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Kilgore, of Westerville, Ohio, was DEFINITELY one
of the largest sellers of toy Cap Guns in the old days. They made a lot of
quality cap guns and also made a lot of the roll caps. Uncle Talley assisted
them in modernizing their equipment that made the roll caps and thus made it
more profitable for everybody. Their line of Cap Guns will always remain in the
top of the brands that are desirable to collect.
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Kilgore Roy
Rogers Shooting Iron w/ Box
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Here's a very nice MINT "SHOOTIN' IRON" Cap Gun by Kilgore
that is still in the box. One like this is extremely valuable. It has a
revolving cylinder and nice engraving. Notice Trigger on the grips.
These photos thanks to
Ted
Dietrich one of our many advertisers! Thanks Ted |
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| Here's the same model of gun and box, but
this one was owned by David Denton of
The Antique Cowboy, another one of our advertisers.
And, of course, this view shows the right side of the gun. |
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This is one of the oldest
types of caps produced. MAMMOTH! by Kilgore.
Photo thanks to Curtis
Singleton.
Here's a full
case of their roll caps.
Photo thanks
Ted
Dietrich one of our advertisers!
Kilgore was famous for
making LOTS of caps for Cap Guns. Actually my
Uncle Talley was responsible
for upgrading their abilities, which also helped Nichols.
Strange as it may sound, you
won't ever find many photos
of the Disc Caps by Kilgore. I hadn't even seen
them before!
Thanks to Susan Kenehan for this swell photo.
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Kilgore Buck Cap Gun
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This Kilgore
Buck is from the 1955-1960 era, which as it turned out to be, was the "Golden
Age" of Cap Guns. The grips on this gun are what I think set it apart. High
relief and lots of detail.
Many thanks to Mark Leinberger for these
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Here is this
BUCK Cap Gun in all of its glory, as this example is ABSOLUTELY MINT!!! This
particular example is probably better than 99% of the ones coming right out of
the factory.
Thanks to Doug Hamilton for these photos! |
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Kilgore Roy Rogers Gun
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Here is a
common Roy Roger repeater by Kilgore from about 1955. As near as I can tell, it
is RR-18 in Backyard Buckaroos.
Many thanks
to Roy Steunenberg! |
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Slighty Different Version
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Here is a
Kilgore Roy Rogers Shootin' Iron that is a very slightly different
model.
The barrel is a little different, as is the hammer area.
Many thanks
to Tom Coates! |
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Kilgore Mustang
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Another fine
Kilgore offering, this time a breakdown repeater with white and red grips
depicting a mustang.
Photos thanks to Gary DelVecchio
Don't forget
to click on the thumbnails for the larger pop-up photos! |
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Kilgore Six
Shooter
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Here is an old example of a
cast-iron Cap Gun from before World War II.
Though this gun is not very valuable, it
is part of the Kilgore set and therefore very important. The goal of most true
collectors is to have an example of every Cap Gun in the series and collecting
Kilgore Cap Guns is especially difficult, as they made many different
models.
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| Be Sure To Click On The
Thumbnails! |
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Kilgore Six
Shooter
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The Six Shooter came in more than one
version.
Thank you Marla Moon for these photos! |
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Boxes will
ALWAYS be hard to come by. This was a long barreled Cap Gun.
Notice on this
box that it says that it was manufactured in Canada!
Thank you
Braydon Harper for these photos.
And here is the same gun,
but American style. Cast-Iron Cap Gun.
Photo by Jerry
Carney.
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Kilgore Cast
Iron Cap Guns
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The top gun is a Kilgore Fargo Express cast iron
Cap Gun. (very rare!) and the bottom one is a (albeit similar) Kilgore
American. Jim has added an original Wells Fargo & Co. envelope and a toy
Wells Fargo & Co. agent's badge for this nice photo.
Many thanks
to Jim Schleyer of Western Toy Guns (what we in the hobby refer to as
Backyard Buckaroos) for this photo! |
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Ok, so I'm going to do
something that I don't normally do. It's "BAD" enough that Ed Manes should have
one Fargo Express, but he has sent me photos of his TWO Fargo Express Cap Guns
by Kilgore!!! So I'm making even the thumbnails large and the pop-ups
excessively large. My guess is that Schleyer used one of these for his photo.
Right Ed?
As Ed reminded me, please notice that the right grips don't have
the lettering "FARGO EXPRESS MADE IN U.S.A." on them. Strange! The Kilgore
Americans are embossed on both left and right grips.
Thanks for your
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This little Cap
Gun is seldom seen: one of those guns that isn't expensive, isn't worth much,
BUT YOU HAD BETTER HAVE IT---IF, you actually want a complete set of a
particular manufacturer. The bright side of this is that a gun like this
probably isn't going to cost you very much. But it might!
Many thanks
to Jim Schleyer of Western Toy Guns (what we in the hobby refer to as
Backyard Buckaroos) for this photo!
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Kilgore
American
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And here IS the famous Kilgore
American—complete with a box! This is one of the most famous cast iron
guns.
Many thanks to
David
Denton of The Antique Cowboy for this photo!
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Kilgore
Grizzly
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Here is a Kilgore Cap Gun that is very much like
a long-barrel version of the Bronco (2nd Model).
But, of course,
that is still quite legitimate, as almost everybody did it. Saved on tooling
costs and designing brains.
I have never seen one of these, but some of you have.
I would guess that it is moderately rare!
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| All photos thanks to Jennifer
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Another nice Grizzly and box
and I apologize, but I can't remember who sent me this one!
The one above
this one has black grips, but notice that this one has dark brown
grips.
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Kilgore
Buc-a-Roo
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Here's an old cast iron Cap Gun from around
1940.
Thanks to Jack Rosenthal of The Toys and
More for these photos!
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Kilgore
Hi-Ho
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1940. |
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(Hey, We're going to emphasize
EVERY
SINGLE ADVERTISER AND THEIR PRODUCTS
that lists with us!) |
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BE SURE TO INCLUDE TEXT WITH WHAT YOU SEND
IN, AS I AM NOT AN EXPERT IN THESE CAP GUNS OF YESTERYEAR!!!
Send Your
Information to:
And remember! If you want to support your
hobby, for goodness' sake place your Classified Ads (free) and Display Ads
(cheap) so that your NEW customers can find you!
If the Cap
Gun Hobby needs anything these days, it is PUBLICITY!!!
If you have sent a
photo, it will link to your Display Ad, which will link to
you!
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these will be "Pop-Ups" like other pages on this website to avoid a "bandwidth"
problem, so be sure that your browser's or your Internet Service Provider's
"Pop-Up" blocker is turned off so you can see them. Many photos, etc., will be
LARGE, so be patient.
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| Visit the
Dealers &
Collectors from whom you can get these fine Nichols Cap Guns!
(and other FINE TOYS!) |
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