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Daisy IMP'D PAT'D MAY 6.90 airgun

IDIG4IT
Greetings to all! I just signed on, today. I recently inherited a (three generation family)collection of "everything old" from a longtime friend. Among the iron banks and toys was a BB gun in original condition. One side of the iron wrist says:
DAISY IMP'D PAT' MAY 6. 90. (1890 I would guess)
The other side states: MFG' BY P.I.W.CO. PLYMOUTH MICH.
The stock is of a shaped iron rod form but appears complete/original.
The gun articulates at the wrist area,to pump up the firing piston, which is connected by two wires. It shoots great, though I've only tested it 3 or 4 shots. I'm hoping to find out about my old airgun. I have taken digital pics w/ closeups of the embossed lettering, if that will help w/ identification of my airgun. Thanks, Greg
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  • Spider7115
    "PIW" is Plymouth Iron Windmill Company, meaning it was made prior to the name change to "Daisy" in 1895.

    "Daisy actually had its beginnings back in 1882 as Plymouth Iron Windmill Company, a manufacturer of windmills in Plymouth, Michigan; however, by the late 1880s the windmill business was changing and the struggling company began looking for new ways to attract customers.

    In 1886, Plymouth inventor Clarence Hamilton introduced a new idea to the windmill company. It was a combination of metal and wire, vaguely resembling a gun that could fire a lead ball using compressed air. Lewis Cass Hough, then president of the firm, gave it a try and, after his first shot, enthusiastically exclaimed, "Boy, that's a daisy!"

    The name stuck and the BB gun went into production as a premium item given to farmers when they purchased a windmill. The gun was such a huge success that Plymouth Iron Windmill soon began manufacturing the Daisy BB gun in place of windmills! On January 26, 1895 the company's board of directors officially voted to change the name to Daisy Manufacturing Company, Inc."

    Please post pics!

    Daisy will be happy to assist you in identifying your rifle:

    http://www.daisymuseum.com/html/antiquegunform.htm

    plymough_air_rifle.jpg
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  • IDIG4IT
    What is the secret for attaching pics on this site? Not like a normal attachment button... the "Insert Image" button on this site's tool bar. I'm trying to copy from a jpg file and have had no luck at all! Thanks (in advance) for any anyone's directions on how to get my Daisy 1890 PWI airgun pics attached.
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  • BigLoop22
    Greg,

    To learn how to post photographs to this forum, read this tutorial:

    http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=259294
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  • Spider7115
    quote:Originally posted by IDIG4IT
    What is the secret for attaching pics on this site? Not like a normal attachment button... the "Insert Image" button on this site's tool bar. I'm trying to copy from a jpg file and have had no luck at all! Thanks (in advance) for any anyone's directions on how to get my Daisy 1890 PWI airgun pics attached.


    You need to upload your picture to a photo website first, like photobucket.com, and then insert the link between the "insert image" brackets.
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  • IDIG4IT
    Thanks for the photo post info. I just went through the PhotoBucket.com process and I might be a little impatient but if I can't directly attach pics (from my pc file) to a posting as easily as I can a Yahoo e-mail... I guess they will never be seen. Sorry about how I am but I've been this way for 55 years.
    I will be more than happy to e-mail pics of this airgun to anyone that would care to send me an e-address, though. Then one of you "patient" souls could post pics & show the rest of the Airgun World what I have and then, maybe, I will get a better understanding about it. I AM NOT an airgun expert!!! I got a Sheridan "Blue Streak" for Christmas in the mid 1960s and that is the only airgun I've ever had - until this 1890 Daisy was given to me. THANKS to anyone that wants to help with getting pics posted!
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