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The George Schmidt
Manufacturing Company, located at 716 East 14th Street, Los Angeles,
California, was one of companies that had a short succesful run of making Cap
Guns. They existed from about 1949 to somewhere in the 1960s. I don't really
know much about them and I am hoping that some of you more knowledgeable people
out there can fill me in. However, here are some of the
creations.
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This is an
amazingly rare HALCO gun that was made by the George Schmidt Company, after
HALCO purchased them. And this one is in perfect shape.
Photo by that
generous soul...Scott McCollum
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C-K Deputy (Wild
Bill Hickok and Jingles)
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Jim Schleyer says in
Backyard Buckaroos that this is a Schmidt, but puts a "?" right there,
but it seems that it ought to be a Schmidt. If so, then it must have been one
of their earliest ones. He says that it might have been a prototype. Whatever:
It is RARE!!!
Photos by Chuck Quinn
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The two Buck
'N Bronc Deputies above are definitely Schmidt and are presented by Jamie
Linford.
The three
above are from Chuck Quinn and are variations on the Shoot'n Iron. The one just
above is the incised version.
I'm
squeezing in a couple of photos from Jamie Linford (up close and personal) of
this same Cap Gun. Notice that the letters are incised into the frame. Unlike
other Cap Guns.
Here is a
whole gallery of Shoot'n Irons from Schmidt. The labels on each pretty much
tell the story, but you might also want to click on them in order to see larger
photos. Nice guns!
From the Chuck Quinn collection.
As I have said before on
other pages, Dale Evans stuff is HOT STUFF and one of the best investments you
can find. Chuck has a bunch, of course. Here is a Shoot'n Iron and box that is
DEAD MINT.
From the Chuck Quinn collection.
Click on the photo and see a
bigger one of 2 Dale Evans Shoot'n Irons from Scott McCollum.
Here are a
couple of Dale Evans spur sets, and a badge.
From the Chuck Quinn
collection.
Here's a rather rare version
of the Schmidt series. The Range Rider.
Photos above and below by
Rich
Hall
Be honest
now, have you ever seen this version of the Buck 'N Bronc? It says that on the
right side of the gun, but on the left side it says, "WILD WEST." This appear
to me to be a more primitive version of that series and I had never seen one
before.
Photo by Belinda Quan from the Chuck Quinn
collection.
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George Schmidt Guns
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| Thanks to
David Denton of The Antique Cowboy |
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| The two
above and the one below photos are thanks to Pandur & Levine Auction. Don't
forget to click on the pop-ups directly above! |
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A Rare Buck'N
Bronc Long Horn w/ Copper Grips
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This variation is quite rare,
as Belinda says that she has only seen 1 or 2 others like it ever.
The copper
grips are quite rare too and the general shape of the handle in this series
changes from time to time.
Photos thanks to
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Another Buck 'n
Bronc - But a Marshal
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Even the George Schmidt Company
made various models of the same exact Cap Gun, but this one was the Marshal
variation.
I guess they just didn't want a particular year to go by without
introducing a new Cap Gun when the competition certainly was going
to.
Photos thanks to Don
Raker. |
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Here's a Buck'N
Bronc Marshal, but you will notice that it was marketed by Danlee and thus has
a Circle "D" on the grips! Very unusual.
Thanks to Toy Gunslinger for these
3 photos.
This might have
been a prototype, as we can't seem to find another one like it. It is a George
Schmidt Marshal, but notice that it doesn't have Buck'n Bronc on the right side
and says Marshal on both sides. Also it has lots of scrollwork—unlike a
regular one.
Thanks to Jim Mair.
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Buck'n Bronc
w/Swirly Grips & NO Scrollwork
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Here's a variation that hardly
ANYBODY has ever seen. It has zero scrollwork on it and says, "Buck'n Bronc" on
BOTH SIDES. Reminds me of a Classy gun in those respects. Except for the other
obvious differences! Notice on the large photo on the bottom the nice holster
for this Cap Gun. You don't normally see that many conchos on a
holster.
Photos by Bob Gray
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Here's some variations
in the many styles of grips for Buck'N Bronc Cap Guns.
Thanks to Jamie
Linford!
And here's one of the grip
variations of the Buck'N Bronc that is quite rare. On the grip you have an
Indian riding a...well, it's a Buck'N Bronc. What did you expect? At least it
looks like an Indian to me. Maybe it's a cowboy? I always wanted to be one of
the Indians and shoot those doggone cowboys! This Cap Gun is from
1950.
Thanks to Ted Dietrich
Here's another variation
that is also shown in the above Grip Variations.
CLICK ON ABOVE PHOTO TO SEE OTHER
SIDE
Photos thanks to Sandy Costin
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A Hopalong
Cassidy Buck 'n Bronc
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I don't know about you guys,
but I've never seen this variation on the Buck 'n Bronc series before. Doug
states, "This is one of several different models & this is the 2nd model
that has a round barrel (as opposed to a ribbed barrel). I believe this is the
variation that came out with the Hopalong Cassidy bicycle that had a double
holster set of these beauties.
Photos
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A Buck'N Bronc
Prototype (Weird!)
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This is one weird looking gun. The top one has
another gun that just happened to be in the photograph, but we don't know what
it is. This particular prototype was called "Dodge City" and just to the "10:00
o'clock" position from that bronze looking globe behind the trigger there is
the name inside a circle.
Thanks to Mike Merryman for these photos! |
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Here's a nice George Schmidt set of spurs.
Photo above
thanks to Doug Hamilton
Here's a nice
banner for the Shoot'N Irons with our hero Roy Rogers.
Thanks again to Mike Merryman!
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George Schmidt
Roy Rogers Cap Gun
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It is hard to overestimate the
influence that the George Schmidt company had in Cap Guns.
Their company
was responsible for some of the finest guns made and certainly responsible for
making good guns for the more recognizable TV and movie stars.
Here we see a
very rare example of a Roy Rogers Cap Gun. They also made Cap Guns for Hopalong
Cassidy.
Photos courtesy of Deb Bamesberger |
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These red jeweled Roy
Rogers Cap Guns by Schmidt will give you an example of one more style you will
have to collect!
Photos by Toby O'Brien |
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George Schmidt Patrol
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These are
a variation of ones that you have already seen, but were made to salute the TV
show starring Broderick Crawford, Highway Patrol.
Photos by John
Coatney |
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George Schmidt
Lasso 'Em Bill Cap Gun
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I guess this gun is dedicated
to Buffalo Bill. Or could have been to Wild Bill Hickock, if he hadn't had his
back to the door in that saloon.
Doug says that it easily could have been Pecos Bill,
for everybody knows Pecos Bill could lasso anything—including tornados and
lightning bolts.
However, it is another Cap Gun made by the George
Schmidt company that got into the holsters of a lot of little
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Please Click On Each Thumbnail For An
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All Photos
Courtesy of Doug Hamilton |
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Here's a nice set of Lasso
'em Bill guns with a fabulous double holster from Keyston Brothers.
Thanks
to Chuck Quinn.
Here's a
nice set of Lasso 'em Bill spurs from Keyston Brothers.
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