Is the Daisy Red Ryder Cocking Lever Made of Plastic?

I'm Considering Buying One, and I Need to Know?

Is the Daisy Red Ryder Cocking Lever Made of Plastic?
I own two Red Ryders, one from the 1940's, which has a steel cocking lever, and a repro from the 1990s, with an aluminum lever.


I see from several other answers that Daisy has evidently gotten even cheaper lately, and seems now to be making them out of plastic. This must go right along with the modern version's weaker action springs. My vintage rifle will bust glass all day long, with every shot, while the repro won't hardly crack the same jars.
Reply:My Mom gave me one for Christmas as a kind of gag gift. It's been a lot of fun plinking off the porch. The stock is real hardwood and looks like walnut. The receiver is steel as is the barrel. The lever is some kind of cast resin I think but is pretty tough. I've put about a thousand BB's through it and it keeps going strong. The accuracy is better than I expected from a low velocity smooth bore. It's no tack driver but is at least Minute of Beer Can at 20 yards. I give it a "thumbs up."
Reply:The ones I saw at Wal-Mart at Christmas had wood stocks and forearms.
Reply:yes it is now,


didn't used to be