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Holsters were made by a tremendous variety of
companies. Tex Tan made holsters in the beginning for Nichols Industries, but
there were lots of others.
And then there were the private people who made
holsters sets (and still do!) for the various sizes and styles of Cap Guns. To
this day many private individuals restore holsters that were famous in their
day and also these same artisans create new designs.
So it gets
complicated. We will do our best to list some of the finer holsters and holster
sets—sometimes with the guns and sometimes without. We hope that you will
send in some of your favorite photos.
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TODAY'S FEATURED CAP GUN
ON THIS WEBSITE!
There
are about 2,900 pages (including those from thumbnails) on this website that
will give you more information plus BIGGER PHOTOS!
Lone Ranger Click
Rifle by Marx
Photos by Dwain Burkholder
CLICK ON
THIS THUMBNAIL
FOR MORE NICE PHOTOS. |
| WE HAVE LOTS OF BRANDS OF CAP GUNS BESIDES
JUST NICHOLS ON THIS WEBSITE. |
This is one of the
finest holster sets you will ever see. Mint black double holsters with mint
Leslie-Henry Marshal .44's. I am only showing a single pocket on this
"thumbnail," but you can see the full set if you click on it.
Thanks to
Don Raker
(one of our advertisers)
To try and show all of
Steve Arlin's holster sets would take a much bigger website. He has hundreds of
holster sets and thousands of Cap Guns. Click on this photo to see it much
bigger. To get a better idea of what he has, just get his book!
You can
contact Steve to buy his amazing book at:
How's this for a
wonderful set. Complete with documentation! No skimping here! I hate to even
think what a set like this costs. But that doesn't mean that I would want to
have one. It works by pivoting the part of the holster that holds the Cap Gun.
When you pivot it, then that part comes out of the metal clasp and there is a
metal pivot under the trigger area that swivels. Presto! You have killed the
bad guy and become the envy on your block. I never owned a set as nice as
this.
Thanks to Chuck Quinn (one of our
advertisers)
Here's a Lasso 'em Bill
Double Holster set! if you want to see the Cap Guns by themselves and out of
the holsters, then go to the Kenton Page.
CLICK ON PHOTO SEE LARGER
SHOT!
This photo by Chuck Quinn, one of
our advertisers.
Here's a DOUBLE BONUS! The brown set on the outside is a
Keyston Brothers set. You will seldom see so many studs! Amazing. The set in
the middle is an Ed Manes reproduction set with heart conchos.
Thanks to Ed
Manes
Let's start it
off with one of my favorite heroes; here's a beautiful Roy Rogers, the King of
the Cowboys, set with Schmidt Cap Guns. Beautiful conchos with the "RR"
insignia in them. This is about as fancy a set as you can get. And not cheap.
Every young cowboy would have wanted one and now some big cowboy probably owns
it. Sets like this only increase in value!
Thanks to
Scott McCollum one of our
advertisers.
And
here's another Roy Rogers holster set. Roy Rogers holster sets are ALWAYS very
coveted by the Cap Gun Collectors! This one is a DANDY!!!
Thanks to
Rich
Hall one of our advertisers.
LISTED ABOVE AND BELOW ARE SOME OF THE FINEST CREATORS OF
CUSTOM HOLSTERS THERE ARE!
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Roy Rogers Holster Set Reproduction
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BE SURE
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(2 separate sets as they are different heights
and widths) |
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This detailed
reproduction of one of the fanciest Roy Rogers holster sets from the fifties,
carefully crafted to duplicate the original as closely as possible using the
Double R spots and imprinted with the King of the Cowboys name on belt and
Double R Bar logo on each holster just as on the original. This was made by Roy
Evans.
Many thanks to Toby O'Brien |
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Random Holster Sets
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| Here we have
a bunch of holster sets in no particular order and I wish I had explanations
about all of these, but I don't. There were lots of holster sets made out there
and some of them can't even be idenfitied. |
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Dale Evans Double Holster Set
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Here we have
a really beautiful double holster set in burgundy, dedicated to the "Queen of
the West," Dale Evans. Dale "talked the talk," but also "walked the walk." Her
life was exemplary to all of us. She and Roy gave and gave and gave. They had a
HUGE family as their love seemed to have no bounds. As it says in the book of
James, "...and I will shew thee my faith by my works." Well, that sort of sums
up the lives of Dale and Roy.
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Here are a couple of sets from Tom Janes that are really first
rate!!! The top set is an original Roy Rogers set, but the lower set is one
that is handmade by Tom. Surprisingly enough, there are quite a few people out
there that are making custom holster sets, some generic and some are designed
for a particular gun or hero.
Thanks to Tom Janes for these photos.
Here's the
box from a Lasso 'Em Bill holster set from Keyston Brothers of San Francisco.
The caption in the lower left corner of the box says, "Keeps 'em HAPPY
HEALTHY and BIZZY" Did that generation know something we've
forgotten?
CLICK ON PHOTO FOR OVERALL
PHOTO
Thanks to Mike Rowe for these photos.
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Johnny Ringo
Holster Set
Guns ~ Leslie-Henry Marshals
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A really nice set of holsters. Johnny Ringo.
Supposedly a hero? Actually a Bad Guy.
So far I
haven't been able to determine their origin. The Cap Guns are Leslie-Henry
Marshalls.
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Melvin G. Miller
Co., Inc.
Gun ~ Nichols Stallion 45 MK-II
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Brand New Old Stock never used from a toy show 25
years ago, and the man said that he had gotten it from a salesman that worked
for the "Nichols Capgun Co." He said that Talley had 10 of these made for the
top salesmen, made at the MelvIn G. Miller Co, Inc., Houston, Texas. You will
notice that this holster allows for right-handed people or those "lucky"
left-handed people—like me!
Photo
by Ted
Dietrich
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Mattel
Set
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A nice holster with a Mattel Fanner 50 snug
inside. These Cap Guns were extremely popular. And therefore I hated them. Just
kidding!!! Hey, I was a little kid and thought they were competing with my
Uncle Talley! These guns were actually terrific.
Photo thanks to Bill Corbett
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Set From JM
Toys
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Another nice set of guns, holsters, cuffs and
spurs from JM Toys. They were made by Jim Mills to Jim Manning's design. The
holster is lined on the back with black felt, and the cuffs are lined with
black leather.
The guns are Hubley Cowboys. They are nickel plated die-cast
12-inch cap guns that were copied from real Colt guns.
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The plastic steerhead grips
were also copied from Colt. The cap gun shoots roll caps and the cylinder
revolves with each pull of the trigger. This cap gun comes in many different
finishes—gold, nickel plated, dull or zinc, dark, metallic blue, black and
satin grey. These guns also came in a "dummy" version that would not fire caps
as some states at that time did not allow caps to be used. The dummy guns are
more rare and valuable. The dummy guns had a different hammer design that would
not strike the cap anvil and allow caps to be fired.
Submitted by
Jim
Manning of JM Cap Guns & Toys. Thanks!
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Nichols Leather
Holster Set
Guns ~ Nichols Blued Stallion 45 MK-II
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Here's a nice leather holster set from
Nichols.
The guns are some of the rarer blued Stallion 45 MK-IIs with
wood grips.
Many thanks to
Rich
Hall for the photo.
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