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Daisy Nuts!

 

Chief A.J. Special Edition Instinct Shooting BB Gun

 

 

 

Photo 1.  Chief AJ Special Edition Instinct Shooting BB Gun.

Courtesy John Groenewold.

 

This Daisy Nuts is simply to make you aware of Daisy air rifle that is available neither from Daisy nor from the Museum.   I first learned of this gun from Daisy Nut John Groenewold.  Since then I have been doing a little investigating with Daisy and the Chief himself.

 

Championship shooter, and Cherokee Chief AJ, had an idea for making an air rifle to use for target practice that was “man sized.”  He approached Daisy about making such an air rifle.  Here is one of the prototypes he took to them.

 

Photo 2.  Blue stock and forearm prototype air rifle presented to Daisy.

Courtesy Chief AJ.

The result was that Daisy and the Cherokee Tribe teamed up to produce the Chief AJ Special Edition Daisy Adult Sized BB gun designed by ex-Marine and World Champion Moving Target Shooter, Chief AJ.

About the Chief, Joe Murfin, the Daisy Vice President of Marketing, said, “The Chief is of admirable character and of strong Christian faith.”   Joe also told me that he heard that Daisy folks saw the Chief shoot paint balls out of the air with the Chief AJ gun while he was at the Daisy factory.  I was a bit skeptical, not of Joe, but that this could be done.  I asked the Chief about this.  He said this was true.  He said he also shot aspirin tablets while there.  The dude is 70 years old!  He was very enthusiastic about Daisy’s Avanti Precision Shot.  This is what he told me:

“While deep in the caverns J B [Welch] introduced me to Avanti Precision Ground Shot and gave me some to try out. My hits on paintballs and aspirin tables in the air went up with these Super Accurate bbs. I used them at the Montana State Fair in my shooting exhibitions. I now know why, regular bbs mic .172 + or -. All my Avanti mic .1755”

One hundred Chief AJ guns were built on 6/1/05 and as of 11/10/05 (the USMC Birthday) the Tribe had received 300 Chief AJ BB guns from Daisy. These are supposed to be a very limited production, but how limited that production will be, I am not certain.  By the way, of that first 100, dozens were used as prizes and shooters at the youth camps the Chief is involved in.  You can read more about that at www.chiefaj.com.

 

 

Photo 3.  Chief AJ shown holding his new Chief AJ Daisy.

Courtesy Chief AJ.

The Chief AJ “Quick Point” set includes the Daisy Chief AJ special BB gun, autographed by the Chief and instruction booklet for instinct shooting.  This gun is a Model 1938B with an oversized stock, with the Chief's image burned into it, and a metal cocking lever.

Photo 4.  Comparison of normal Red Ryder stock and Chief AJ stock.

Courtesy Bob Boccaccio.

Chief AJ tells me that, as far as he knows, there are only two “Indian Daisys” and those are the Little Beaver Daisy that comes as part of the Museum Red Ryder and Little Beaver Limited Edition Set and now, the Chief AJ.  I can’t think of any other Indian Daisys either.

Considering the fact that this gun is being sold by neither Daisy nor the Museum, it has the potential to be a very collectable BB gun, not to mention a gun that is meant to be shot.

Photo 5.  Burned stock emblem and the Chief’s autograph.

Courtesy Bob Boccaccio.

 

So where can you get this unique gun?  The standard price for this gun is $79.95 with about $13.00 shipping.  But, Daisy Nut, John Groenewold, of JG Airguns is offering the set for $75 plus $10 shipping IF you identify yourself as a DAISY NUT when you order.  If my math is correct, being a Daisy Nut saves you about 8 bucks!  Thanks, John!

 

How do you order?  Go to - http://www.jgairguns.biz.  Select the Catalogs button and the CLICK HERE button at the bottom of the page, and then you will see the selection for the Chief AJ gun.  If you have any problems, email John at jgairguns@direcway.com

 

 

John sent my “Chief AJ” Daisy to me late last week and I hope to see it tomorrow!

 

One last thing.  For those of you that are thinking that an instinct shooting gun shouldn’t have sights on it….well…I wouldn’t tell the Chief that.  He might just challenge you to a paintball or aspirin tablet contest.

 

My thanks to Joe Murfin, Chief AJ, Bob Boccaccio, and John Groenewold for their help in putting this DN together.

 

Shoot safe,

 

Gary Garber

 

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