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Halco (the J. Halpern Company of Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania) was known for their quality. They were a high volume distributor
that sold millions of Cap Guns that were produced by other companies. They sold
to a lot of the major retail outlets. In many cases the manufacturing companies
even put the HALCO name on the guns they produced for Halco. So they were very
responsible for a great number of the guns that we have cherished throughout
the years.
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HALCO
(Leslie-Henry) Bonanza Rifle
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This is the HALCO (which means Leslie-Henry
in this case) Bonanza rifle. This is pretty much a simple 1894-type
rifle.
Thanks to Steve Arlin. |
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This
particular BONANZA Cap Gun was probably made by Leslie-Henry under license, but
is marked HALCO, which was really more of a distributing company. Once Russia
launched Sputnik, that was the beginning of the end for Cap Guns. Then came
video games.
Photos thanks to Dave Klahn of The Ten Gallon Hat
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HALCO Bonanza Cap Gun
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Here's a
Cap Gun you don't see every day. I'm sure it's made by Hubley, but it is
clearly marked HALCO and Bonanza.
Be Sure To Click On The Thumbnails!
All Photos
Thanks To Janet Van Houten |
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And now we have the even
rarer HALCO gold Bonanza Cap Gun. These are scarce as hen's teeth.
Photos thanks to
Scott McCollum, of Cap Gun Treasures.
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HALCO
(Leslie-Henry) Wagon Train
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Here's a HALCO offering (again) and they only
made 2 changes. They changed the label and also the cocking lever. Flint
McCullough is on the label.
Thanks to Steve
Arlin |
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HALCO
(Leslie-Henry) Rifleman
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It's the same doggone rifle, but with a
different name! And a different cocking lever.
Thanks to Steve Arlin |
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HALCO
(Leslie-Henry) Texas Ranger
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And here we go with another variation of the
Rifleman Rifle. Texas sure gets a lot of press!
Thanks to Steve Arlin |
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This is apparently one of
those collaborations between Leslie-Henry and HALCO. The gun is unmarked, but
the set says "Texas Ranger." Why do we get all of the credit?
Same exact pistol, but slightly different layout.
My guess is that this was done late in the days of HALCO, as usually guns that
were unmarked were because the pride had pretty much gone out of the companies,
in that Cap Guns weren't selling like they used to and kids could really care
less. It seemed to happen to all of the companies. Then you could blame it on
the heroes all dying off and kids going to other toys, but these days you can
blame it on politicians and political correctness. And Liberals and their
"Disarm America" agenda. (personal rant!--Mike)
Photos thanks to
Chuck Quinn.
I list this
on the HALCO page because the Cap Gun is a HALCO (Diamond "H") model that was
made by Leslie-Henry, but I can't read who the company was that put it all
together into a holster set. Obviously it was sold as a set to capture some
revenue from the TV show The Texan starring Rory Calhoun and was
licensed as such. The Bronco in itself is rare enough!
Photos thanks to
Chuck Quinn.
Click on the thumbnail for a larger photo!
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HALCO Cap Gun -
Made by Hubley
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Here is one of those Cap Guns
that, in the latter days, was made for HALCO by the Hubley Company, like
Leslie-Henry used to make guns for HALCO.
These photos are thanks to Thomas
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| Please Click On Each Thumbnail For An Enlarged
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Here's an interesting novelty set from Halco that was based upon
a TV show starring Phil Silvers, alias Sgt. Ernie Bilko. It's not western, but
it does become part of the complete Halco set if you're a serious collector.
This set, unfortunately, only has the end of the box. Boxes are hard to come
by.
Thanks Ed Manes!
It looks like Ed finally came up with
the complete set.
This is
one of the oldest types of caps produced. MAMMOTH caps. Mammoth seems to
describe a type of cap and these are the "Doughboy" label, Superb Brand and
distributed by HALCO. Specifically "DOUGHBOY." Confused yet?
Photo thanks to
Curtis Singleton.
Here's a case of those
Doughboy caps.
Thanks to Chuck Quinn for the above photo!
Here's a nice photo of some
HALCO caps. I haven't a clue as to where this photo came from.
Here's two cases of
HALCO caps. Very rare to have these!
And more cases!
Thanks to Chuck Quinn for the above
photos!
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Halco Gunsmoke
by Hubley
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Another one of those basic gun
designs with a different label on it and different grips.
I'm just
guessing when I say that this might be a Hubley gun, but HALCO was a
distribution company and had lots of companies making guns for
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Be Sure To Click On The
Thumbnails!
Special thanks to Cecil Nelson for these photos! |
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Halco Gunsmoke by Leslie-Henry
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Please
Click On Each Thumbnail For An Enlarged View!
All Photos Courtesy of Brad
Brixey |
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Halco Texan
Holster Set Box
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As stated before, Halco was really a
distribution company that hired other companies to create or modify Cap Guns
for them. They always went for high quality and sold them all year round. Here
is a really nice example of one of their high quality boxes.
Nice photo
thanks to Robert Phelps. Thanks! |
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And here's a photo of the inside of the box
of the same set from a different contributor. These are really nice Hubley
Texans!
Photo thanks to Jim Manning, one of our
advertisers. |
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Halco Texan
Holster Set Box
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I really don't know if this box
originally came with just the holster, or whether it also came with
guns.
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| Be Sure To Click On The
Thumbnails! |
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This is an unusual HALCO
complete double holster set with "RANGER" Cap Guns. The Cap Guns are by Hubley
and are exactly like the Hubley Marshal, but with different grips.
Photos by
Scott McCollum.
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