Daisy Model 25
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{{infobox weapon
|name=Model 25
|image=File:Daisy No 25 Air Gun-NMAH-AHB2015q029757.jpg
|caption=The Model 25
|origin=United States
|type =
|is_ranged=Yes
|service=
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|wars=
|designer=Charles F. Lefever
|design_date=
|manufacturer=Daisy
|unit_cost=$49.99 (MSRP){{cite web|title=Daisy Outdoor Products|url=https://www.daisy.com/product/Model-25-Pump-Gun/?itemnumber=990025-001}}
|production_date=1917–1978, 2007-present
|number=8 million
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|weight={{convert|3|lbs|kg|abbr=on}}
|length= {{convert|37|in|cm|abbr=on}}
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|caliber=.177 cal. (4.5 mm) BB
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|velocity={{convert|350|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on}}
|range={{convert|195|yd|m|abbr=on}}
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|feed=spring-loaded 50 BB magazine
|sights=Iron sights
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The Daisy Model 25 is a BB gun, modeled after a pump action shotgun with a trombone pump action mechanism. The Model 25 dominated the low price, higher performance airgun market for over 50 years (1914–1978) before discontinuation. They re-entered production in 2009.
The Model 25 was designed by Charles F. Lefever.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nramuseum.org/guns/the-galleries/for-the-fun-of-it/case-48-airguns/daisy-model-25-slide-action-air-rifle.aspx|title=NRA Museums}} By some accounts, 15 million pieces were sold by 1957{{cite book|author=Walter Harold Black Smith|title=Smith's standard encyclopedia of gas, air and spring guns of the world|year=1957|publisher=Castle Books|page=203}} and 20 million by 1980.{{cite journal|title=Popular Mechanics|journal=Popular Mechanics |date=March 1980|publisher=Hearst Magazines|page=90|issn=0032-4558}} Other estimates are "over 8 million".{{Cite web|url=http://www.daisymuseum.com/html/timeline/1910.htm|title = Daisy BB Guns - Cart - Daisy Airgun Museum in Historic DownTown Rogers Arkansas!}}
Lever action models generally have very low velocities, around {{convert|275|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on}}, a result of the weak springs used to keep cocking efforts low for use by youths. The Daisy Model 25 pump-action BB gun typically achieved {{convert|350|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |title=Back to Basics with the Daisy Model 25 |url=https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/back-basics-daisy-model-25/ |website=US Concealed Carry Association |publisher=Delta Defense |access-date=23 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225131103/https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/back-basics-daisy-model-25/ |archive-date=25 February 2017 |date=25 April 2014 |url-status=dead}} However, the 25's capacity was only 50 BBs, in comparison to the 1000 BB capacity of some leverguns. The 25 does have an advantage in ammunition feeding, however, in that its feeding is spring-loaded, as opposed to many gravity-fed guns which require a shift in gun angle to reload a BB.
The re-issued version is made in China and has a muzzle velocity of approx {{convert|350|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on}}.