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Roy Rogers! The King of the Cowboys! I hope that
his estate considers that as complimentary and is not an actual tradename!
However, it is true for most of us. This man epitomized the glorious Western
Life. He was our hero! We adored just about everything about Leonard Frank Sly
(his real name).
Along with his wife, the DARLING Dale Evans and his
sidekick, Pat Brady, we were glued to our TV sets every Saturday to find out if
Roy was going to be successful against the Bad Guys again. Did you notice that
there wasn't any real "killing" on these TV shows??? And there was a definite
difference between Right and Wrong? I think that is what is ruining our current
society. Shows now have to have blood spattered all over the screen in order to
make it "real." The Long Ranger shot the gun out of the Bad Guy's hand. Well,
we all know that is actually impractical, but the message was that law and
order didn't require killing necessarily and fights were with fists, not always
guns.
And Roy was a GENTLEMAN!!! And a good singer with his Sons of
the Pioneers.
Roy and Dale also were the real thing in their private lives.
Just ask all of the kids that they adopted! You just won't find a better role
model for a hero. At least to me.
So, send in photos of Roy Rogers and his horse/s and
anything connected with him and especially the Cap Guns that were dedicated to
him.
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Do you remember how
companies and heroes used to stand up for their products? Thanks to Don Raker
for this contribution.
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Roy Rogers and
Trigger
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| Here he is, the King of the Cowboys himself, Roy Rogers and
his BEEE-UUUU-TI-FUL Golden Palimino, Trigger. |
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Here is the whole bunch: Pat Brady, Bullet
and Roy and Dale.
Where's Trigger, Buttermilk and Nellie Belle?
Photo
thanks to Jimbo Williams |
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Early Balantyne Roy Rogers Cap Gun
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Here is a
rare and unusual Roy Rogers Cap Gun! Balantyne. Never heard of them. Maybe you
have? Anyway, this gun is pretty rare and in nice shape. Very unusual in every
way.
Many thanks to Doug Hamilton!!! |
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Roy Rogers Holster Set
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Here is an
incredible soft glove leather holster set. The Cap Guns pictured are George
Schmidt guns, but my main interest here is the holster set and its gloves. They
are simply magnificent. The studs and conchos are in amazing shape. These
gloves are as heavy as welder's gloves and the heavy metal gold Double R Bar
logo is very nice. This is a set you just don't see every day. However, they
are preserved here for everybody to enjoy. Do you have photos like these of
your favorite Cap Guns or Holsters? Let me know!
Many thanks
for these photos to John R. Smith |
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Here's an
interesting Cap Gun box by the M.A. Henry Company made somewhere around WW
II.
Photo by Scott McCollum
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Dale Evans
George Schmidt Gun
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The "Queen of the West." Dale
Evans was not only our heroine of the Saturday Matinee, but she was the epitome
of generosity. She and Roy adopted quite a few kids and had many charitable
pursuits.
Ron Kelley has generously donated these photos.
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| Left View |
Left Close-Up |
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These photos are
shrunken, so that you will be persuaded to CLICK on them—still the Schmidt
Cap Guns. This is an EXTREMELY RARE set and has
been furnished by
David Denton of The Antique Cowboy. Thanks
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Here we have a nice pair of
your basic Buzz Henry Cap Guns, but with pink grip inserts and Dale's name on
them. I tell you, just about any Cap Gun with Dale Evan's name on it is going
to be an extremely good investment!!! It seems that there just aren't enough of
her guns to fill the demand. So I see them go up and up in value.
Thanks to our
friend David Denton of The Antique
Cowboy for this offering.
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Roy Rogers Cap
Pistol
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Here is a Roy Rogers Cap Gun by Kilgore from
around 1955. This Cap Gun is about 9" long. The grips also came in
tan-chocolate.
Many thanks to "VESS" |
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Here are a couple of nice "other" photos of this
gun. (and box!)
Special thanks to Allan Coyle for these two
photos! |
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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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Long Tom w/ Roy
Rogers Signature
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| This is one of those Cap Guns that will set you
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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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 and is the same model as above, but with
the dark chocolate grips.
Many thanks to Roy Steunenberg! |
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Trigger had to
have a trailer for his transportation!
This is for Trigger & Trigger
Jr.
Many thanks to Jim Manning of JM
Toys
One of our
advertisers!
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The Roy Rogers
R-90 by Classy
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Here is a pretty rare gun that
was made by Classy in around the 1955-1960 era.
Though the
same basic gun also came in the lesser version with the metal grips, this one,
as you can clearly see has the dark brown bronze grips. The gun is about 9"
long.
When he found out I wanted to use his photos, Mike was even nice
enough to go out and take two more, just to make sure I had a good set! Now
that's participation!
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All photos thanks to Michael Sheehan.
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Here's a nice set from Classy that has everything but the kitchen
sink! These are the chrome Classy guns and everything here is brand new.
Imagine being a kid and waking up with this set under the tree!
Thanks to
Scott McCollum (one of our advertisers) for this
entry
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Roy Rogers
Rifle
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This is a plastic cap shooting Roy Rogers rifle made by Marx.
The cap mechanism is metal. It's a Winchester with checkered engraving, octagon
barrel & a pistol grip.
These photos thanks to Willy Henson |
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Classic Limited
Edition Roy Rogers Watch and Lunch Kit Set
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We told you we were not only
interested in Cap Guns, but also in Toys in general. And honoring our heroes
(and heroines) in particular!
We can think of nothing that would be more satisfying
than to have a whole slew of "regular" toy dealers advertise on our Dealers
Page and in our Graphical Classified Section. But that's another issue.
This is a
combination Roy and Dale watch set that was made by the Fossil Watch Company in
1994. It is a limited edition of 15,000 and this one happens to be
#5775.
Many thanks to Doug Hamilton for these photos.
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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!
By necessity, many of
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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happy to list toy shows and the like (free), if you will please send them to me
at: . |
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have some nice photos and/or some text, please send them to me at:
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