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Dr. Bob (as known to his friends) is actually Dr.
George Robert Peters. He has a well-rounded collection that even includes
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If you want your Cap Gun collection featured,
then please send your photos to:
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I am just going to let Bob tell his own stories on these photos.
The three Texans on the right are cast iron as is the Texan Jr. on the upper
left. None have been cap fired .
Santa is keeping watch over a pair of Chuck Layman 45 holsters.
Chuck had to make them exta large to fit around their owner
(ME).
The case
contains four Model 61's which are all loaded with the 3-piece shells that I
make. There are a total of 100 shells in the case and 97 of them on the top of
the case. They were all finished by hand with each one taking approximately
half an hour or more to complete. A lot of work, but well worth the time spent.
More shell firing guns,
this time there are 71 original Nichols 3-piece shells along with 50 repro's
and several of Ohio Art's attempt at 3-piece shells.
It's obvious that it's
more difficult to shoot through a glass case, but I tried. The Fury 500 is a
working gun and it really goes to town. There are two Stallion 300's in their
boxes. One of them is serial number 000317 an early one to say the least. The
Thunder Rifle and Rifleman Flip Special are unfired.
A combination of Mattel,
Hubley, Marx and of course Nichols.
These are some of my
caps. At last tally, if you were to fire one cap per minute, without stopping,
day and night, it would take about 6 months to fire them all (over 250,000
"Bangs"). The next time you are out in Independence, Missouri we can take turns
shooting them off.
A few more
caps.
More caps
and a hint of the American Flyer collection and layout coming
up.
Caps
galore.
This is a view of the
Americn Flyer village down here in the basement ( Can we officially call it the
"man cave?").
Of course
we all know HOWDY DOODY. The plastic Emenee trumpet was given to me by my
grandmother in 1951 or so.
These Marx shell firing guns are great fun Really
hard to find on the card
Just an assortment but is interesting to note the
the small pistols that are lined up under the Spit-Fire were sold as childrens
toys (I have a couple still in the box) but they fired 22 caliber blanks, can
we say "A tad bit dangerous for a wee one?"
More and more and more
caps.
Another
hard to find boxed Marx shell shooter this time the western style
I love these display
racks they add to the feeling of being in a toy store.
Another rack with a
really nice Stallion 45 underneath.
If you look closely
inside the case there are two Model 61 holsters, again, Chuck Layman's work.
That's it for the cap guns that are currently displayed. I also have my
Father's model car collection down here. So you can see it's a great place to
go to get away from 2011 and escape into the 50's.
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