Daisy V/L

Daisy V/L
Type Single-shot rifle
Place of origin  United States
Production history
Designed 1968
Manufacturer Daisy Outdoor Products
Produced 1968-1969
Number built 23,000
Specifications
Cartridge .22 caliber, caseless round
Caliber .22
Action Compressed air to ignite cartridge
Feed system Single shot
Sights Front post, rear leaf sight

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

The V/L ammunition consisted of a .22 caliber bullet with a small cylinder of propellant on the back, and no primer.[1] The rifle resembled a typical spring-air rifle, but the hot, high pressure air served not only to propel the projectile but also to ignite the propellant on the back of the 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.

The V/L guns 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.

See also

References

  1. Walker, Robert E. (2013). Cartridges and Firearm Identification. CRC Press. ISBN 9781466588813.
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