Daisy Buck BB gun air rifle trainer plinker

       As a nod toward the long and noble history of the Daisy airgun company and the acknowledgment that more and more (little?) people are looking to buy their first air gun I hereby humbly submit this review. A member of the most iconic air gun family ever made and smaller sibling of a true movie star let me introduce you to the Daisy Buck!

     Is it small you ask! any smaller and it would be a pistol!  But wait! Daisy has decided to grace this diminutive air gun with two important innovations.  The first is necessary for proper handling and shooting education.  Yes it has a safety!  Back in my red rider days a safety wasn’t even considered (at least by me). Now  It has a cross bolt safety located behind the trigger.  Its plastic and a little hard to see but it works.

     The other modern touch is the tru glow front sight insert!  Sacrilege! you say, where is my folded over sheet metal front sight? It’s now a bright red reminder to novice shooters to be aware of the direction the muzzle is pointing (like away from me).  The bb loading port is just behind the front sight on the left side of the barrel. You can get a lot of bb’s in there but don’t ask I didn’t count. Rear sight is fixed (as opposed to broken, missing or adjustable).

  The metal finish appears to be some sort of electrostaticly applied black paint and I imagine it will prove to be fairly durable.  The wood (yes wood!) does have some grain and is finished with a light stain.  The Buck logo stands proud on the right side of the butt stock and appears to have been applied by a press and black paint applied in the resulting depression. Its attractive and Im glad to see some wood instead of some wood grain poly chemical compound substitute. 

   There is no fore stock just the forward extension of the receiver more or less where it would be. There is a fair amount of plastic but it’s not obnoxious.  In all it’s slim and just a little bit winchester -ish with its “lever” action loading and cocking.  Daisy call for us to listen for the 11 (?) clicks  that will advise you that it’s ready to shoot!  The action is light enough for a six year old but be prepared for disappointment as it fails to feed a bb on occasion.  The remedy is to crank the lever again!  And you will want to again and again! So how does it shoot!    It has enough for through and through penetration when engaging empty pop cans! 

 So what use is this little pop gun?

    I know that some of you have little folk in your lives who may be ready to join the ranks of happy (safe, well instructed, polite, well behaved) air gunners.  And when you get tired of your multi mega dollar air wonder with your SCUBA tanks, hoses and fittings and want to remember the smile a simple air rifle gave you, you might want to pick up something like this and go right back to the very beginning. 

Rick Klages

PS. Don’t forget the safety glasses!