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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 Automatic
Pistol
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Though this is not a Western
Cap Gun, it is still part of the Hubley set if you want to be a serious Hubley
collector. It is a particularly fine example and even comes with a
box.
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All photos thanks to Dean Coyle
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Here's another Hubley 45
Automatic, but in a different box. In reality, the REAL Colt 45 1911
Semi-Automatic is the most popular pistol ever made and certainly the longest
in continuous production, being nearly 100 years old. I want one too!
CLICK ON PHOTO TO SEE THE A LARGER GROUP
Thanks to Jamie
Linford.
This is simply a perfect
Hubley Colt .45 Automatic, MINT in the box. It doesn't get any better than
this!
Thanks to Chris Oberhaus!
Here is the same basic
Hubley Colt 45 Automatic, but a gold presentation model.
Thanks to Chuck
Quinn
This must be the
last installment of this Hubley Automatic, for you will notice that it also
says, "Gabriel Industries." The smart companies were getting out of the Cap Gun
business as it was dying in favor of space toys and the like. Video games were
next.
Thanks to Christopher Cook
Are we having fun yet???
Here's some real Buck Rogers fun! This is a genuine Atomic Disintegrator Space
Gun (or Ray Gun) from Hubley back in the 50's. This one is in pretty great
shape, considering its age. I show more wear and tear! Due to the danger of
disintegration there was a five day waiting period on these guns. This Ray Gun
is always quite expensive, but especially if mint in the box.
CLICK ON DISINTEGRATORS TO SEE THE BOX
Thanks to Mark
Leinberger for this unusual offering!
And thanks to Douglas Hess for the
photos of the box.
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Hubley Atomic
Disintegrator
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I told you that I would put
more photos on here when you sent me some good ones
Well these are
about as good as you are going to get. Besides this particular example of the
Hubley Ray Gun is the only shiny one I have seen so far.
Thanks to
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Positive proof
that American companies used to be able to manufacture toys and make a profit
and that they also took a lot of PRIDE in what they did. Hubley was one of the
greatest manufacturing companies.
Photo by Chris Cole
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Here is an old cast-iron Hubley
Army 45. Notice that this has the rearing horse on the grip.
Thanks to Jim
Manning for this photo.
And here is the same gun, but made during
the World War II effort. In Don's own words, "All metal possible was used for
the war effort. The military had metal drives and paid for scrap metal. I even
saw a show on this on the History channel. It showed kids donating their metal
toys for the war effort and yes you could see metal toy guns on the donation
pile! The boxes were marked "Victory Model" and also said "Made from Wood
Plastic." Of course this was when the country was united in the effort to win
the war (will we see that again!) and this was one way toy gun manufacturers
were able to substitute materials to keep their products on the market. Here is
a photo of the Army 45. The gun in good condition is rare but the box is much
rarer. Few exist in good condition. Note the Colt logo on the gun which
indicates an early Hubley gun around 1939-40. Of course these guns did not
shoot. I guess we could call them dummys. You just held them up and said,
"Bang." They were exactly the same size as the normal Army 45."
Thanks to Don
Raker for this photo.
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Hubley
Pioneer
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Now here is what I think is a
beautiful Cap Gun.
This Pioneer by Hubley has beautiful scrollwork, a nice working
mechanism and very stylish grips. What more would you want? Perhaps
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All photos thanks to Dick Jordan
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This photo doesn't quite
answer the above question, so I will just insert it and leave it
unanswered.
Thanks to Jim Mair of Jim's Vintage Toys for this
photo.
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Hubley
Pioneer
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Well, I got some more photos
of the Hubley Pioneer and you know how greedy I am for excellent photos, so
here they are. This particular one has really nice "swirly" grips.
Photos by Doug
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Here is the
very rare Pioneer, but with a turquoise grip that was released from Hubley.
Belinda says that the swirls in the grips are really beautiful.
CLICK ON PHOTO ABOVE FOR LARGER VIEW
Thanks to
Belinda Quan for this photo from Chuck Quinn's collection.
Here's a great photo that shows one of the very
first models of the Pioneer and notice that this one has a compass in the
grips!!! Wow! It took Robert Vadala to point out to me that I already had this
Cap Gun on my own website! The site is just so big.
The photo is from Jim
Schleyer.
Here's a good
close-up of the gold Pioneer with a compass in the grip. Very rare
actually.
The photo is from Rich Hall.
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