Type Private Limited Products Air rifle Headquarters Eccleshall | Industry Sporting, Hunting Website www.daystate.com Founded 1978 | |
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Key people Tony Belas, Don Lownes, Jim Phillips, Ken Gibbon, Mike Seddon | ||
Daystate is a manufacturer of Air rifles based in Eccleshall, Staffordshire in the United Kingdom.
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History
The enterprise was founded in 1978 by Don Lowndes, Jim Phillips, Ken Gibbon and Mike Seddon with the aim of making tranquilliser guns for pest control purposes. The first product was the Air Ranger.
In 1980 Daystate was commissioned by Rentokil to manufacture a small bore rifle for pest control, this model was named the Huntsman and is in manufacture until today.
In the mid 1980's Daystate was building PCP air rifles for the general public, at this time all rifles were built by hand.
Product Lines
Daystate currently produce 5 core products with various options in terms of calibre, stock and finish.
Current Models
•Pulsar
Past Models
References
Daystate Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA