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Kilgore made not only die-cast Cap Guns, but LOTS of cast-iron Cap Guns. 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 we have a lot of pages. Keep sending them in!
NICHOLS GUNS
(in Uncle Talley's order)






Here's a nice Wyatt Earp by Kilgore that you don't see very often.

Thanks to Dave Klahn of The Ten Gallon Hat.


Here is a nice Kilgore Big Horn with the black grips. It seems like 99% of what I see are the red grips. This one is dead mint

Thanks to Chuck Quinn!


And this one is a blued Big Horn! Mighty nice. I didn't know it came in blue.

Thanks to Ed Manes.


Here's another one with slightly different grips, but still the blued version—for comparison's sake.

Thanks to Jim Manning.


Trust me. You will never see another Big Horn any better than this example. It is completely flawless. Click on its photo to see it even bigger.

Thanks to Marc Rossen


Kilgore Big Horn - 1st Model
You Will Miss Out If You Don't Click On The Thumbnails!

All Photos Thanks To Tom Coates


And here's the box to the above Big Horn by Kilgore.
Photo thanks to Ed Manes




This is a blued model Kilgore Big Horn, but the "Dummy" version, which means it does NOT fire caps. Note the smooth grips.
Photo by Steve Arlin.




Here is the 1st model of the Big Horn Cap Gun with revolving cylinder by Kilgore. As opposed to the ones above, this one is die-cast.

This photo donated by Audrey McBride. Thanks!


And here's the 1st model AND the associated box. Jack Rosenthal , one of our advertisers from Toys and More, contributed this photo.


Kilgore Big Horn Cap Gun - 1st Model
Well, I got some MORE nice photos of this old Cap Gun, so I am presenting them here.

Again, this is the 1st 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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Here is this same Cap Gun, but with a greenish-turquoise grip. I'm not sure if this is from the factory or whether or not the customer painted it. But I would love for you to tell me.

Photo thanks to Doug Hamilton!


Kilgore Big Horn Cap Gun - 2nd Model In Gold
Here is the Big Horn in the 2nd version (die-cast) and gold plated. Doug doesn't know whether the gold plating was done at the factory (authentic) or done by a "civilian" (fraud) but one thing is that this is one nice looking Cap Gun.

This Cap Gun shoots disc caps and DOES NOT have a lanyard ring on the bottom of the grip.

All photos thanks to Doug Hamilton!
You Will Miss Out If You Don't Click On The Thumbnails!





Here are 2 cast-iron Kilgore beauties that I couldn't resist from bringing in from Chuck Quinn's collection. An exquisite 1st model LONG Tom in polished nickel w/revolving cylinder and rare polished nickel BIG HORN. The stag grips on the BIG HORN are beautiful chocolate-brown swirl color.


Here's a photo of a Big Horn up close on the right side that has Roy Roger's signature. It is rather hard to see, similar to the Long Tom of the same concept.

These photos are from Chuck Quinn's collection.


What a great way to start out a photo discussion of the Long Toms. Here we have 17 Long Toms and 9 boxes and all in essentially pristine condition. Amazing, huh? Most people are quite happy to just have one of these magnificent Cap Guns!

These photos are by Belinda Quan from Chuck Quinn's collection.



Here's a fantastic MINT example of a Kilgore Long Tom with a sensational box.
Thanks to David Denton.


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 price.
Here, if you pay close attention, you can barely 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!



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




At first glance, this one looks the same as the one below, but it's a slightly different variation as far as the box goes. The printing on the box is "wider" in that it doesn't have the same stripes in the corners and the name of the company is in a different spot. Also it doesn't have the insert. My guess is that this gun began to really do well and Kilgore simply upgraded it a little. As Chuck Quinn says about Kilgore, they made their best guns before World War II. The Cap Gun here is MINT UNFIRED. Very Rare.

Thanks to David Denton.



Here's a terrific box and Roy Rogers. You won't see very many of these.

Photos thanks to Scott McCollum


Here's an oddity. It's the same box as above, but when the printers made it, they forgot to print the red color. Sort of like coins that have been double-struck or have some weird oddity, these unusual examples are probably only valuable to those who "appreciate" their value. The rest of us would probably prefer a box that was correct. So it's really hard to put a value on these examples.

Thanks to Chuck Quinn

CURRENT PRICE FOR THIS ITEM
DESCRIPTION MINT AVG.
Kilgore Roy Rogers Long Tom and Box $ 3100-3750 $ n/a


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