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PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF
ROY ROGERS CAP GUNS, MADE BY A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT
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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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It would
seem that if I am going to put some nice photos of Roy and Trigger on the first
page of this section, then this page deserves some too. This photo was old and
faded, but I worked it over in Photoshop for awhile so that you might enjoy it.
If you ever want the original .tif photo, just email me and I might just send
it to you. It seems to be in the public domain. Don't try to use the ones on
this site, as they are only 96 dpi. But the .tif file is 300 dpi.
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Roy Rogers Box
from Canada!
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In Chuck's words, "It is a Roy
Classy as shown on this unused box. I had seen one MOC, but not MIB. Classy
Products is not noted on the box. The manufacturer of the box is Title Products
Limited, 380 Craig Street West, Montreal, Canada. I would be interested to know
if any of our collector friends know anything about it or if they might have
this or another version of a Classy Products capgun box."
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All photos thanks to Chuck Quinn
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This is about as rare as you can possibly get. And expensive! A
sales display set of Roy Rogers Cap Guns by Classy!
Photo by Chuck
Quinn
Though this Cap Gun
looks like it's made of plastic, it isn't really. Chuck says that this toy is
made by Brentoy of Australia.
Photo by Chuck Quinn
How's this for a
wonderful set. Complete with documentation! No skimping here! I hate to even
think what a set like this costs. But that doesn't mean that I would want to
have one. It works by pivoting the part of the holster that holds the Cap Gun.
When you pivot it, then that part comes out of the metal clasp and there is a
metal pivot under the trigger area that swivels. Presto! You have killed the
bad guy and become the envy on your block. I never owned a set as nice as
this.
Thanks to Chuck Quinn
Here's a Cap Gun that is
the same as its counterpart, the basic Hubley Cowboy, but is dedicated to Roy
Rogers. Click on photo to see close-up.
Here's a couple of
Tuck-A-Way sets. It claims to be the smallest cap firing pistol in the world.
And the suggestions on where to put it! (a sign of those times!) "Wear it with
your tie clip. Wear it on hat band. Wear it on any belt. Wear it on ankle. Wear
it on wrist." These days it might say, "Wear it on your nose ring." But those
were different days, when real men...well, real men were like Roy Rogers. These
were made by Classy. The back side is below. From the Chuck Quinn
collection.
These are basically the
same style as the Tuck-A-Way Cap Guns. You will notice that the Cap Gun on the
right has Roy's name in script on the barrel. Now if you will click on the
above photo, you will see the larger photo. But here's what I don't understand.
The fine print says, "ROY ROGERS PLEDGE TO PARENTS. Dale and I are proud of
every product that bears our name, and we use these items for our own children.
You pay no premium for our name. Rather, it is your assurance of authenticity
and quality." Now I'm quite sure that Classy (and anybody else) had to license
the Roy Rogers name, so if that isn't a premium, then what is? I must be
missing something because I know Roy and Dale were honest, but probably Classy
could have worded it slightly differently. From the Chuck Quinn
collection.
Another style of
Shootin' Irons by Classy. Notice that the one on the left has the short barrel
and the one on the right has the longer barrel. MOC (Mint On Card) From the
Chuck Quinn collection.
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Classy Roy Rogers All Metal Cap Gun
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This is a
rather plain (by Classy standards) rendition of a Roy Rogers Cap Gun. Small
too.
Photos thanks to John Coatney! |
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This is the R-50 version of a small Roy Rogers Classy Cap
Gun.
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Schmidt Roy
Rogers Double Holster Set
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Though I still think that this
set of Cap Guns looks like the Classy Roy Rogers Cap Guns, the giveaway is the
hammer. The Classy guns have a more sophisticated hammer.
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All photos thanks to Don Raker
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PROOF that it was sold! In real U.S. stores! $8.85 was real money
before the American people started demanding that their Congress start handing
out welfare checks and other types of entitlements. America didn't even have an
income tax at one time. I wonder how we ever survived?
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Roy Rogers
Holster Set from the Roy Rogers
Museum In Victorville California
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Roy Rogers Holster set came
from the Roy Rogers Museum In Victorville, California. Set includes a Cap Gun,
Holster, Sheriff's badge and a bandanna!
This is probably one of the few married
couples that I think were as good as their dog Bullet thought they were. Nice
Set. |
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Be Sure To Click On The
Thumbnails!
All photos thanks
to Jamie Linford of Cap Gun Toys
One of our
advertisers! |
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Roy Rogers
Double Sets
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The "King of the Cowboys" had
quite a few companies manufacturing Cap Guns for him. So it is only natural
that companies would also make entire sets of Cap Guns and Holsters for him
too.
Presented here we have some really fine examples of Roy Rogers
sets featuring different brands of guns for your pleasure. |
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| w/ Geo. Schmidt Guns |
w/ Kilgore 9" Guns |
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Be Sure To Click On The
Thumbnails!
