Daisy 853 from the CMP - Unboxing

The Daisy 853 is a single shot pump air rifle, and I have recently picked one up. It's going to be a fun little plinker.

On the racks at the CMP store, all you'll see is the rifle itself. When it ships, it includes a number of other useful items to get you on your shooting journey.
1. Instructions - Always a good idea to read
2. The Daisy 853
3. Rear Sight - this rifle has an 11mm rail, and the included rear sight mounts straight onto it. All you'll need to do is loosen the two allen keys.
4. Front Sight Inserts - the inserts for the pre-installed front sight are easy enough to swap out, and you'll get a small envelope of them.
5. Sling
6. Spacers - to increase the length of the buttstock
7. Pellets - The package contained a tin of the .177" pellets, specifically "Merlin Match Plus, .177/4.5mm Caliber Wadcutter Airgun Pellets, .53g, 500 per tin"

A bit about the rifle:

On the receipt, the rifle is marked as a Daisy M853U. I'm guessing the 'M' stands for 'model' and the 'U' stands for 'used'. Looking at the CMP Store site, the description of the rifle says "Used Daisy 853 with seals replaced and Chrono graphed to meet factory velocity requirements." Seems we're definitely working with a base Daisy 853, not some peculiar variant.

The Daisy 853 is a .177" (4.5mm) caliber air rifle. It's designed for the 10m matches, and is considered to be quite precise in its price and weight class. It features an integral powerplant - a single pump pneumatic. Pellets are loaded via a straight-pull bolt action. The barrel is a 12 groove right hand twist Lothar Walther barrel made of steel. At its optimum, the rifle is listed with a muzzle velocity of 510 fps. Anecdotally, I'm reading accounts with muzzle velocities in the upper 400s, with 510 being a rarely attained goal. The rifle delivers 4.5 ft-lbs of energy.

The low fpe of this rifle makes it unsuitable for hunting of any sort. Even small birds require around twice the energy. That won't matter when I just want to punch paper, but it's good to keep in mind. It also means that creating an indoor shooting area will be easier than for a more powerful air rifle.

The rifle doesn't require a separate air tank to fill, nor CO2 canisters or anything of the sort. Instead, a level beneath the barrel is opened and closed once fully. The lever locks in place after it's closed once, preventing the rifle from being over-pumped. Daisy recommends oiling the filters in the pump once every 1000 rounds.

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