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Esquire Novelty Company is a company that has made small guns and sets of guns with holsters. Their company, apparently, is (was?) located in Amsterdam, New York. Esquire is also the parent company - or distribution company - of Actoy. Many times there is a lot of crossover with these two companies.




	Esquire Novelty Company Lone Ranger Box








	I think that this (blatantly) Esquire Novelty Company Lone Ranger box was probably packed with an Actoy Lone Ranger gun and holster set, which is why I have it also on the Actoy Page, but it seems like I need it here too, for after all, it does say, "ESQUIRE" on the box.



	Please Click On Each Thumbnail For An Enlarged View! All Photos Courtesy of Scott McCollum




	Esquire / Actoy Pony Boy Double Set



				This Ought To Get Your Attention! Okay, so Mike has lost his mind? Well, I have to admit it. Yes. When I saw the number and quality of these photos from our Cap Gun Pal, Doug Hamilton, I sort of "lost it." But since this is an Esquire Set, but Actoy guns, I decided to go ahead and put it on the Actoy Page too. So, don't send any more Pony Boy photos! Besides, it's highly doubtful if you will EVER see a more beautiful set than this! This one just tops the charts. It's not an extremely rare Cap Gun, but finding one (make that TWO!) Pony Boys in a PERFECT double holster set and a perfect box...well, it's not likely to happen again in your lifetime, nor mine. So, I drooled at the chance to publish these and gobbled them up! Many more nice sets like this and I'm going to have to buy another hard drive. All I hope is that the world properly appreciates the effort some people have gone to in order to preserve these pieces of our history. If I had gone to the same amount of trouble, considering my family name, then I would be RICH by now!























	All photos thanks to Doug Hamilton Be Sure To Click On The Thumbnails!

This store display is a copy of the original Jamie used to own. The original was all marked up and had a lot of damage. The guns, however, are REAL! The guns are made by Esquire. They are mint unfired guns. The barrel extension and stock are removable. The date on the board is 1958. The board measures 36" x 18".

Remarkable photo thanks to Jamie Linford

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Since the other "Restless Gun" stuff was made by Esquire, then (until told differently) I am going to assume that this double holster set was also made by Esquire. It says, "RESTLESS GUN" and under that, "VINT BONNER" who was played by John Payne. We kids like John Payne, for he was the attorney in "Miracle on 34th Street" that got Santa Claus off of the hook. (of course with the BEAUTIFUL Maureen O'Hara!!!)

Photo thanks to David Denton

Another one of our advertisers

Mini Esquire Cap Guns

All Photos Courtesy of Donna Lukas

Here's the box from a 1950's Esquire cowboy set. You know...back when kids played outside and didn't have video games. Yo---Rinty!!! For those of you who were born close to this century, Rin-Tin-Tin was a pretty popular TV show where, for some reason, they had a little boy in the U.S. Cavalry, who had this genius of a dog. I loved that dog. And he was just as smart as Lassie, who actually was also a boy. Yo---Rinty!!!

Photo thanks to Dave Bushing!!!




	Esquire Holster Set w/ Hubley Texan Jrs.





	Beautiful Twin Set!



	Photo Thanks To Carl and Ginger Robbins

Here is one of those Cap Guns that Hugh O'Brien on the TV show "Wyatt Earp" made famous. The famous "Buntline Special." If you will look closely, you will see that this gun originally sold for NINETY EIGHT CENTS!!! Try and buy it for that now! 98 cents won't even get you a fancy cup of coffee at Starbucks!

Thanks to James Ewings for this photo contribution.




	Esquire / Actoy Johnny Ringo Set



				Here is a nice set with the same gun as above, but it is fashioned into a Johnny Ringo set. Another one of those examples of how a company would take a successful design and put a lot of different names on it so that it would sell according to whatever TV show was popular (or movie) at the time. You might notice that the lettering on the sides of the guns says, "SPECIAL." (as in "BUNTLINE SPECIAL")








	All photos thanks to Jim Mair - one of our advertisers. Be Sure To Click On The Thumbnails!

Esquire Hideaway Derringer

Right View

Left View

Hide Those Bullets!

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All Photos Courtesy of Robert DeFeis. Thanks!

While the Hideaway Derringer at the top has a bronzed look, this one that is mint on the card has a gold tone to it.

This photo thanks to Rick Paige.

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
Esquire Hideaway Derringer	$ 20-40	$ 10-18
Esquire Hideaway Derringer MOC	$ 60-85	N/A




	Esquire / Actoy Pony



				Esquire, being the "big brother" of Actoy, sold Actoy Cap Guns. And since this Pony was one of the guns, then they sold it too. This is a small 1955 era Cap Gun that is about 7" long and is all metal and a single snot.








	Be Sure To Click On The Thumbnails! Special thanks to Doug Hamilton for these photos!

I also have this Cap Gun Box, which included a nice holster set and 2 Actoy Cap Guns listed on the Actoy Page as Actoy and Esquire were in cooperation. The photo is thanks to Bill and Anne Campbell.






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