The Red Ryder BB guns used to be blued, but I guess it got to be too expensive.
When the movie first came out Popular Mechanics magazine did an article on the Daisy BB gun. According to Daisy, the Red Ryder BB gun never had the features of the one in the move. But the earlier Buck Jones Daisy BB gun did. After Buck Jones died in the nightclub fire, Daisy decided to go with the fictional character, Red Ryder and redesigned the look of the BB gun. Back then the BB guns were also a lot more powerful than modern ones. They reduced the power decades ago over legal fears, when the U.S. got sue happy.
David.
When the movie first came out Popular Mechanics magazine did an article on the Daisy BB gun. According to Daisy, the Red Ryder BB gun never had the features of the one in the move. But the earlier Buck Jones Daisy BB gun did. After Buck Jones died in the nightclub fire, Daisy decided to go with the fictional character, Red Ryder and redesigned the look of the BB gun. Back then the BB guns were also a lot more powerful than modern ones. They reduced the power decades ago over legal fears, when the U.S. got sue happy.
David.