Toy gun commercial from the 50's
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SerenityNetworks
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When I was growing up we got some candy and underwear in our Christmas stockings, and then one "significant" present. One year I got a Rifleman cap gun. Whoohoo! It had a little mechanism on the lever that you could flip up that made the cap fire when the lever was pulled up, so you didn't have to pull the trigger. You could rip off the shots just like old Chuck.
Like it was said already, the smell of the caps was awesome.
Like it was said already, the smell of the caps was awesome.
I loved my "Rifleman" gun, plus I had a tommy gun like they used on the series Combat..Plus all the others I have forgotten about..Somehow I missed the part where I was suppose to be a serial killer when I grew up because of it..OR just maybe I didn't become one cause I got it all out of my system back then..
SerenityNetworks
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I had a Tommy Gun of one kind or another; but I don't remember much about it except that the machine gun function never worked too well as the cap roll would jam up part way through every round of fire. But the Rifleman rifle, it worked great and that's the one I remember playing with a lot. But I just couldn't swing it around in a circle and fire it like Chuck because it would hit my arm pit due to my little T-Rex child arms.
I confess, I don't understand the thinking in metropolitan schools any longer. It's simply surreal. I'm glad the grandkids (all but one) are growing up in rural Iowa where values and expectations remain recognizable to what I grew up with.
Thanks for sharing the video and bringing back fond memories.
SPEMack618
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Pops made me a toy rifle on his lathe. That looked really cool and of course had no orange tip.
My Mother and I were invovled in an accident, and while the deputy was taking the report, I was still sitting in the passenger seat and the deputy inquired, very friendly, if that as my rifle. He was shocked to see that it was toy.
Heck, I had a toy MP-5 that was all black except for the orange tip that I used when playing "recon" in the yard(only boy child on a farm, had to get creative) and my Uncle thought it was real when he saw it for the first time because the orange tip was so dirty.
The thing is, I knew those were toys and treated them as such.
And with one notable exception invovling a Red Ryder BB gun, one of my Big Sister's barbies, and a couple of spankings, I never once did anything stupid with a real gun growing up.
My Mother and I were invovled in an accident, and while the deputy was taking the report, I was still sitting in the passenger seat and the deputy inquired, very friendly, if that as my rifle. He was shocked to see that it was toy.
Heck, I had a toy MP-5 that was all black except for the orange tip that I used when playing "recon" in the yard(only boy child on a farm, had to get creative) and my Uncle thought it was real when he saw it for the first time because the orange tip was so dirty.
The thing is, I knew those were toys and treated them as such.
And with one notable exception invovling a Red Ryder BB gun, one of my Big Sister's barbies, and a couple of spankings, I never once did anything stupid with a real gun growing up.
Aguila Blanca
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I had one of those, and I have always wondered what became of it.Romeo 33 Delta said:
Back then (1950s) our toy holsters were real leather, and about as good as what some of the cheap holster places charge now for "real" western rigs (made in Mexico with machine embossing). I remember once when something happened to one of my holsters when I was about 8 years old. Next time we went to town, while my mother was in the market (they weren't "super" markets then) I wandered down the street to the shoe repair shop and paid the man a whole quarter to sew up my holster.
Mike Irwin
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A friend of mine had one of the Zero M radio guns when I was growing up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb9_0N3g5bw
That's a VERY young Kurt Russell hocking it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb9_0N3g5bw
That's a VERY young Kurt Russell hocking it!
Mattel made the coolest kid guns, bar-none, back in the late 50's-early 60's. I still have a "shootin' shell" rolling block and the "shootin' shell" fanner along with it. Got some "greenie" stick m caps too.
I can't help but think that the reloading bug hit me hard back in those days, as the shootin' shells with the plastic bullets primed with a "greenie" was a real primer for the real deal that reloading has become for me personally these years of late (been reloading ammo for close to 35 years now).
Being the youngest of three sons, I had to wait, and watch, and be content with my Mattels until I could use, and hunt with (and after taking the proper firearms safety course when I was twelve), the firearms my dad and "big bros" got to use in the field. Yeah, had to be content with my Mattel "roller" while walking a corn row for pheasants... had to be a hunter's life lesson there for sure, and Mattel was there to make it a bit easier.
