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Steve says that the way he got his Cap Gun collection started is that he was cleaning out his parent's attic and lo and behold, there was a Nichols Stallion 38! Well, he got interested and started collecting cast-iron Cap Guns and found he was spending a lot of money, so he went into the die-cast Cap Guns. Next thing you know HE HAS REALLY SPENT A LOT OF MONEY. He has guns he doesn't even know he bought, I'm sure. They are in his house like fleas on a junkyard dog! I have never seen so many just crammed everywhere! And he says that this is only a small portion of his collection. Sort of like butterflies at the Smithsonian! I wish I had a collection like this, but then again, I don't have anywhere to put them. We really ought to send him some money to contribute to the new Steve Arlin museum! Or maybe he just needs a bigger house.

Steve Also Has a Want List of Cap Guns!

Lone Star Hopalong Cassidy in black

Lone Star/Crescent Annie Oakley

Lone Star Davy Crockett (blue) and (gold) like Apache

Actoy Johnny Ringo

Pony Express (FINA Oil Co.)

Texas Ranger 5-in-1 rifle Leslie-Henry

Hamilton Annie Oakley (like Westerner)

Daisy model 61 (silver/blue, blue with gold trigger/gate)

Carnell Bat Masterson black, gold, nickel with 1" longer barrel

Carnell Bat Masterson with barrel scrolling

WBH and Jingles made by MCK

Kilgore Big Horn box

Kilgore CI Lone Ranger with name under cylinder and on grip

Kilgore CI Lone Ranger in chrome

Stevens Peacemaker in black, bronze and flash paint

Schmidt RR with white jeweled smooth grip

Schmidt gun with white carved grip

Schmidt gun with red grip

Schmidt gun with jeweled smooth grip

Schmidt with smooth white plastic grips

Small Schmidt with black or white grip

Lone Star BCM gold or black "Sixgun" …like the Hubley Cowboy

Leslie-Henry Laramie

Leslie-Henry Range Rider 9"

Leslie-Henry Young Buffalo Bill 9"

If you have any of these for sale or trade, please e-mail me or phone me at:
(619)287-2524

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I personally have never seen so many Kilgore Americans in the same spot! I still wonder why they made the front sight red.

More Kilgores! It's like...where do Cap Guns go instead of heaven? Steve's drawers. Don't laugh!

A fine group of Buzz Henry Cap Guns.

Lots of Derringers. Did you know that Mr. Deringer who originally invented the gun by the same name, only spelled it with ONE "R" ??? (Of course, I mean in the middle!) Somebody added an extra "R" and it has come to mean both the generic term and the specific gun. However, I would bet that the Nichols Dyna-Mite outsold them all! Notice the gold-toned Dyna-Mite and also the black one.

Well, it's about time! Here's a Nichols collection that is quite a bit larger than my own.

These are Roy Rogers guns and holsters. You will notice the double holster set has two Nichols Stallion 45's from Pasadena. I can't see whether or not they are the notched variety. Nice tooling!

Various and sundry Cap Guns. Notice that there is a G-45 here, along with a Nichols Silver Mustang, a Silver Colt, and what appears to be a gold Stallion 32. Sweet!

It's hard to be a proper pirate if Steve has all of your guns.




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