Toy gun or real gun

[Turbo21]

Dig this up at a property with activity dating to 1810. Not sure if from a toy or real gun ? What do you think? Thanks Bob

 

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[Indian Steve]

Looks like a Daisy BB gun to me.

 

[Ant]

This is a around a 1992 model 1938B Daisy Red Ryder handle...

 

[BosnMate]

Not the Winchester 86 or 94, here is a photo of the 94, and the 86 is a lot like it.

The next picture is a Winchester 73, and the 76 is a lot like it.

So the earlier guns appear to be closer to yours. But that said, their are many more lever guns than Winchester, so I don't know for sure, except to say yours looks more like pot metal, and I think more likely a toy gun than a real one if that is the case.

 

[Ant]

I think it is real, not from an air gun.

 

[d2]

It is not from a real one. That appears to be pot metal or aluminum. It will be from a BB gun or a toy one...d2

 

[Turbo21]

It is rather light and has a seam where it looks to be cast

 

[NHBandit]

It is not from a real one. That appears to be pot metal or aluminum. It will be from a BB gun or a toy one...d2

bingo we have a winner.. It's from a toy for sure. Real would be Blued steel and by now very rusty

 

[Ant]

I agree the metal is a dead give , might be for
a pop gun or BB gun. On my phone this tattered area on your pants looks like a tang that could operate the trigger linkage in a firearm.

 

[Tony in SC]

It doesn't look like a Daisy, maybe a King air rifle, which copied the early Winchesters. Tony