We talked a week or so back about an old Daisy BB gun I found stashed up at our place. I pulled it out and cleaned the big rust off, chased a critter or two out of it and tried it out. The cocking spring is still strong and it still pushes BB's out the end. I haven't shot it other than to see if it works.

A bit of Google-foo shows it to be a Daisy No. 108 Model 39 Carbine, second variation, ca. 1939-1942. Some folks say it was the forerunner to the Red Ryder.

I haven't found anything to tell me how to run it yet. It seems that one has to cock the lever, turn the rifle upside down to get a BB in the chamber (maybe?) and then close the lever. I ended up inadvertently dry firing it while I was fooling with it and I'd like to avoid that as much as possible (from what I've read).