It's awful hard to see that what a lot of us grew up with, as just plain part of what just about everyone did back in those days regarding the shooting sports, has become such an issue of controversial magnitude. That being said, I wouldn't trade my hunting/shooting/Mattel cap-gun cultural upbringing for anything. Dads! Get your kids out there in the field, even if it is with a cap gun to start with! Thanks Mattel, for the memories...
reinert
I can't help but think that the reloading bug hit me hard back in those days, as the shootin' shells with the plastic bullets primed with a "greenie" was a real primer for the real deal that reloading has become for me personally these years of late (been reloading ammo for close to 35 years now).
Being the youngest of three sons, I had to wait, and watch, and be content with my Mattels until I could use, and hunt with (and after taking the proper firearms safety course when I was twelve), the firearms my dad and "big bros" got to use in the field. Yeah, had to be content with my Mattel "roller" while walking a corn row for pheasants... had to be a hunter's life lesson there for sure, and Mattel was there to make it a bit easier.
It's awful hard to see that what a lot of us grew up with, as just plain part of what just about everyone did back in those days regarding the shooting sports, has become such an issue of controversial magnitude. That being said, I wouldn't trade my hunting/shooting/Mattel cap-gun cultural upbringing for anything. Dads! Get your kids out there in the field, even if it is with a cap gun to start with! Thanks Mattel, for the memories...
reinert
Mike,
I couldn't help but recognize the similarity of your post and the Story F. Guffy tells in the link below.
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5420042&postcount=24
I couldn't help but recognize the similarity of your post and the Story F. Guffy tells in the link below.
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5420042&postcount=24
Mike Irwin
Staff
Uh, you lost me, Gbro...
Friend also had a Mattel M-16 Marauder... Can't find a commercial of it, but there is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUbl19Gd6H8
Friend also had a Mattel M-16 Marauder... Can't find a commercial of it, but there is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUbl19Gd6H8
David White
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Ah... Those where the days!
I had a ThunderBurp. I also had a Burp gun. Worked like the TommyBurp in the commercial but it was an copy of an M3. Lots of different cap pistols. A luger water pistol that used detachable water filled magazines. Came with two extras.
That's what the antis fear about commerials like that. Those kids having fun with toy guns grew up to become...us.
That's what the antis fear about commerials like that. Those kids having fun with toy guns grew up to become...us.
Evan Thomas
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What a trip down memory lane! Greenie stickum caps! Awesome!
Anybody remember the Johnny Reb cannon? It was a toy Civil War cannon that was spring loaded and shot plastic cannon balls. One Christmas half the boys on the block got one. We had many great battles with them and our cap muskets.
I feel very lucky to have grown up in the 50s & 60s!
Anybody remember the Johnny Reb cannon? It was a toy Civil War cannon that was spring loaded and shot plastic cannon balls. One Christmas half the boys on the block got one. We had many great battles with them and our cap muskets.
I feel very lucky to have grown up in the 50s & 60s!
I got toy guns every Christmas when I was a kid
I recall a Civil War Union soldier set with a rifle, belt with ammo pouch and a cap.
Another year I got the WWII infantry set with an M1 with bayonet, hand grenades and a helmet. I think there were other accessories but I can't recall what,
One Christmas I got the set called the "Sarge" with a 1911 pistol, belt and holster and a helmet with the sergeant's patch screened on it.
When the James Bond movies with Sean Connery were popular I also got the 007 attache case with a pistol that converted into a rifle by adding a stock, scope and silencer. The case also had a code book, built in camera, smoke screen (actually talc) and a hidden knife you could pull out. I wish I had that baby now!
I remember running around the neighborhood with my friends having mock battles, fun times in the early to mid sixties!
I recall a Civil War Union soldier set with a rifle, belt with ammo pouch and a cap.
Another year I got the WWII infantry set with an M1 with bayonet, hand grenades and a helmet. I think there were other accessories but I can't recall what,
One Christmas I got the set called the "Sarge" with a 1911 pistol, belt and holster and a helmet with the sergeant's patch screened on it.
When the James Bond movies with Sean Connery were popular I also got the 007 attache case with a pistol that converted into a rifle by adding a stock, scope and silencer. The case also had a code book, built in camera, smoke screen (actually talc) and a hidden knife you could pull out. I wish I had that baby now!
I remember running around the neighborhood with my friends having mock battles, fun times in the early to mid sixties!
