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Esquire Novelty Company is a company that has
made small guns and sets of guns with holsters. Their company, apparently, was
located in Amsterdam, New York. Esquire is also the parent company - or
distribution company - of Actoy. Many times there is a lot of crossover with
these two companies.
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This is a
mighty fine way to start the Esquire section, with a BUNCH of them from Steve!
Of course, to be quite fair, these just as easily could be called Actoy Cap
Guns and are featured on the Actoy Page, as Esquire was the distribution
company for Actoy.
This photo by Steve Arlin.
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Esquire/Actoy Wells Fargo in Gold
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This must be
one of the rarest Cap Guns around. Just the Wells Fargo itself is rare, but in
gold? Well, wouldn't you know that Steve would have one?
This photo by
Steve Arlin. |
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This is a really nice Blue/Gray set from Ed Manes. It sure looks
like he has slipped in a couple of Hubley Colt 45's.
Another rare offering
from the Chuck Quinn collection. This is Actoy/Esquire's Shotgun Slade set that
includes its rifle shotgun and shotgun bullets, and of course the Cap Gun and
holster (and badge).
CLICK ON PHOTO TO SEE
FULL-SIZED PHOTO
Photo by Belinda Quan from the Chuck Quinn
collection.
Here's another Shotgun
Slade set that shows a comic book from that era too.
Photos by Scott
McCollum
This is called "The Riflegun," but it would seem to be an attempt
to sell a "Mare's Laig" without paying the royalties to the team on the TV show
Wanted Dead or Alive. It was made in New Jersey. The rifle loads and
ejects 5 metal bullets. Bob's gun is new and never played with and the bullets
are still in the package
Photo by Bob DeFeis
And here is a package of
Riflegun bullets for the above rifle. These must also be extremely rare. Thanks
Ron!
Photo by Ron Ellington
This is an even more
rare version of the same gun that is DEAD MINT in the box. What a find!
Photos by Scott
McCollum
This is one of the
rarest of the Esquire/Actoy Johnny Ringo sets ever made. Due to licensing
problems, there weren't very many made.
Photos by Scott McCollum.
What a
wonderful Johnny Ringo Set by Esquire! The guns are, of course, Actoy/Esquire,
but are the long barreled specials, just like the ones below. This is about as
fine a box for this set as you are ever likely to see.
Photo thanks to
Don Raker.
And here is this fancy
set outside of the box and you can also see a good close-up of the Cap Guns
themselves. Notice that you can read "SPECIAL" under the cylinder. Don Durant
was Johnny Ringo, as the outlaw turned lawman. (yeah, right!) Short-lived
series, perhaps because the viewers knew the truth. But anyway, the Cap Guns
are VERY valuable!
BE SURE TO CLICK ON THE THUMBNAILS!
Photo thanks to
Scott McCollum of Cap Gun Treasures.
And yet another Johnny Ringo
Set from Esquire, this one with a Buckaroo Cap Gun.
Photo thanks to
Jamie Linford.
This Johnny Ringo Gun
and Holster Set might easily be the rarest of them all. You may look all of
your life and never see one of these. !!!
Photo thanks to Jamie
Linford.
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Esquire / Actoy
Johnny Ringo Set
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Here is a nice set with the
same gun as above, but it is fashioned into a Johnny Ringo set.
Another one of
those examples of how a company would take a successful design and put a lot of
different names on it so that it would sell according to whatever TV show was
popular (or movie) at the time. You might notice that the lettering on the
sides of the guns says, "SPECIAL." (as in "BUNTLINE SPECIAL") |
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All photos thanks to
Jim
Mair - one of our advertisers.
Be Sure To Click On The
Thumbnails! |
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Esquire Novelty Company Lone Ranger Box
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this (blatantly) Esquire Novelty Company Lone Ranger box was probably packed
with an Actoy Lone Ranger gun and holster set, which is why I have it also on
the Actoy Page, but it seems like I need it here too, for after all, it does
say, "ESQUIRE" on the box. |
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Please
Click On Each Thumbnail For An Enlarged View!
All Photos Courtesy of Scott
McCollum |
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Esquire / Actoy
Pony Boy Double Set
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This Ought To Get Your Attention!
Okay, so Mike
has lost his mind? Well, I have to admit it. Yes. When I saw the number and
quality of these photos from our Cap Gun Pal, Doug Hamilton, I sort of "lost
it." But since this is an Esquire Set, but Actoy guns, I decided to go ahead
and put it on the Actoy Page too.
So, don't send any more Pony Boy
photos!
Besides, it's highly doubtful if you will EVER see a more
beautiful set than this! This one just tops the charts.
It's not an
extremely rare Cap Gun, but finding one (make that TWO!) Pony Boys in a
PERFECT double holster set and a perfect box...well, it's not likely to happen
again in your lifetime, nor mine. So, I drooled at the chance to publish these
and gobbled them up! Many more nice sets like this and I'm going to have to buy
another hard drive.
All I hope is that the world properly appreciates the effort
some people have gone to in order to preserve these pieces of our history. If I
had gone to the same amount of trouble, considering my family name, then I
would be RICH by now! |
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All photos thanks to Doug Hamilton
Be Sure
To Click On The Thumbnails! |
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How's this for an interesting Pony Boy set? This is like a book
and has all of the trappings that you might want. Pony Boy guns, holsters,
cuffs and spurs.
Thanks to Dave Klahn
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