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    Old toy pistol

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    toy and cap guns are a favorite of mine , I had many as a kid . Congrats
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    Cool find. Is there any writing on it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by del View Post
    toy and cap guns are a favorite of mine , I had many as a kid . Congrats
    I recall the guns not working very well when loaded with caps. After 10 min we just smashed the caps with rocks
    Nice going southpaw.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post
    I recall the guns not working very well when loaded with caps. After 10 min we just smashed the caps with rocks
    Nice going southpaw.
    Rocks , hammers ! individual caps with a hammer got dull real fast soon we were hitting whole rolls at a time with the hammer !
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    It says Bobcat on it, has a lot of wheat designs carved or "casted" into the aluminum. From the 40s or 50s from what I can find on the Internet. It is broke on one side, not worth anything. But ... At least I got a better idea about how old anything else is ... if I find anything else.

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    Its surprising but you can find cap guns even on some of the oldest sites . For example , I was detecting one of the oldest recorded battle sites in America when I found a couple toy guns kids will play just about anywhere .
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    Nice find. Back when it was ok for kids to play with guns, Every boy I knew had a cap gun. ( and a hammer for the extra rolls ) LOL
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    I remember those cap guns. The ones that held the role of caps were the best. Keep digging and posting, love the old toys.
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