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A vintage ad for the Red Ryder BB gun. | Tim Evanson, Flickr // CC BY-SA 2.0 In A Christmas Story, Ralphie is hellbent on acquiring a “Red Ryder range model air rifle with a compass in the stock ...
You’ll shoot your eye out, Pops. When Daisy Outdoor Products sold out of a limited run of Red Ryder adult BB guns last week, it shouldn’t have been a surprise. The rage over childhood ...
In the 1983 comedy directed by Bob Clark, all 9-year-old Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) wants for Christmas is a Red Ryder BB gun. But his mother, teacher and even Santa tell him that he'll shoot his ...
CHICAGO (WBBM) --An iconic toy is stirring debate about gun safety and kids. WBBM's Newsradio 780's Felicia Middlebrooks reports the controversy surrounds the Daisy Red Ryder air rifle, the BB gun ...
In the 1940s, Daisy teamed with the comic strip hero Red Ryder. It was a marketing success. By the end of the ‘40s, Daisy was selling one million Red Ryder BB guns a year.
You might remember the iconic scene from "A Christmas Story" of a young Ralphie dreaming of that Red Ryder BB gun under the ...
He had gotten a Daisy Red Ryder BB gun for his ninth Christmas six months ago, and in the summer of his 10th year in 1953 it had been well cared for and was still his pride and joy.
The Red Ryder BB gun is "the Holy Grail of Christmas gifts," according to young Ralphie Parker, who pines for one in the movie "A Christmas Story." But Daisy Outdoor Products, which makes the Red ...
ROGERS, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas-based air rifle company that created the Red Ryder BB gun for the 1983 movie “A Christmas Story” has new ownership and is merging with ...
Get ready to celebrate a major award. "A Christmas Story" is back, and its 24-hour marathon will return. Here's how to watch and stream it this year.