Did daisy ever make a 22 caliber rifle?

Answer 1

Absolutely. In fact it's my understanding that they actually made 2 types. Their first .22 rifle used "caseless" .22 caliber ammo. I've only read about these rifles however I own the 2nd type they manufactured. It's a semi-automatic rifle (if you're a novice that means it fires one round every time you pull the trigger) that fires standard .22 caliber long-rifle ammo. The rifle holds one round in the chamber and 7 rounds in the clip. I bought this rifle at a store called Merchandise Mart which was located in Southgate, MI a suburb of Detroit. In the early '90's the store was having a "going out of business sale" and I purchased the rifle for $23.00, which was less than you could buy a Daisy pellet rifle for at the time. I still have the rifle, new in its box and never loaded let alone fired. But they most certainly did make such items!