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Get THE BOOK on the History of Nichols
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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:
UnlikelyPhotos.com |
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Cap guns, toy pistols and
rifles have always been a favorite toy for kids. We'll have a lot of cap guns,
rifles and toy pistols on this site. We will also list other brands of toy cap
guns and antique toy cap pistols under our Scrapbook section.
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At the end of World War II
Talley and Lewis Nichols decided that they were going into manufacturing and
had to come up with something to make. Uncle Talley told me that he was never
interested in manufacturing real guns, but toy guns definitely caught his
interest. So they made toys.
A friend had suggested a copy of the Colt Peacemaker
and the early Nichols guns were all basically variations of the Colt 45. In
1946 they came out with the Silver Pony, then the Mustang (later changed to
Silver Mustang) and then the Silver Colt. These early toy cap pistols led to
the famous Stallion series of cap guns.
A STRONG
NOTE!:
Be sure to go to the Stallions Section (Click Here) to see all of the
next basic series of Nichols Cap Guns.
And don't
forget the Other Famous Brands of Cap Guns on the CAP GUNS
MENU!
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Nichols Industries
Early Cap
Guns
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Service Policy
Back in the early years, when Nichols Industries
was in Pasadena, you could return your cap pistol to the factory and get it
repaired. The quality of the guns was high, so there weren't actually many
returned. My dad was in charge of most of the repairs, and one time a youngster
in Perth, Australia wrote him a letter asking what it would cost for shipping,
as he had a small pistol to fix, but couldn't afford a Stallion 45. Now my dad
had been on a troop transport to the Middle East in World War II, and they
stopped in Perth, Australia. They had gone ashore for some reason and were
marching and were FAMISHED! Suddenly, as they marched past a farmhouse, a lady
came out with a couple of bushels of apples and said, "Hey boys, do you want
some apples?" Boy did they! My dad remembered this and in gratitude, mailed a
brand new Stallion 45 to this young man with his compliments. Thank you Perth,
Australia. I first heard this story when John Glenn was orbiting the world and
needed a navigation fix and Perth, Australia turned on its lights at night and
John Glenn noticed it.
.......Thanks again Perth! —MN
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Photo donation by
Jamie Linford
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These early guns gave them a
lot of experience and sales were brisk. Then they made the bold leap in 1950,
and decided to come out with the famous Stallion 45 and the company then became
world famous.
This section will deal with the earliest years and the first 3
guns in the Nichols series.
Should you have some nice photos and/or
some text, please feel free to send them to me at: . I'll add some
photos here as I have the opportunity.
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Dealers &
Collectors from whom you can get these fine Nichols Cap Guns!
(and other FINE TOYS!) |
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happy to list toy shows and the like (free), if you will please send them to me
at: . |
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have some nice photos and/or some text, please send them to me at:
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