daisy 44 review

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Average Ratings

Value for Money	9.2/10
Reviewer Rating	8.5/10
Overall Rating	8.6/10

80% Recommended8 out of 10 Reviews

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By Librarian on 14th May 2005

Librarian's Ratings

Value for money	7/10
Overall value	7/10
Librarian's recommendation

Good Points

This has the look and feel of a real 44 magnum without the kick. It is easy to use and the sights are easy to adjust. The mechanics are tried and tested and work well. As I am in England and I bought the gun second hand I had to contact Daisy over the net to get details and although the model is discontinued they sent me an owners manual by return post and an exploded and numbered diagram of the gun. They also included a list of qualified gunsmiths who will service the gun.

Bad Points

Plastic grips with a pathetic spring clip to hold the left grip to enable CO2 cylinder replacement. The CO2 cylinder puncture screw uses the landyard ring to act as a tommy bar to tighten the cylinder onto the seal and some ham fisted clown has overtighened it and forced the ring out of the seating. As this is an old gun the seals are suspect. Plastic cylinder lets down the overall quality. Lack of trigger adjustment

General Comments

I bought the Daisy 44 gun second hand and have put a full box (500) pellets through it. It has the 8 inch barrel and is reasonably accurate over 10 metres. I do not have a rest so the gun is quite probably more accurate than me. It was bought as a plinking gun and because of the look of the thing and it satisfies on both counts but here in the UK I have to be carefull as it attracts the attention of the police if I am seen using it. Too realistic perhaps?
I never expected to use it as a target weapon but it can provide good fun if several people use it at the same time to handicap "serious" shooters. Except for rapid fire don't bother with double action.
Overall more fun than serious.

Total Respect: +1