DWalt
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I looked on eBay and found a pair like the one I had. They are described as being from the 60s, but mine was definitely from the mid-50s. VINTAGE 1960S HUBLEY FLINTLOCK DIECAST CAP GUNS PIRATE PISTOLS 9.5" (2) | eBay
Your first toy gun as a kid...
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I had one of those double barrel pirate pistols also.
ericrlarson
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I remember having one that was S&W 41 clone with a suppressor. I remember my dad's friend coming over and telling him "Eric is jumping on the trampoline with a pistol and silencer!" It looked pretty darn real. I guess this was 1980 or 81.
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The very first toy gun that I can remember is this Mattel 'Winchester' lever-action that shot the old red rolls of bang caps. Had to be around 1962 when I was 4 years old.
After that, there were so many others; Defender Dan, Mighty Moe, Johnny Seven, Screaming Meemiee, Ricochet Rifle, Dart Guns, Cork Guns, Squirt Guns, Roy Rogers 2 Gun Kit....Now that I thing about it, I can't remember a time when I didn't have some kind of gun!
After that, there were so many others; Defender Dan, Mighty Moe, Johnny Seven, Screaming Meemiee, Ricochet Rifle, Dart Guns, Cork Guns, Squirt Guns, Roy Rogers 2 Gun Kit....Now that I thing about it, I can't remember a time when I didn't have some kind of gun!
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Hi, All,
My first, was a very basic, chrome plated, single shot cap gun, with accompanying real leather holster. It shot caps that you tore off a roll of caps. It was my constant companion. I remember one fateful episode, where I lost it, and it's leather holster into my Mom's washtub of wash water, and I had to wait several days for the holster to dry out, so that I could wear it. I can still picture that little chrome cap gun in my mind, and would recognize one like it, if if I saw one like it again, but haven't seen one pictured. I'd also recognise the leather holster that I carried it in, That little leather holster had a rearing horse tooled into it. It's amazing how vivid one remembers some things, Ninety+ years ago, and can't remember others that happened a week ago.
Chubbo
My first, was a very basic, chrome plated, single shot cap gun, with accompanying real leather holster. It shot caps that you tore off a roll of caps. It was my constant companion. I remember one fateful episode, where I lost it, and it's leather holster into my Mom's washtub of wash water, and I had to wait several days for the holster to dry out, so that I could wear it. I can still picture that little chrome cap gun in my mind, and would recognize one like it, if if I saw one like it again, but haven't seen one pictured. I'd also recognise the leather holster that I carried it in, That little leather holster had a rearing horse tooled into it. It's amazing how vivid one remembers some things, Ninety+ years ago, and can't remember others that happened a week ago.
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I've got one of those. It was my uncles originally.
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That's the one in my posts, and I had another flintlock shown above. I played pirate, Daniel Boone, and Davy Crockett, and Revolutionary War with those.
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Some cereal boxes held a red plastic cosmic ray gun that fired puffs of flour. It somewhat resembled that Buck Rogers gun, which was very unlike the 1970's TV series guns.
Seriously???? Two Engraved Colts and a double holster rig....wait till I find the picture....
Not my first but...... in 1961 at the ripe old age of 7.... for christmas I got a........
Remco Johnny Reb (?) 3ft long civil war cannon that shot 2-2 1/2" plastic shot. ($11.98)
Spring loaded ..... rammer used to compress the spring.
We had a neighbor that had a large pile (15ft high) of topsoil at the back of their wooded lot ..... that we dug "forts" into........ need artillery!
See TV ad on You Tube!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My favorite was no toy but a 60+ year old Steven Favorite .22 that helped me explore the Hills of the Eastern Continental Divide at the age of 10-11.
Remco Johnny Reb (?) 3ft long civil war cannon that shot 2-2 1/2" plastic shot. ($11.98)
Spring loaded ..... rammer used to compress the spring.
We had a neighbor that had a large pile (15ft high) of topsoil at the back of their wooded lot ..... that we dug "forts" into........ need artillery!
See TV ad on You Tube!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My favorite was no toy but a 60+ year old Steven Favorite .22 that helped me explore the Hills of the Eastern Continental Divide at the age of 10-11.
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VaTom
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Not my first but...... in 1961 at the ripe old age of 7.... for christmas I got a........
Remco Johnny Reb (?) 3ft long civil war cannon that shot 2-2 1/2" plastic shot. ($11.98)
Spring loaded ..... rammer used to compress the spring.
We had a neighbor that had a large pile (15ft high) of topsoil at the back of their wooded lot ..... that we dug "forts" into........ need artillery!
See TV ad on You Tube!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My favorite was no toy but a 60+ year old Steven Favorite .22 that helped me explore the Hills of the Eastern Continental Divide at the age of 10-11.
I had the Johnny Reb cannon also!!! It would shoot those hard plastic cannon balls quite a ways! Also had a musket that would shoot round cork minee balls when you put a stick on cap on it.
There were so many baby boomer kids in the neighborhood back in the early sixties we would divide up and take sides and play all sorts of war (when not playing football or baseball). Whenever anybody came back from the beach in SC they would bring black cat fire crackers and bottle rockets. You couldnt get fireworks in Va. at the time. A black cat firecracker stuck in apples off the neighbor's apple tree made a hell of a grenade. Good old days when kids played outside. Every once in a while someone would get a minor scrape or cut but nothing serious. Got shot in the stomach by a BB gun one time by the kid across the street! Broke the skin and left a welt. Mom freaked out took me to my great uncle who was a doctor and served in WWII in field hospital. He must have thought she was overreacting! We didn't wear shirts in the summer - no sun screen!
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Another good one was a Mattel "Shootin-Shell" Detective Special..... shot reloadable plastic bullets........ w/ shoulder holster
Buddy had a Shootin-shell "Colt" .45 with fake stag grips ......
Buddy had a Shootin-shell "Colt" .45 with fake stag grips ......
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DWalt
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I remember in my earlier childhood I had some sort of hand-cranked toy "machine gun" on a tripod that fired some kind of bullets in a belt. I probably wasn't much older than maybe 7. Also around that time I had a friend who had a real MG, a M1919. Great for war games, I think it may even have been operational. Not sure where it came from or what happened to it.
Hop along Cassidy outfit. Silver guns, black everything else. Gone about 1953.
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Hopalong Cassidy guns and outfit too. Loved Hopalong. BTW "Restless Gun" was one of those 30 minute weekly westerns on TV.
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They are long gone, thanks to Mom spring cleaning. Boy if she only knew what they are worth today.
1st gun....Mattel Fanner 50
2nd gun...A working cap Luger
3rd gun....A full size replica of a Thompson MG. Pull the bolt and it would rip off about twenty firing sounds.
sigh.........
1st gun....Mattel Fanner 50
2nd gun...A working cap Luger
3rd gun....A full size replica of a Thompson MG. Pull the bolt and it would rip off about twenty firing sounds.
sigh.........
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The earliest one I can remember was a plastic copy of an S&W M&P snub by, I think it was tie in merchandise for the original Dragnet series.
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