Daisy Cadet 753, 853, or 953
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NovaNewfie
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They are hard to come by. In Nova Scotia at least you can use a 953 or 853c but not a 753. I know it makes no sense but it is the Cadet organization, they aren't the most organized.
My girlfriends daughter recently competed in the marksmanship competitions. In zones they won team silver, she won gold overall. At provincials she won gold overall, gold for standing and bronze for prone. She was using a 953.
My girlfriends daughter recently competed in the marksmanship competitions. In zones they won team silver, she won gold overall. At provincials she won gold overall, gold for standing and bronze for prone. She was using a 953.
NovaNewfie
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There is currently a Daisy Avanti 853c for sale on gun post dot ca. It's in Sudbury, ad says local pick up and cash only
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Yes. Only issued rifles can be used in competition. I think the OP meant buying a personal rifle to practice with at home. When I left the program several years back it was still only the 853c being used at the corps/squadron level and the 753 was just coming into inventory at some level higher than individual units. The 953 wouldn't be an appropriate rifle for competition use considering it lacks aperture sights, a hand stop and a Lothar Walther barrel. Although it would be fine for dry fire practice etc if the handstop and sights were added.
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953 has a model that has apetures sights, lw barrel and sling. The 953 C. But I cannot say I've ever used a 853C with a hand stop in my cadet shooting years. It's the only one daisy makes now. The target pro is discontinued.
Interesting. The 953 I bought around 2015 had fibre optic notch/bead sights and no Walther barrel. Daisy's nomenclature is such a nightmare. It doesn't help that googling one model will show you pictures for other models. I found an ad from the 80s for a rifle that looked identical to the 853 but was advertised as the 953. Go look at the FRT entries for the '53 series. Each model was advertised under several different names (the 853 alone has 3 FRT entries with several aliases for each entry). On top of that some are considered non-restricted firearms because of velocity while others are just regular airguns.
The handstop is the sling swivel. Calling it a handstop is just a holdover from smallbore/ fullbore. Obviously it's not a proper handstop and is painful to use without a glove but that's what we called it.
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Yeah I got the same daisy. But pretty sure the 953 C or cadet was dropped a several years ago as replacement for the 853/753. It's identical to the 853 just with a Syn stock.
FRT because the days of registry and people boosting the power. There are even restricted Crosman 2240s
