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Hubley was from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and
started in 1894. The Hubley company made some of the finest Cap Guns you ever
saw. The Texans and the Cowboy were especially popular. They made guns with
nice scrollwork and some that were gold. They are still considered very
valuable collector's items. If you collect Cap Guns, then (besides Nichols
Industries Cap Guns, of course!!!) you have got to have a good collection of
Hubleys.
One of their most popular Cap Guns was from The Rifleman
television show starring Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford. It had that special
cocking lever so he could really fire quickly. There are several examples in
this Hubley section.
Then there is their fabulous Colt 45 that was a full-sized model
of the Civil War pistol. I love it!
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Hubley
Electra-Matic and Box
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Now here's one I bet few of
you have ever seen! I hadn't. Apparently Hubley made a gun to compete with the
various automatic guns by Mattel. This one may be a prototype or a promotion;
we just don't know. But it does use 2 "C" size batteries and must fire the caps
about as fast as the Nichols Fury.
Photos by Tom & Sherri
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This is
something that many of you haven't ever seen before. Hubley made a Cap Gun that
was good for you people who wanted a "Buntline-type" long-barreled gun and
those of you who wanted a shorter one. You got both. This came from the early
1960s.
Thanks to Ed Manes for the photo.
The Tall Man was
another TV Western show, starring Barry Sullivan as Pat Garrett and Clu Gulager
as Billy the Kid. The show ran from 1960 to 1962 and portrayed them as a little
to "friendly" though they were friends, just not close "chums." In real life,
Pat Garrett killed Billy the Kid and Billy was not as clean cut as our actor
friend Clu. The Cap Gun in this set is a PET by Hubley.
Photos thanks to
Chuck Quinn.
Here is an even
better photo of the Hubley Pet that was used in the set listed above. The Pet
was just a simple little gun towards the latter part of Hubley's famous
series.
Photo thanks to Donnie Bankston.
This is the other side of
the Pet.
This is a Pet that was
apparently licensed to an Australian firm named Toltoys to manufacture. Shane
says that the only difference he can see is the shape of the rivets holding the
gun together..
Photo thanks to Shane Esmond in Queensland.
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Gold Texan and Box by Hubley
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Photos Above
Thanks To Judy Sinkular of ISELLNEATSTUFF |
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| Photos of
the black gripped version thanks to Scott McCollum |
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| Photos of
this "Dummy" (won't fire caps!) Texan by Chuck Quinn |
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Hubley Texan w/ Rearing Colts
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All Photos
Thanks To Don Raker |
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Hubley
Texan
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Hubley made BOTH the Texan and
the Texan Jr. Reason? Size. They, like Nichols Industries, tried to make Cap
Guns that would appeal to all sizes of young buckaroos.
This is a very
popular Cap Gun!
Photos by Doug Hamilton |
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All of these
excellent photos above are from Doug Hamilton.
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This above set of
Texan photos are from Tom Coates
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Texan w/ Longhorn Grips
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This
Hubley Texan has longhorn grips very similar to the original Stallion 45 by
Nichols from Pasadena, Texas.
Photos by our friend Don Raker of Raken Cap
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A
very nice photo of a nice Hubley Texan box.
Photo thanks to Scott
McCollum
And
here's an unusual lid of a Hubley Texan box that supposedly had a Hubley Texan
and also a holster in it.
Photo thanks to Joe Brody.
Here is one of the rarities of the Cap Gun world, a "Dummy
Hammer" on this Hubley Texan. Reason? Because some of the dummy states required
a dummy hammer. That is, they didn't allow guns that fired real caps. So Hubley
got around this (and some other manufacturers did too) by creating Cap Guns
that weren't really Cap Guns. I know, I know, it sounds stupid and, of course
you are right because YOU AREN'T STUPID. But put a bunch of Liberals together
and they will come up with all kinds of dummy laws designed to protect us.
Anyway, ranting aside, this is a rare item. However, it was truly amazing how
long your ammo would last with these guns.
Photo by Doug Hamilton
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Late Version of
the Hubley Texan
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Apparently this was one of the
last Texans offered by Hubley before they sold out and went the Gabriel way.
The thing that makes this one unusual is the grip. I say "grip" because it is a
single piece, whereas the others were 2-piece grips, usually with a Longhorn on
them and a star. These grips are similar to the Marshal on another
page.
Photos by Doug Hamilton |
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Hubley Gun and
Holster Set
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This set is just another
grouping of some Hubley toys. They were very popular.
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All photos thanks to Mike Medich
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