I was still a JW at the time and my four boys were always anxious for me to bring home a Daisy product. I did just that during a weekend for a lab tryout. Ha! It was really for my pleasure although my conscience stung a bit because of Watchtower teaching. The gun was a pistol, a modified early model of the CO2 200. Which brings me to my motive for posting.
I was a young tool and die designer for Daisy in the late 60s and early 70s. I recently found three early issues of their newsletters, "The Daisy Aim", in my files. They are charming, historically informative -- perhaps more so to present day readers. They were all very well written -- one of them at the pen of Beth Hough (wife of then president of Daisy, Cass Hough). Yes, both have since passed and although I never personally met them, I alway held that dynamic couple in the highest esteem.
I decided to scan them so others may get the same pleasure I received. You may click on links to those newsletters, peeking into Rogers, Ar (and Daisy) history, from 60 years ago.
The Daisy Aim Newsletter Toy BB Gun Compay Nov 1960.pdf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qc59Yw9EiCqfBdcOqNzM04MK_RXOSUvy/view?usp=sharing
The Daisy Aim Newsletter Toy BB Gun Compay Dec 1960.pdf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x-uqxYS5JKIwQvfXjEmr_blK3-ncV7WP/view?usp=sharing
The Daisy Aim Newsletter Toy BB Gun Compay Feb 1964.pdf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NoCvbb2rrC2Wu7CVt8eCGqx1oATKS4Y1/view?usp=sharing
Len Miller