Daisy V/L

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| name = Daisy V/L

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| origin = {{flagcountry|United States}}

| type = Single-shot rifle

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| designer = Jules Van Langenhoven

| design_date = 1961

| manufacturer = Daisy Outdoor Products

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| production_date = 1968–1969

| number = 23,000

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| cartridge = .22 caliber, caseless round

| cartridge_weight = {{convert|29|gr|g}} bullet

| caliber = {{cvt|.22|in}}

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| action = Compressed air to ignite cartridge

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| velocity = {{convert|1150|ft/s|m/s}}

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| feed = Single shot

| sights = Front post, rear leaf sight

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The Daisy V/L was the first production rifle for caseless ammunition. It was released in 1968 by Daisy Outdoor Products.

In 1961, Cass Hough, the president of Daisy Heddon division of Victor Comptometer, purchased the design of a new firearm system. The new system was developed by a Belgian chemist named Jules Van Langenhover. The new gun would be known as the Daisy V/L rifle.{{cite book|last1=Nonte Jr.|first1=Major General George C.|title=An Amazing New Kind of Gun|date=October 1967|publisher=Popular Mechanics}}

The Daisy V/L ammunition consisted of a .22 caliber bullet with a small cylinder of propellant on the back, and no primer.{{cite book|last1=Walker|first1=Robert E.|title=Cartridges and Firearm Identification|date=2013|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9781466588813}} The rifle resembled a typical spring-air rifle, but the {{convert|2,000|F|C}} high-pressure air served not only to propel the projectile, but also to ignite the propellant on the back of the Daisy V/L cartridge. The rifle uses a small, unique, and well designed part called an Obturator (obturator/ignitor) to compress the air as it is pushed through a tiny hole. This air is heated as it is pushed through the small hole enough to ignite the powder of the caseless round.{{cite book|last1=Nonte Jr.|first1=Major General George C.|title=An Amazing New Kind of Gun|date=October 1967|publisher=Popular Mechanics}}

The Daisy V/L rifles and ammunition were discontinued in 1969 after the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ruled that they constituted a firearm, and Daisy, which was not licensed to manufacture firearms, decided to discontinue manufacture rather than become a firearms manufacturer. About 23,000 of the rifles were made before production ceased.

The Daisy V/L rifle and ammunition has been added to the ATF Curio & Relic list.