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As time went along, the average age of little
Cowboys and Cowgirls kept getting younger. Though the larger Stallions were
still selling, the need was clearly for smaller guns that would fit the hands
and budgets of the younger set.
Therefore, in 1957 Nichols Industries came out with
the Stallion 22. This smallest of the Stallions, though not the last in the
series, was much simpler in design and therefore could sell for $ .98. Again,
this Stallion 22 Cap Gun used the same 2-piece bullets as the Stallion 38 Cap
Gun.
After you see the Stallion 22, remember that there are quite a
few other Stallions on this website, but the
Stallion 300 Saddle Gun is listed under "Rifles."
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An ad from 1957.
Photo thanks to
Ken Thompson.
Though these two Stallion
22's look very similar, they are not.
The one on top is a later model and
the hammer is united with the
trigger. The one on the bottom is an earlier
model and is full double action.
I stuck this fancy
(diagonal-!!!) store display board on the "Lowly 22" page, just so that those
of you who are visiting all of the pages would see something that perhaps
nobody else has seen. This is the first non-square-rectangular board I have
seen. Jack Rosenthal from Toys and More, contributed this photo.
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This Cap Gun stayed in production right through
the Kusan acquisition in 1965. Kusan changed the 22 in a few ways, but kept the
overall design. The push was on to make the guns cheaper and cheaper. Why?
Simple. The market was basically disappearing. Once our favorite cowboys and
cowgirls began to disappear from television and the movies, kids quit playing
cowboys and Indians. There was change in the air, and the change was not going
to prove to be good for the toy cap pistol industry.
These days kids
just don't go outside and play cowboys and Indians at all. Instead, they get
all of the stimulation and exercise that they need by playing video games
indoors.
...Or do they?
A NOS
(New Old Stock) Stallion 22 set.
Thanks to Paul Brenner for the photo.
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A couple of tags that came with them, saying that they could be
disassembled easily and should be oiled and cleaned occasionally. And for 50
cents (!) you could return your Stallion 22 for repairs.
A portion
of the 1962 catalog for dealers.
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ENLARGE
A scan from an old
Aldens catalog.
Thanks to Jim Turner.
(One of our
advertisers!)
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Here is a good close-up
of the Stallion 22 with the original holster.
Photos by Don
Raker
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Here are some good close-ups of the Stallion
22.
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And here's a find bunch of photos of a WHOLE
DOZEN Stallion 22's in a display box!
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CLICK
ON THE ABOVE THUMBNAILS.
This group of 12 Mint Stallion 22's in the
store display is worth a small fortune. These are the earlier double action
Stallion 22's. The 4 above FINE photos were furnished by Jerry Cook. Thanks
buddy! |
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Here's another fine
grouping of Stallion 22's—still in the dealer's boxes. The group on the
left is the single-action Stallion 22, which is the earlier version. The group
on the right is the later version, the single-action Stallion 22 that was a
Nichols/Kusan version. These have been wrapped in plastic to protect them. It
is completely amazing to have both of these sets in the same collection.
Kudos!
Photos thanks to Chuck Quinn.
Click on the thumbnail for a larger
photo!
And finally,
here's the Stallion 22—Mint On Card.
Photos thanks to Chuck
Quinn.
I included this nice
9-gun Dealers Board (reproduction) to "fatten up" this page, but this is as
good a spot as any to show some really nice workmanship!!! It just shows you to
what lengths some Nichols collectors will go. Jim is selling these and I have
one! You still have to furnish the guns and holsters and clips and bullets. Oh
well, it would be so expensive with DEAD MINT guns that few people could afford
one at all, much less an original board with DEAD MINT Cap Guns! But it's still
a great item of history, so to speak, and fine workmanship!
Photo thanks to
Jim Hunt.
Here is a 7-gun board
that is actually signed by Uncle Talley! It's worth a ton of money.
Photo thanks to Rich Hall.
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