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In this particular case, Jack sent photos on
several separate occasions, instead of all at one time and somehow I missed
them. Sorry! But now we have some nice photos of his collection and I am proud
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Ok, here's the first one,
which is an assortment of a variety of brands and styles, from Nichols to
Hubley to Leslie-Henry, etc. and what in the world is that gun just below that
Mattel Grease Gun?
Ahhhhh, now you're doing it
right. One of my favorite Cap Guns in the whole world. The Nichols Stallion
41-40. Simply a beautiful gun. I wish I could build cases like that. You want
to build some for me Jack? Just holler and we'll go into business
together.
Nice Hubley Rifle and what seems to be a Cowboy
Cap Gun. Jack said that he made numerous modifications to this rifle, like the
stock out of cherry wood and remade the barrel. Was it a
Kelly's?
Here's a little ad that I "clipped" off of the
photo below showing the lineup for Hubley. My guess is that it had a previous
page on the other side.
It's a mighty fine set of
Hubley with two Colt 45's.
You would almost think that
this was one of those Dealer's Showcases, but it's one that Jack made. Those 3
bullets on the left side of that clip at the lower left look like the EXPENSIVE
3-piece Nichols bullets! Looks like another one of those "Bike Shop" cartridge
cases at the lower right. I have one too! These are Stallions 45 through 22.
And a couple of Pintos. And a Derringer. And a box of caps. And I wish I had
one just like it!
As pretty as a picture. This
is a really nice showcase. Like I said, just holler Jack! Here's a beautiful
Stallion 45 MK-II, the King of the Cap Guns! You reckon it's for sale? I doubt
it.
And here was Hubley's answer to the Stallion 45.
A fine Cap Gun and one of my personal favorites. But it had about 3 major
engineering flaws. There was a spring that held the heavy cylinder in place and
almost the first time you fired it a few times, it wore a band around the
cylinder. Then the front of the gun was so heavy that many times it wouldn't
advance the cylinder when you pulled the trigger. Then there was the weakness
of the pivoting hinge that let you rotate the barrel out of the way. By only
using the standard zinc alloys, they couldn't make it strong enough that it
didn't have entirely too much pressure on it and so it weakened. But it's a
beautiful Cap Gun and fun to show off—but only to your best friends (or
enemies!) because the more you take it apart and remove the cylinder, the
weaker it gets. I wish I had bought 20 when I was a kid. That money would have
been spent more wisely than into the pinball machine where I put it.
Thanks for your photos
Jack!
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