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Jim's Vintage Toys
BRING BACK THOSE
MEMORIES Specialist In Cap Guns,Holsters, Rifles, Spurs, Tin Cars, Trucks,
Airplanes Boats, & Other Misc. Toys Buy-Sell-Repair & Evaluation
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Click on graphic above to e-mail Ron, who is one of the best
nature photographers I have ever seen!
See Ron's Beautiful Website:
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I always thought that this toy Derringer Cap Gun
was the first Nichols Cap Gun to come out with the "Firing Shells." I'm still
not sure. Probably one of you serious collectors will tell me. However, it came
out in 1961 and with its 3-piece bullets (and a strong supply of caps) I could
knock over small objects from across the living room. It reminds me of that
Christmas movie where everybody tells the star (Ralphie) that if he got a BB
gun, he would shoot his eye out. Well, I never shot my eye out. My sister was
the target. (Just kidding!) However, before they lowered the muzzle velocity of
these, I'm sure you could do some major damage. As it was, you wouldn't want to
get hit in the eye.
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| DON'T FORGET TO SEE
THE OTHER CAP GUN BRANDS! |
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Here is the Derringer with some ammo. Those
3-piece bullets are always good to
get and you can hardly have too many of
them. They are sort of like the Stallion 38 bullets, but have an enlarged end
to accept the plastic pellet and there are ribs on the edges of the alloy part
to vent more gas to lower the velocity. |
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This shows the
break-down of the Derringer and a
3-piece bullet that has the plastic pellet
removed.
Slip the shell in, cock it, fire it. BANG!
Just watch where you
aim! |
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Here is an authentic original card with the
Firing Shells and lots of extra plastic pellets.
Photo contributed by
New
England Auction Gallery |
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The loading operation of this cap gun is that you
press a button on the left side (The photo below shows the button right above
the screw behind the trigger.) and the barrel swings up—exposing the
3-piece bullet—or an empty hole if you haven't been able to buy a bullet
yet. These 3-piece bullets are actually valuable and people like to bid on them
at auctions. If a Derringer were auctioned and came with 3 bullets, then the
bullets would easily outvalue the gun! (Probably even ONE bullet these
days!)
Speaking of the bullet, the bullet is the same that is used by
the Buccaneer, Detective, the Model 94 Carbine and the Model 61 Stallion. Very
useful to own a few thousand. Retirement pay.
A very rare copper-plated pellet-firing Derringer.
Photo
contributed by Robert Nichols
This is actually a pretty fine cap pistol and was very well made.
It is almost a carbon copy of the original Derringer, but is about 2/3rds size.
Still, it was popular enough (and common enough) that you can find one very
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Click on these half-sized photos to see it
larger. This is the blued version.
Photos by Bill Zide |
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Dueling Sets
by Nichols!
(from 1962
brochure)
CLICK ON PHOTO
Thank you
Robert Nichols! |
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Some of you just dream of actually finding a
set like this at a flea market. And then some of you actually find one.
This Derringer
Heirloom Dueling set is one of the most rare prizes you will find. And when you
think about the fact that the box is the whole secret, then it is quite amazing
that it exists at all! The Derringers themselves are not that rare, the bullets
are more rare, but the box? Well don't hold your breath!
As far as I can
tell, the heirloom dueling sets only came out in 3 models: The Buccaneer, the
Derringer and the Stallion Model 61. (the rarest!)
Photo
contributed by
Lynn Kessler |
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PRICES
(These prices are merely guidelines to help beginners. Experts
don't need help!)
See PRICES for more info on
guidelines. |
| DESCRIPTION |
MINT VALUES |
AVG. VALUES |
| Derringer (Chrome) w/o Bullets |
$25-45 |
$15-25 |
| Derringer (Blued) w/o Bullets |
$55-75 |
$35-55 |
| 3-piece Bullets (Each) |
$40-50 |
$30-40 |
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