BUCK JONES DAISY BB GUN WITH COMPASS

HAWKSNEST

May 11, 2004 11:16

HI, I WAS WONDERING IF SOMEONE COULD GIVE ME THE VALUE OF A DAISY BUCK ONES BB GUN WITH COMPASS AND SUNDIAL. THE GUN SHOOTS GREAT AND IS VERY OLD. THERESA

THERESA

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  Old hickory

  May 11, 2004 11:57

  Hawksnest, I don't have my books here but I have owned 2 Buck Jones Specials and they are definitely sought after models. They were made from 1934 - 1936 and rather than being a Daisy 25 they are on the 107 style. Since it was still depression their sales were low. Then came WW2 and with scrap metal drives their aren't many that survived. I sold one for $175 that had about 40% of its bluing and still was in working condition. I kept the other which had 90% blue. I had paid $40 for it in 1978, but that was alot to pay for an old BBgun! If you're interested, Buck Jones was a sort of matinee type cowboy star who had very high morals (for real) He died in a fire at a restaurant in Boston in maybe 1942. He went in to rescue people and didn't make it out. I think over 100 people died. So you can see he was a decent guy!
  I'm prouder of my "Buck Jones" than of my real firearms.

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  HAWKSNEST

  May 11, 2004 12:06

  THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION. ONE GUY WHO DEALS IN ALOT OF GUNS TOLD ME NOT TO TAKE LESS THAN 350.00 FOR THE ONE I HAD, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS A LITTLE HIGH.
  
  THERESA

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  1KYDSTR

  May 11, 2004 12:11

  Theresa. That might be a LITTLE bit high unless you have the original box in which case I think it would be a little low! Sounds really cool! Those are indeed from what I am reading here VERY collectable and I agree with Old Hickory...Buck Jones WAS a hell of a guy! Did he die in the Coconut Grove fire? Seems like about the same time and I thought the Coconut Grove was in boston? I would be interested to know!
  
  "When I cease learning...I'm dead"(Me)
  "Power corrupts...Absolute power corrupts absolutely"(Descartes?)
  "History is written by winners"(Patton)
  "You get a lot farther with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone!"(Al Capone)
  "There is nothing lower than the human race...except the French" (Samuel Clemens)

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  boltthrower

  May 11, 2004 12:41

  Unless your desperate, hang on to it.

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  HAWKSNEST

  May 11, 2004 12:43

  I AM NOT INTO GUNS MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO SELL BUT I WANT THE MOST I CAN GET FOR IT. SO THATS WHY I APPRECIATE THE INPUT. THANKS SO MUCH
  
  THERESA

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  Old hickory

  May 12, 2004 03:58

  Yes, it was the Coconut Grove Fire in Boston.

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