All photos thanks
to Jim Manning |
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More Roy Rogers
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George Schmidt cap gun
from
1950-1960 right side |
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George Schmidt cap gun
from
1950-1960 left side |
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Here is a
Leslie Henry Roy Rogers Cap Gun.
This one is gold plated and is not a
smoker. |
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same gun (in this case TWO!), but these are the chrome plated
versions. |
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David Denton. |
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If
you're going to tote your shootin' irons, then you had
probably better put
on your official Deputy's Badge.
Courtesy of Bob Garvey
These were made back in 1957
to dress up your collar of your shirt.
Courtesy of Dave
Klahn.
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Leslie-Henry Forty Niner
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Here is a
super Leslie-Henry Roy Rogers 49er Cap Gun. This one is from the 1950-1955 era
and as we can see, comes with an excellent blue box. You will notice that this
box is sealed in plastic for protection. It is probably filled with foam also,
to hold its shape. Good idea!
Thanks to David Denton.
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the same gun (MINT!!!) in gold from David also. |
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Here's a complete
set with a bunch of extras, like spurs and spur straps.
Thanks to David
Denton.
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Roy Rogers by
George Schmidt
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Here is a Cap Gun from the
1950-1960 era.
This one has the long-ribbed barrel and a
fully-engraved frame. The grips say, "And Trigger."
Many thanks to Doug
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Here's another "Shoot'n Iron" box that would have come with
this particular version of the Cap Gun. You will notice that it says,
"Manufactured by George Schmidt Manufacturing, Inc. • Los Angeles,
California."
Special thanks to Allan Coyle for this contribution! |
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This Shoot'N
Iron banner lets you know who's backing the George Schmidt Cap Guns.
Thanks to Mike
Merryman!
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Dale Evans Outfit in the Original Box
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This
outfit consists of skirt, shirt, clicker gun and holster. The skirt is heavy
corduroy in 4 colors. It has a cardboard and leather holster. The cardboard
backing is white and the pocket is black. Comes with a generic black clicker
gun. The box is Dale Evans original from Yankiboy
Photos thanks to Dave Klahn |
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Classy/Lone Star
Dale Evans Mail Order Set
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This is one of the rarest sets
you will ever see! Jim Schleyer, in Backyard Buckaroos, says that it was
sold primarily by mail order catalogs. But it has a Classy double holster and
Lone Star Apache Cap Guns.
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All photos thanks to
Scott McCollum, one of our advertisers.
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Here's a really nice set from our friend Ed Manes of the Queen of
the West. Whoever came up with the logo of the "DE" was pretty smart, but then
it might have been Dale herself, as she did write their theme song, Happy
Trails.
As
I have said before on other pages, Dale Evans stuff is HOT STUFF and one of the
best investments you can find. Chuck has a bunch, of course. Here is a Shoot'n
Iron and box that is DEAD MINT.
From the Chuck Quinn collection.
Here are a
couple of Dale Evans spur sets, and a badge.
From the Chuck Quinn
collection.
Here's a nice grouping of Dale Evans Cap Guns. On top we see a
Schmidt Shoot'n Iron (smaller one) with the larger variety on the left. On the
right we have (first) the gold plated Buzz Henry and then a nickel plated Buzz
Henry.
From the Chuck Quinn collection.
As
previously stated, anything "Dale" is going to be valuable.
From David
Denton.
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Roy Rogers by
George Schmidt (Dummy Version)
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Here is a Cap Gun from the
1950-1960 era, but the dummy version. The dummy version is one that WOULDN'T
fire caps!
All you have to do is to take a look at the hammer on thie "Cap
Gun" and you will notice that it is different from others. This one is in MINT
shape!
Many thanks to David Denton. |
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| Left Side |
Left Break-Down |
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Kilgore Roy
Rogers Shooting Iron w/ Box
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Here's a very nice MINT "SHOOTIN' IRON" Cap Gun by Kilgore
that is still in the box. One like this is extremely valuable. It has a
revolving cylinder and nice engraving. Notice Trigger on the grips.
These photos thanks to Ted
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This Classy Roy set has the address of Classy Products and shows
that it was manufactured before Zip Codes! Unusual set.
Thanks to
Granddad's Toy Box.
Yeah, it's not a Cap Gun,
but I like it enough to stick it here. It's a rubber band powered gun for those
who think a rubber band in the eye at close range is safer than a Cap Gun's
caps. There are people dumb enough that the manufacturers had to make some
"Dummy" guns (for dummies) for some states. As the old saying goes, "A gun has
only TWO enemies...RUST and POLITICIANS."
Photo by Dave Klahn of The Ten Gallon
Hat.
How in the
world did he keep his clothes so clean?
These photos thanks to Sharon and Toby
O'Brien.
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