Mfg 1984:
Considering how old this rifle is, I would send it in for repair. Look on-line for "Daisy air gun repair" or "Airgun repair" and send it to a shop near you.
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.
If it's a recent Daisy or even some older Daisy's I would start with Daisy (See the link below) Daisy has some parts. OR: you can do a search on the web for "Air Gun Repair" and locate someone near you to repair the Daisy. OR: you can see the link below for a list of shops.
You can try contacting daisy customer service directly OR go online and do a search for "Airgun repair" or "Daisy Airgun repair" and locate someone that can fix it for you. See the link below
You can do a web search and look up "air gun Repair", there are shops around the country that repair older airguns for a living. OR you can contact "Daisy" directly and ask if they have a list of repair centers, or see the link below.
There are commercially available sealers made.
Do a search online for "Air Gun repair." There are several independent shops that repair older air guns. SEE the Link Below.
Take it to a authorized repair center
See the link below for a list of places that repair airguns
No known sites.
You could try Daisy.com customer service. Or try the web, do a search for "air gun repair" and find a shop that repairs Daisy products.You could try Daisy.com customer service. Or try the web, do a search for "air gun repair" and find a shop that repairs Daisy products.
There are independent shops that repair air guns. (see the link below)
This model was made by Daisy Air gun it's a model 1894. I suggest you do a search on the web for air gun repair ( there are several people who repair airguns.) locate one who repairs Daisy and send it to them.