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	As it turns out, there are quite a few other Cap Guns from companies that never quite made it to the forefront. Some of the guns weren't any good and some were TERRIFIC! But they don't quite fall into a major category, so we present them here.

"Hey Cisco......." "Hey Pancho." Pancho (left) was Leo Carrillo and The Cisco Kid was Duncan Renaldo. (I'm not sure where this photo is from, so if it's yours, then I apologize and will take it off if you ask.)
From 1951-1958 one of my favorite shows was the "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok." It starred Guy Madison as U.S. Marshal James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok and Andy Devine as Deputy Marshal Jingles P. Jones. It ran 112 episodes. This show was actually on television AND radio! Good clean fun, as was the rule in those days. Andy's real name was Andrew Vabre Devine, born in Flagstaff, Arizona, He was one of my favorite characters. He had his own kiddy show, starting in 1955, called "Andy's Gang." Guy Madison's real name was Robert Moseley and was concocted by David O. Selznick and Henry Willson - "The Guy girls wanted to meet," and Madison from a passing Dolly Madison cake wagon. This is a pretty rare ad on the right. Photo from Mike Merryman. Thanks! CLICK ON THUMBNAILS TO SEE BIGGER PICTURES
Underneath the manufacturer's ad is an extremely rare close-up of this Wild Bill Hickok cap gun made by MCK Mfg of Burbank, CA w/ its original box. You can't imagine how few times you will see this gun. CLICK ON THUMBNAILS TO SEE BIGGER PICTURES
Here's another contribution from Mike Merryman that is a badge from the short-lived TV show "Steve Donovan, Western Marshal" starring Douglas Kennedy. It only ran 39 episodes, so anything you might find from that TV show is going to be super rare.




	Sheriff's Pistol and Box by Gasquy







	Here is a nice pistol that resembles a Hubley, but it is a Gasquy from our friend Adriaan Oosterhout in the Netherlands! BE SURE TO CLICK ON THESE THUMBNAILS

Well...this is a gun of a different sort. It was made by the J.E. Stevens Co. and patented May 31st, 1892. This is in amazing condition retaining a large amount of original paint. There is absolutely no damage of any kind. It works like new. You drop a coin into the mortar and you cock the lever while raising the artillery man's arm. You push down the lever and he drops his arm and the coin is shot into the building. This is a heavy bank weighing four pounds. This has a nipple on the mortat that fires a single cap. It can be fired with or without a cap though. This is the real deal and not a reproduction.
Photo by Dave Klahn

I have ZERO information on this Redondo Cobra gun. Josie says it is a keychain gun, but its overall length is about 4 inches. If you know much about it, then please let me know.
Photo by Josie Negrete




	Mexican Texas Ranger (Hubley) Imitation


















	This is a very well made gun, heavy frame, deep gold plating. It is pretty evident that they copied the Hubley mold. This is one of the best guns I have ever seen from Mexico. I wonder how many manufactureres made a Texas Ranger? Photos by Chuck Quinn




	John Wayne Set by Chancy







	This John Wayne set is by Chancy Toy and Novelty Company of Brooklyn, New York. It is an extremely rare set. Be Sure To Click On The Thumbnails! All Photos Thanks To Chuck Quinn

This pair of Cheyenne Cap Guns by Hamilton Specialty is quite rare. The guns say, "Cheyenne Shooter."
Photos by Scott McCollum

And here's the box.
Photo by Rich Hall

Here's an interesting Wyatt Earp box from the Service Mfg. Co. in Yonkers, New York.
Photo by Scott McCollum

Yeah, I know they're not Cap Guns, but they're still interesting. We think they are cork guns. The larger one is marked All-Metal-Products and dates to 1928.
Photo by Steve Cowherd.




	Law West of the Pecos







	Law West of the Pecos from some unknown company. Be Sure To Click On The Thumbnails! All Photos thanks To Chuck Quinn.

Here's yet two more versions that are virtually clones of the Nichols Spit-Fire: The Ring Fire (above) and the Rustler (below).
CLICK ON PHOTO FOR CLOSE-UP

From Beck Cooper

Here's a Space Rifle from Renwall. It has space ships and planets on the stock and forearm.
Dave Klahn contributed this photo.




	Frank McMath Custom Sheriff



				This is one of those wonderful customized Cap Guns from Frank McMath that is a cut-down Hubley Cowboy that has been completely redone from stem to stern. Photos are thanks to Don Raker.









	Please Click On Each Thumbnail For An Enlarged View!

The Hamilton company made a bunch of find Cap Guns too. Here is their Range Rider.
Photo by Chuck Quinn.

The fine print on the paper identifies this one as the Vigilante Toy Pistol.
Photo thanks to Chuck Quinn.

Here is a somewhat rare company, offering a very common item. A derringer. Well, we've all seen them and they begin to all look pretty much the same. But I hadn't seen this particular one before.
Photo by Bill Johnson.

