Daisy VL-A Firearm, Or Not A Firearm?

[13BVET]

I have a Daisy VL, that, quite frankly, is really nice. The thing that baffles me, is if it's considered a firearm, or not. I've heard that no FFL is needed to sell it (if I wanted to), while on the other hand, I've heard you would need an FFL for it. Anybody have any idea on this?

[Elmo]

According to Wikipedia.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_V/L

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.

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[13BVET]

Thanks, Elmo. I do know that there weren't really a lot of them made. I've got the presentation one, of which about 4000 were made. Need to take it out, and shoot it.

[shawnhu]

Finding ammo for it would be difficult I would imagine. Cool concept.

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[13BVET]

Actually, Collector Rifle & Ammo carries the ammo, thankfully.

[Elmo]

I would imagine that rifle is a major collectors item.

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[13BVET]

Elmo, I don't know. I do know, that they were only made for a very limited time, and that only 4000 of my model were made. Outside of that, I honestly don't know their collectability.

[13BVET]

My numbers as to how many were made of this model may be off, since the ones with the scope rail were not the norm. I would guess that less than 4000 were made with the scope rail, since most of them that I have seen, do not have it. I was also wrong on the manufacturing timeframe. The Daisy VL was only made from 1968, to 1969-only one year.