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In the 1983 movie A Christmas Story, nine year-old Ralphie Parker has but one item on his Christmas list: a Red Ryder BB gun, "with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time." But ...
"A Christmas Story" is set in 1940s Indiana and follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker (portrayed by Peter Billingsley) in his quest to get his dream Christmas gift: a Red Ryder BB gun, which is ...
The "Red Ryder" model BB Gun was manufactured in Plymouth, Michigan, by Daisy, beginning in 1938; it was never manufactured in the exact configuration mentioned in the film. The Daisy "Buck Jones" model did have a compass and a sundial in the stock, but these features were not included in the Red Ryder model. [34]
The Red Ryder BB Gun is a BB gun made by Daisy Outdoor Products and introduced in the spring of 1940 that resembles the Winchester rifle of Western movies. [6] Named for the comic strip cowboy character Red Ryder (created in 1938, and who appeared in numerous films between 1940 and 1950, and on television in 1956), the BB gun is still in ...
This classic Christmas movie teaches a lot of important lessons, but the most important one is obvious: You'll shoot your eye out with a Red Ryder BB gun! (Oh, and mothers are always right.) (Oh ...
There was some confusion decades later with the release of the film A Christmas Story, due to author Jean Shepherd's erroneous recollection that the Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun had a compass and sundial in the stock; the BB gun never had them except for the two specially made for the film. [8] [9]
In fact, the 1983 movie, which centers around Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) wanting a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, has easily become one of the most popular holiday movies of all time. It grew ...
BB pistol with CO 2 cartridges and BBs. A BB gun is a type of air gun designed to shoot metallic spherical projectiles called BBs (not to be confused with similar-looking bearing balls), which are approximately the same size as BB-size lead birdshot used in shotguns (0.180 in or 4.6 mm in diameter).