Though this Cap Gun looks like it's made of plastic, it isn't really.
Photo by Chuck Quinn.




	Hamilton Secret Agent Hideaway Pistol Box







	This is the Secret Agent Hideaway Pistol from Hamilton of Hamilton, Ohio. Be Sure To Click On The Thumbnails! All Photos Thanks To Doug Hamilton




	Hamilton Secret Agent Hideaway Pistol - AND - Box







	Well, now I do have photos of the Cap Gun and so I will use them! Notice that this Cap Gun has no pretense of a trigger guard of any kind, just a curved piece of metal sticking out into the wind. Be Sure To Click On The Thumbnails! All Photos thanks To David Krzeminski




	Annie Oakley Derringer



				Here is the same Cap Gun, but the Annie Oakley version, which is much, much, much more rare! This was made by Hamilton Line Industries. Photos are thanks to Ron Ellington.









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Here's an even more rare offering from Steve Arlin. The red-gripped derringer was rare enough, but the yellow with a box is SUPER RARE!

This is not a Cap Gun at all, but I included it because it is a curiosity. It has ZERO moving parts. It's hard to read, but it says, "THE LAW WEST OF THE PECOS." As I have said before, Texas gets more than its share of the Glory, and this is a reference to Judge Roy Bean, who is said to have had a rule: "Did the deceased deserve to die? If the answer is, 'Yes' then case dismissed."

Here's a nice looking Cap Gun from the Product Engineering Company of Portland Oregon.
Photos by Judy Sinkular of I Sell Neat Stuff.

Here's an unusual holster to put your Cap Gun on your bicycle. I never owned one of these, but certainly needed it for those bad guys that always seemed to get away.

This photo thanks to Wayne Ballard.




	Gold Frontier Smoker











	Here's the more rare gold version of the Frontier Smoker from Product Engineering Co., of Portland, Oregon. Be Sure To Click On The Thumbnails! All Photos Thanks To Chuck Quinn

Some people have gone to a lot of trouble to create EXTREMELY TINY miniature guns that are true to the originals, so I have put a few of them on this website. The MARX page has some.

This photo thanks to Ken Thompson.

BUDDY L TOY MACHINE CAP GUN

Here is a Cap Gun Machine Gun that doesn't quite fall into any other category, so I put it here.
CLICK ON THE THUMBNAILS!

Photos thanks to Jim Manning!

Here is a picture of another Buddy L machine gun that shoots paper! Kenny says, "I have been told it was from the twenties and then I have been told that it is from the late forties or early fifties! I tend to believe the latter! On the stock it says MAINE MACHINE CO. From my research on the net they say it was made for Buddy L The gun is a paper popper gun and it works by turning the crank! The roll of paper loads from underneath and when you turn the crank it pops the paper! The gun itself makes more noise than the paper!"

Photo thanks to Kenny Illges

And another offering by our buddy Jim Manning! This is a Topper Johnny Eagle Skeet Shooter cap rifle. These are not seen that much and they look like an over and under shotgun. They break open like a real shotgun with a lever on top of the receiver. It shoots roll caps. They have a simulated engraved receiver and a dog on the stock. These came in a set with a trap and clay type birds you shot at.

Photos thanks to Jim Manning!

Here is an unusual toy gun from WAY DOWN UNDER! It says, "USA LIQUID PISTOL" on the left side. I don't know anything about it at all except that it was apparently a water pistol and when you squeezed the handle, then it squirted.

Photos thanks to Peter Adam from New Zealand!

And then there were companies which manufactured Toy Cap Guns, but were not the really famous companies.

Here is a Tootsie Toy Texan—"Made in USA." (1992) Hard to believe, huh? If the sane ones in this country (that is you and me, of course) don't come to our country's aid, then the entire hobby of Toy Cap Guns will be a thing of the past, for many people these days believe that toys like this breed violence among our children.

That's kind of strange when you consider that from 1946 to 1965, when Nichols Industries was going full steam, MILLIONS of children had Cap Guns and yet very few of us became criminals and we never even considered shooting a classmate. Almost every boy carried a pocket knife, and we played "Mumblepeg" during lunch.

Now even having a knife (or a toy cap gun) on campus is a crime that will call down every policeman in the city. Somehow we are failing and it's even getting worse.

Photo Contribution by Larry from an Ebay auction.




	Unidentified Cap Gun







	This weird Cap Gun seems to have been made from a collection of various parts says Steve. Very unusual, but it shows what CAN be done if you are clever enough. Be Sure To Click On The Thumbnails! All Photos thanks To Steve Arlin




	Rare Roy Rogers Gun







	This is a rare 1950-1955 era Cap Gun by a company called, J & LR Ltd. It was nickel plated and 9 inches long. It has a "RR" medallion on the handle and the grips are steerheads. Notice the lanyard ring underneath the grip. *Many thanks to Jim Schleyer of Western Toy Guns* (what we in the hobby refer to as Backyard Buckaroos) for this photo!**


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