Noah O. Thompson
- May 3

I Tested And Reviewed The Daisy Powerline 880 In 2023

If you’re looking for an air rifle you can rely on, look no further. You can’t go wrong with the Daisy Powerline 880, and these 3 hands-on reviews will prove it.

FYI, Prices and ratings are accurate as of time of writing.

Daisy Powerline 880 Multi-Pump Pneumatic Rifle .177 Cal (BB or pellet)

Top-rated: 3,747 ratings | 438 answered questions

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Highlight: The kit includes safety glasses and 4x15-millimeter scope with rings.

Helpful review: "I remember growing up a lot of kids had the Red Ryder, but I was lucky enough to have an awesome Dad who bought me an 880 in the late 1970s /early 1980s.

I bought this kit to replace an old broken 880 that I've had in my closet since 1980 when I was a kid. The old one would no longer pump and hold air. I tried to fix it up with new parts, but soon gave up since a new one was so affordable.

I was surprised to see that the new one is still made pretty much the same way. The only real difference is, the pump arm on the old one was all metal and the new one is a hard plastic. Still seems solid and heavy though.

These 880s shoot powerfully and accurately. If I get another 35 years out of this gun I'll be a happy old man by then.

You get a tin of both pellets and BBs ready to go in this kit. I also like the yellow adjustable glasses that come with it. A lot of people complain about the scope, but I found it to be quite accurate once you sight it in. I prefer using BB iron sights though (my old one never had a fancy schmancy scope), so I'll probably take off the scope eventually anyway. Overall, I'm really impressed with this kit and the great price. It reminds me of my childhood." — Cabo Lawson

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Trending review: "Got a squirrel problem and don't want to spend a bundle or spook the neighbors? This is your gun! The scope is its only real drawback. After mounting, it pointed right of the muzzle. I had to shim the front bracket with thin pasteboard to get a good eyeball alignment.

After 8 practice shots, it groups about an inch at 25 yards, about the distance of an average back yard. It's hard to do much better since the scope doesn't magnify well at that range. The test was from well inside a room out a window opened about 8 inches. At 6 pumps, it's no louder than a cap pistol.

Penetration was through an eighth inch of heavy pressboard, then into a tree trunk flush with the surface. This was with the flat shot included. Imagine what you can do with 10 pumps and Crosman Destroyers.

A tip for novice gunners: turn the top screw clockwise if you're shooting high. Turn the side screw clockwise if you're shooting too far right. One complete turn moves the impact point about 5 inches.

The only cons concern the cheap scope. Since it straddles the bolt chamber, loading is tricky. But the biggest advantage to this gun is being able to zero the scope on your own property. That's how quiet it is. Anyway, this rifle doesn't cost much. Go ahead and add it to your collection." — Mick Williams

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Reassuring review: "I purchased this for my son's 10th birthday and he loves it. My parent's have an old (very old) Red Ryder style BB gun that my son has been shooting for a few years, and he's really been enjoying it. But, sometimes you can throw the BB faster than what the gun will shoot, so I figured it was time for an upgrade.

It's funny how much time I put into researching which BB gun to get. Probably just like you, I looked at all the models offered by Daisy and Crosman, and even some of the more expensive brands. When I started reading reviews on how smooth the trigger pull was on expensive $500 pellet guns, I knew I was in too deep.

So my decision just came down to remembering how much fun I had with my Daisy BB gun when I was a kid, when a BB gun couldn't have cost more than $100. So I got my son this Daisy pellet gun.

This gun has lots of power for the dollar. I don't remember as a kid my gun having this much oomph, but this one shoots really well.

We set up a target at about 30 feet and after a few adjustments, the grouping was about 2 inches. This was using the flimsy, plastic scope that came with the gun. I don't know how long (or if at all), the scope will hold it's zero, but for the 50 or so shots we made, it did OK.

It's a variable pump, so the more you pump it, the stronger it gets. The instructions say don't pump more than 10 times or you could damage the internals, which is just fine because around pump number 8, it starts to get pretty hard for my son to pump it.