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	Daisy is most famous for their BB Guns (officially Daisy Airguns). The company, basically, came out of the American Civil War (more properly called "The War Between The States" or other names—depending on where you live!) and started (BB gun-wise) in 1886. Officially they are the Daisy Manufacturing Company, but started out as The Plymouth Iron Windmill Company in Plymouth, Michigan, close to Detroit. The gun, the "Chicago" air rifle (mostly wooden), had been made since 1885 by the Markham Air Rifle Company. The windmill company (which developed the metal gun) gave away the air rifle to farmers who bought a windmill and after hitting the target during a demonstration, the general manager, Lewis Hough declared, "That's a Daisy!" The name stuck. Farmers liked the air gun more than the windmills. Kind of funny, huh? These are well-known public facts, but can be found at their official website at: http://www.daisymuseum.com. The part that interests us is that Daisy had other companies—notably Nichols Industries, of course, manufacture Cap Guns for them and some of them are SERIOUS prizes to this day. There are a few examples of Daisy Cap Guns made by Nichols that are even more rare and valuable than their Nichols counterparts. I wish I had them all! We will feature a few of them here.

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There won't be any "Art Trade Fair Shows" this year because of the COVID-19 virus, so I won't be able to sell my glass ornaments at those shows. And money is tight for the USA (Pray for our leaders and Jesus said "Pray for those who would spitefully use you."...so with money tight it's just a hope that we can receive contributions.

Believe me, even small contributions help! This is the only site where you are likely to find most of the Cap Guns ever made. The site will always be free to use, but it's not free for me.

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This is a High Chaparral pop-gun rifle that Is very rare. Tim finally looked a little closer and found Daisy on it somewhere.

Thanks to Tim Tobin

This is the High Chaparral pop-gun rifle-but with the matching Daisy double holster and pistol set! Wow!!!

Thanks to Jim's Vintage Toys - one of our advertisers

Here's a really unusal piece from Daisy. A rocket dart gun.

Thanks to Dave Klahn of The Ten Gallon Hat for these photos.

Here is something I bet most of you have never seen: A Daisy 2-gun shooting gallery. It uses either rubber suction cup dart OR cork balls. The guns look more like ray guns to me.

Thanks to Jack Rosenthal of Toys and More for these photos.

This set was sort of...generic for the various TV stars, Sugarfoot, Cheyenne and Bronco. (You know...Bronco, Bronco, Tearin' up the Texas plain...Bronco, Bronco...Bronco Lane.) They were: Ty Hardon (Bronco), Clint Walker (Cheyenne) and Will Hutchins (Sugarfoot).

Thanks to Chuck Quinn for this photo.

Of course, we can't overlook the fact that Daisy was (and is) still famous for their BB Guns! BB Guns are as American as apple pie, as they were invented in America right after the American Civil War. Now the Liberals want to outlaw them completely and a top auction website has actually outlawed them from the site. Incredible and stupid, but true. I had one by the time I was in the first grade and never did shoot out anybody's eye!

Thanks to Chuck Layman for this photo.




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				It's really an amazing thing that you can buy a Daisy Gun and it ISN'T a BB Gun! However, as previously said, there were several companies — Nichols Industries included — that made Cap Guns for Daisy. The guns presented here (by Doug Hamilton) are VERY similar to the Nichols Mustang 250. Considering the year, then it is probable that these guns were made by Kusan / Nichols.








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Here's an offering by our friend Scott McCollum of Oklahoma. It's a Daisy that was blue at the factory. I had never seen one like this before, but he says that it came that way. Thanks Scott.

Daisy also sold caps for their Cap Guns.
I don't know if they made them themselves or had them farmed out.

Photo thanks to Lauren Tandberg

Daisy had gun and holster sets. Here's proof! I wish I had the guns that were in the box,
but I don't. Please send them immediately! :-)

Thanks to McGrath-Kramersmeier from Antiques Plus




	Daisy Holster Set w/ Pony Boys by Hubley/Gabriel







	Daisy also made holsters and "stuffed" them with guns from other manufacturers. These are Pony Boys from the 1970s. Thanks to Dwain Burkholder





		Photo Thanks To Rich Hall

Here's another photo of the Six Gun box, but this time with a Cap Gun. Looks like a Stallion 38 to me. This Cap Gun has a bronze hue to it. This particular version has the little 2-piece Stallion bullets.
Photo by Chuck Quinn, one of our advertisers

This is the Daisy Six Gun that doesn't have the little bullets. It has a slightly different trigger too and a different loading gate.
Photo by Chuck Quinn, one of our advertisers

This is the Daisy Six Gun mint on the card. Very unusual.
Photo by Jamie Linford, one of our advertisers




	Comparison of the Peacemaker Types







	Here is a comparison set of photos, showing all of the Peacemaker types that Daisy made and their relative sizes and also the types of loading gates. Photos thanks to Chuck Quinn. Click on the thumbnails for larger photos!




	Daisy Spittin' Image Cap Gun



				This gun was made around 1960 by Nichols. It is actually rather obscure. This gun also comes in a blued version with walnut grips.








	Be Sure To Click On The Thumbnails! All of these photos are thanks to Bob Garvey.




Daisy Model 61 by Nichols Industries



Daisy / Nichols Model 61 Civil War Commemorative	This is truly one of the finest toy Cap Guns ever made. And it was made by Nichols Industries. For the Daisy BB Gun Company. It is steel blue and has a lot of brass and walnut grips. This gun is just one class act! And for that reason, it is always priced high!	Daisy / Nichols Model 61 Civil War Commemorative



Photos thanks to Rich Hall! Be Sure To Click On The Thumbnails!

THE STALLION MODEL 61'S OF RICH HALL!

Here we can see, side-by-side the different versions of the Model 61. The Nichols versions are on the left and the Daisy versions (still made by Nichols) are on the right. The Nichols versions are expensive enough, but the Daisy versions are even more pricey. I haven't ever even seen one!

All photos by Rich Hall

This is an unusual set in that the Cap Gun seems to be a Kilgore. Or is the Kilgore a Daisy? I think the Daisy is a Kilgore. But anyway, the Roy Rogers Cap Gun portrayed here is exactly like the one on the Kilgore Page. So if the box didn't POSITIVELY say, "Daisy," then we might not know where any of this came from—except the Cap Gun. So I included the end of the box for a double verification. And if you click on the bottom photo, then you can more clearly see this Cap Gun and holster. Looks like a Cannon too...that is, a Cannon beach towel for a background.

Photo by Chuck Quinn, one of our advertisers

Okay, they are NOT Cap Guns, but some of them have been included in Cap Gun sets and since they are Daisy, these canteens are still pretty neat. These are Daisy canteens in Gary Garber 's collection!

Photo by Don Raker, one of our advertisers


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