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Daisy started in 1895.
Daisy started in 1886 in Plymouth Michigan.
All I can tell you is the Air Gun was made by Daisy. The first 3 digits indicate the manufacture as Daisy. I suggest you contact Daisy directly, they offer a free service to tell you about your old Daisy. See the link below.
James Hale of Daisy Manufacturing, invented and patented the first paintball gun.
You question is not quite accurate. Daisy never made a BB GUN model 101. They did make a number 101 model 36 BB RIFLE not a gun it was made in Plymouth Mich.
Daisy did not invent the BB gun. Hamilton made the first Daisy model in 1895. , but BB guns were around long before that. Lewis and Clark carried an air rifle with them on the travels to the West and the Austrian army had air rifles as early as the 1500's
The oldest known air rifle gun was invented by Girandoni of Vienna about 1780, for the Austrian Army. Daisy is credited for invented the first BB gun around 1895.
Crosman doesn't make the Grizzly, Daisy does. $40
First you have to identify the model. Is it a gun or is it a rifle. Then you need to state the model. Daisy has made over 100 different models over the years. So without more information I can not help you but I suggest you contact Daisy. Daisy offers a free service to tell you more about your old Daisy. See the link below.
Please state the model of the daisy 22 Caliber gun, or is it a rifle?
Almost everyone started with a Daisy Red Ryder. It was simple and it was fun.
Clarence Hamilton made the first Daisy in 1895 in the Plymouth Iron Windmill Co, Plymouth Mi. However he is not the first person to make Air guns. Lewis and Clark also had an air gun on their journey across the country to the Pacific. Before that the Austrian army had air rifles in 1779 that were designed by B Girandoni, these rifles fired a 51 caliber ball as large as a mans thumb.