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Well, Kilgore was such a prolific company and so
many of you have sent in more photos and text of various Kilgore Cap Guns and
products, that I just had to give them another page! Keep sending them
in!
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Here is a (rather
obscure) 1950-1955 version of the Kilgore Ranger Cap Gun. It is a die-cast
repeater and I am pretty sure that the cowboy on the grip was painted by some
enterprising young Buckaroo who did that for himself. The chrome looks slightly
yellowish, so it is hard to tell if this is a gold version or a chrome version,
as there were both. Click on photo to see a nice gold one.
Thanks to Lewis
Ellman for this contribution.
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Kilgore Ranger Box
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Here's
the box for that Kilgore Ranger.
Photos thanks to Jim LaRue. |
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Kilgore Ranger Cap Gun
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This is the
more common variety of the gun below, although in more pristine condition. This
is one of the very early versions of the Ranger. Very nice!
Many thanks
to Doug Hamilton!!! |
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Kilgore Ranger
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Right
Close-Up |
Left
Close-Up |
Right Side |
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Please
Click On Each Thumbnail For An Enlarged View!
All Photos Courtesy of
RebekasGifts.Com |
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Kilgore Lone Ranger Cap Guns
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Aren't
these beauties? These were made by Kilgore. There are a lot less Lone Ranger
Cap Guns than you might imagine! Just try and find some. You probably have
about 10 people who want one for every person who has one. This Cap Gun looks a
little like a Smith and Wesson .44 Magnum I think, just not as hefty.
All Photos
Thanks To David Denton of The Antique Cowboy
One of our
many advertisers!
CLICK HERE FOR CLOSE-UP
(BIG!!!) OF LEFT GRIP
This close-up shows the rider and horse on
the grip and the "HI-YO SILVER!" written there. Different gun, but you'll get
the idea of how it is supposed to look up close. |
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Kilgore Eagle
Cap Gun
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A MINT version of this old Kilgore Cap Gun
showing the fancy grip.
Many thanks to Michael McDade of New Jersey! |
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Different gun, same model, from Ken
Mittelsteadt.
Thie is a die-cast revolving cylinder gun. A little unusual
for Kilgore—especially the grips. It is pretty easy to read "EAGLE" on the
side of the Cap Gun's frame. |
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Kilgore Eagle Cap Gun
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It's not even
possible to get a better Kilgore Eagle than this Cap Gun. It is perfect in
every way. It's right "out of the box." Flawless! Simply breath-taking,
considering how old it is.
Many thanks to Doug Hamilton!!! |
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Kilgore Kit Carson Cap Gun
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Here's a
Cap Gun I have not seen before. But there's a lot of those. This particular one
needs a new hammer spring.
Many thanks to Dee Brown of Journey Through
Time! |
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More fine
photos of the Kit Carson Cap Gun.
The four photos just above are thanks to Doug
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Here is just
a SUPER Kit Carson kit that has never once even been out of the box (by a kid,
I'm sure the owner who was selling it took it out for photos) The tag reads
"Real Texan Outfit." Well, this real Texan never owned one, but I sure would
have been proud to. I owned Nichols sets, of course! But isn't this one great?
It says that it is a Betty Leach design (holster). And notice the $1.98 price.
Well, you won't touch it for less than about 100 times that now!
This photo
thanks to Kathi Lamb. |
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And
here's some more Kit Carson Cap Guns that even came with another set of
holsters. Same guns, but in really immaculate condition! Very nice!
Our sincere thanks to Bill McDonald of
Vintage Toy & Racing. |
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Here's
the long-barrel version of the Kit Carson Cap Gun. This gun also has a grip
that is similar in concept to the Grizzly grip.
Thanks to
George Newcomb of Plymouth Rock Toys. |
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Here's a photo a box for one of the upper Kit Carson Cap
Guns.
Thanks to Craig Thompson, Smith House Toys |
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Kilgore Big Horn - 1st Model
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Right View |
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Left View |
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Breakdown |
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Be Sure
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All Photos
Thanks To Tom Coates |
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And here's the
box to the above Big Horn by Kilgore.
Photo thanks to Ed
Manes
Here is the 2nd model of the
Big Horn Cap Gun by Kilgore.
This photo donated by Audrey McBride.
Thanks!
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Kilgore Big Horn
Cap Gun
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Well, I got some MORE nice
photos of this old Cap Gun, so I am presenting them here.
Again, this is
the 2nd model of the series and this one is in absolutely MINT
condition.
This Cap Gun shoots disc caps and has a lanyard ring on the
bottom of the grip.
All photos thanks to Doug Hamilton!
I hope
that you folks will remember that you too can have your favorite Cap Guns on
this website. Send the photos in, preferably in 320 x 240 resolution, and we
will give you a "plug."
PROMOTE THE
HOBBY! |
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All photos thanks to Doug Hamilton
Be Sure
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Kilgore
Bronco
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This model is sort of a cross
between a 38 police special and a western gun of some sort.
Kilgore made
this in around 1950 (which was the year the Nichols Stallion 45 came
out).
This gun is die-cast in nickel and has white grips with a saddle
and boots.
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Close-Up |
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All photos thanks to
www.consideritsoldauctions.com
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Thumbnails! |
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Same model Kilgore Bronco, different gun - AND BOX!!!
Thanks
to Walt Costa! |
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Here's a fantastic MINT example of a Kilgore Long Tom with a
sensational box.
Thanks to David Denton at:
theantiquecowboy@aol.com!
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Long Tom w/ Roy
Rogers Signature
CLICK ON
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back a LONG WAYS when you even think of trying to buy it. The famous Long Tom
with the Roy Rogers signature that is engraved on the side. And the engraving
is so faint that it gives you another reason to faint when you see the
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make out the engraving that was done at the factory. Really...Roy didn't sign
each and every gun. He probably would have, had he known how valuable these
would some day be! |
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Long Tom Roy Rogers |
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Well, you
can just assume that ALL Long Toms are expensive and this example is no
different. This one is a Long Tom with Roy Rogers on the grips. This particular
Cap Gun is MINT. The layout for this group of panels is a little different, but
I had to squeeze them in somehow!
All photos thanks to Jerry Carney |
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Kilgore Bronco
2nd Model
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Now if you had the opportunity
to use some really fine photos of the second model of the Kilgore Bronco Cap
Gun, wouldn't you take it?
I thought so.
WELL SO WOULD I.
This is the
second version from Kilgore of the gun by the same name, but was from 1950 to
1955 or so.
Though it is not quite as rare as the first model, this
particular one is still quite a find as it is MINT AND UNFIRED.
I hope
that you folks will remember that you too can have your favorite Cap Guns on
this website. Send the photos in, preferably in 320 x 240 resolution, and we
will give you a "plug."
PROMOTE THE
HOBBY! |
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All photos thanks to Doug Hamilton
Be Sure
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The Federal Kilgore
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Well, if this
isn't unusual enough, then I give up! This is another one of those pre-World
War II cast iron Cap Guns. As you already know, Cap Guns didn't get really
fancy until after the war when our matinee idols lit up the screen on TV and
the die-cast guns came along.
Many thanks to Brian Oborski |
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