Daisy makes several different model Air rifles each one has a different price. The Red Ryder usually sells for $39 here in California
Daisy started making air rifles in 1895
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Daisy offers a service to evaluate and date old Daisy Air rifles. See the link below.
Only if the rifle is designed for pellets. If it is a "Red Ryder" then the answer is NO. Daisy makes PELLET rifles.
There are air rifles and there are air guns. These are guns that use air or C02 to fire a BB or Pellet, not gunpowder. A DAISY RED RYDER BB Rifle would be considered an "air rifle." There are several companies that make air guns and air rifles. Gamo, Daisy, Crosman, and Umarex are a few of these companies.
There are several versions of the Daisy 1894. Daisy offers a free service to determine the value of Daisy Air rifles and guns. See the link below.
Accurate enough for its intended use.----------------------- New Answer---------------------------------------The Avanti line of air rifles is considered to be Daisy finest line of air rifles. These are considered to be of Competition quality. The 853 only fires at 480 FPS ( This is common with Competition air rifles.) But it's accuracy is well known.
Simple: do a Google search on "Daisy air guns" and then select "Images" you will find over 10 google pages of Daisy photos.
Sears Catalogue had air rifles listing for $1.48 (Daisy) to around $4.48 for a Daisy model 25. Benjamin models sold for about $3.50 to $4.00.
Daisy offers a service to identify older air rifles. (It's free) See the link below
Both Daisy and Crosman made air rifles for Sears. I believe yours is a Daisy model 800 made between 1957-84. All sears models starting with 799 were Daisy's and all models starting with 126 were Crosman rifles.
To start with which model of Daisy are you talking about. Daisy has been making various model air rifles for over 100 years. Too many to list here. I suggest you ask this question to Daisy Directly. See the link below.