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The J. and E. Stevens Company of Cromwell,
Connecticut was a very old company. They were making toy guns before most of
the other companies were formed.
They made some very old cast iron models that were
pre-World War II—some were in the 19th Century! After World War II they
started making die-cast Cap Guns just like everybody else. But they didn't have
much innovation and besides, as you already know, the "Glory Days" of the Cap
Gun Industry were getting ready to be over in the mid-sixties anyway. So the
Stevens Company went the way of the "tumblin' tumbleweeds."
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Cast Iron Toy Guns and Capshooters
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Here is the
famous book by Logan and Best. It's even signed!
Photos thanks to
Gordon Nielsen |
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After sticking a bunch of
foam-filled, shrink-wrapped boxes at the beginning of the Kilgore section from
Chuck, I decided to go ahead and stick these equivalents at the beginning of
the Stevens section too.
From the Chuck Quinn collection.
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Stevens
25-50
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Well, I don't know much about
this one. Doug says, "It is a Cast-Iron Cap Gun from the 1930's. It's a 4 1/2
inch long detective style cap gun that shoots roll caps. It is called a "25-50"
The left hand grips flips forward to give you access to the cap box for
loading. It's a nickel plated toy cap gun that was Manufactured by the Stevens
Company."
Photos thanks to Doug Hamilton! |
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This is what is called,
"Going all out for your collection!" A Stevens 25 Jr. Cap Gun, but he has made
a fancy jewelers box for it. Now I've seen everything.
Photo thanks to
Andrew Teleki
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Stevens 25-50 Dummy Version
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Close-ups of
this Cap Gun because it is the dummy hammer version. Much more rare.
CLICK ON PHOTOS TO SEE LARGER PHOTOS
Photos thanks to
Andrew Teleki |
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Stevens 1935 Clip & Clip Jr.
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Here is a
cast iron gun that was made in 1935. It is 6-1/4 inches long.
Thank You
Walt Costa For Your Photos! |
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And here is a
fine Clip Jr.!
Photo thanks to Vicky Griffin |
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Stevens Cast Iron Hero
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lot of questions about this Cap Gun, but I don't know anything! Nice
photography! See the close-ups. |
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Stevens 1940 Hero Version 1
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pretty old gun. It's another one of those where I asked for permission on Ebay,
but never got a reply. If/When I do, then I'll either give a good photo credit
or have to take it off. However, by putting it up on this site, then it is
something that the whole world can see to keep the memory (and information)
alive. |
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Stevens 1940
Hero
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I finally got some more photos
of the Hero. As you must recall, after World War II, the Cap Guns began being
made as die-cast examples.
Photos thanks to Doug Hamilton! |
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Stevens BANG-O
Cap Gun
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This is one of the most
popular guns of its time, the Stevens "BANG-O." It was made back in the
1938-1940 era and this particular model is the one with the green jewel in the
grips and has some scrollwork on the barrel. This gun shot a roll of 50
caps.
While it is certainly similar to some of the other guns of the
time, it is clearly another one to add to your collection. The first model of
this Cap Gun came without the jewel in the grips.
Photos thanks
to Doug Hamilton! |
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Stevens Bang-O Comparison
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This is a
comparison of the Bang-O group with no scrollwork on the barrels. You will
immediately notice that the one on the bottom is the rare World War II American
Flag version.
Photos thank to our good friend
Chuck Quinn, one of our
advertisers. |
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Another Stevens Bang-O Comparison
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Here's a good
comparison of the Bang-O line with the scrollwork on the barrels. I don't quite
understand the evolution of this gun, since some of them have a jewel on the
grips and some don't and some have scrollwork and some don't.
Photos thank to
our good friend Chuck Quinn, one of our
advertisers. |
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Stevens BANG-O
Cap Gun - IN GOLD!
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Wouldn't you know that Chuck
would have a Bang-O in gold? And this one has a nice box too!
Photos thanks
to Chuck Quinn, one of our
advertisers. |
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And here is the first model
of the "BANG-O" without the jewel and also a fine box to go with it. Finding an
old box like this after so MANY years is quite remarkable!
Many thanks to
Darlene for this photo.
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Stevens First
Model BANG-O Cap Gun
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It must have been quite popular
to have so many "incarnations." This version was a first model in nickel finish
with no jewels in the grips. Circa 1938-1940.
Photos thanks
to Doug Hamilton! |
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Three
examples of the first model of the Bang-O from Stevens from
Chuck Quinn. Notice that the bottom has the
FANTASTICALLY RARE (!) patriotic grips with the USA Eagle on them. Schleyer
says that there are probably only 3 examples of this. Well, here is certainly
one of them. Be sure to click and see the larger photo—especially of the
rare grips seen below.
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Another Stevens First Model Bang-O
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I got some
more good photos of the first model with a different color in the grips, so I
put them here.
Kudos to Bonnie & Bud Kirsch for the photos! |
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Just for fun,
I also decided to add these grips, which are the same as those above, but in
white and closer up.
Thanks to Doug Hamilton. |
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