow the air to pass through it) and ejecting the case. The slide stays open; you have to force it closed again to chamber the next round and cock the mechanism. Like your gun, this is a Smith and Wesson replica. I used to have a (real) 659 and both guns fit the same holsters to a tee.
During the SoftAir line's relatively short run, I believe four models were produced. I remember that one was a 92 Beretta replica. I don't remember what the remaining ones were. Each came with a pack of plastic shot and five fake brass cases. You can't shoot them without the "brass."
I left this one stored with the slide closed (spring compressed) for like 25 years, and it still snaps and shoots quite briskly when the trigger is pulled.
I remember reading an article in a British shooting magazine about a 'softair' Uzi. The magazine was an old one given to me by my uncle, so I figure it was probably late 1980s.
It stuck in my head because it was the first time I had heard of 'softair', and the idea of a full-auto Uzi airgun really appealed to me as a kid.
I was pretty baffled a few years later to hear everyone talking about 'airsoft' guns.
I wonder if that Uzi was part of the same line of models made by Daisy, or if 'softair' was just what airsoft was called back then until someone decided airsoft sounded better
It stuck in my head because it was the first time I had heard of 'softair', and the idea of a full-auto Uzi airgun really appealed to me as a kid.
I was pretty baffled a few years later to hear everyone talking about 'airsoft' guns.
I wonder if that Uzi was part of the same line of models made by Daisy, or if 'softair' was just what airsoft was called back then until someone decided airsoft sounded better
I got a 93 in an airgun lot. It wasn't any part of why I bid on the guns, but it turned out to actually be a good shooter for a smoothbore BB pistol, especially when I feed it Daisy Avanti BBs. It holds a charge for literally weeks and other than an initial cleaning it has required zero maintenance in the year and a half I've owned and used it. It was missing the left grip so I used half of a 1911 rubber grip for a while but after finding I liked it enough to keep, I bought a replacement grip from JG Airguns for a few bucks.
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"Softair" was not just Daisy, I remember it being "softair" when I was in my teens and then it fairly abruptly shifting to "airsoft". When I started, there were quite a few "softair" advertisers, and when I quit (there's a natural progression of price. You get stuck starting at $20 for a pistol, then upgrading to get a little closer to your friends, then upgrading to try to get on the same level as your friends, then upgrading to get ahead of your friends, then I realized that actual firearms-or more serious pellet guns- were cheaper than what I was buying and I quit) nobody (or basically nobody) was advertising "softair" guns anymore.
From the sound of it, I really want one of those Daisy model 59s!
From the sound of it, I really want one of those Daisy model 59s!
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I've had one of these for 20 years. Can't say a bad thing about it.
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This thread inspired me to get it out and shoot it. Held CO2 just fine. Shot 45 BBs with good power. Little high, little left to point of aim. Good enough for an empty soda can at about 25 feet.
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