What Boys got for Christmas in the 1950's & 60's
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Monkeyleg
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I got many toy guns for Christmas when I was a kid. I got a toy Thompson subgun that made a rat-a-tat sound, and had a red piece of plastic that moved in and out of the end of the barrel to simulate muzzle flash. It was a kick.
My favorite, though, was a "Have Gun Will Travel" set. It had the Richard Boone style black hat, a holster, a chromed metal (yes, real metal) six-shooter, and a set of calling cards just like those on the TV show. I was the envy of every kid on the block.
When I was nine or so I got my first BB gun.
My buddies and I, when we were about 11 or so, often went to the army surplus store to get helmets, canteens and other stuff so we could play "army" more realistically. I still have a WWII bayonet that I picked up about that time.
I feel so sorry for kids these days.
My favorite, though, was a "Have Gun Will Travel" set. It had the Richard Boone style black hat, a holster, a chromed metal (yes, real metal) six-shooter, and a set of calling cards just like those on the TV show. I was the envy of every kid on the block.
When I was nine or so I got my first BB gun.
My buddies and I, when we were about 11 or so, often went to the army surplus store to get helmets, canteens and other stuff so we could play "army" more realistically. I still have a WWII bayonet that I picked up about that time.
I feel so sorry for kids these days.
expvideo
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My brother is 7 (huge age gap, I'm 24) and I give him cool things as presents. He's gotten a lot of cap guns from me, and this christmas he's getting a bow and arrow set.
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You dont even need to go that far back to when there was cool toy guns. I grew up in the 80's and early 90's and I had great toy guns. If I was a kid now and wanted something anywhere near what I had back then It would have to be airsoft guns.
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Good point. Kids get airsoft guns now. Not all of them are clear. I'd say that beats cap guns any day.
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All I can say about this one is, those kids are in for a big surprise using those things against that tiger.
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Once I had enough money and was over 18 I started buying airsoft guns. They were more real than any other toy guns I have seen. I had a MK23 SOCOM with a metal slide and barrel that used green gas to blow back the slide. It was a great toy but it cost more than a real Glock. Once I was old enough to buy a real handgun I said good bye to airsoft.
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I remember some of those!
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I had a bunch of them. Many of them actually shot bullets too. Good old Greenie Stick'em" caps and all.
We pretty much always got to keep the guns and ammo, but the bowie knives and sabers that came with the sets always seemed to disappear after bedtime, never to be seen again. They were more deadly ya know!
We pretty much always got to keep the guns and ammo, but the bowie knives and sabers that came with the sets always seemed to disappear after bedtime, never to be seen again. They were more deadly ya know!
rfwobbly
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Not only that, but check out that gun safety...
• Muzzles pointed in a safe direction
• No fingers on the triggers
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I wish I grew up back then. Seems like it would have been a lot more fun.
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Well, in the new melenium My Youngest boy gets a new rifle this Christmas!
A real one! Ok, he is a bit older than the tadpoles these ads are directed at. He's grown out of the cowboys and indians scene. But at 14 he and his friends can still get into the Airsoft and Paint ball wars. I wasn't too crazy about that. Point a gun that shoots a projectile at a human thing. But it's the way toys and fun has evolved.
I'll post a photo.
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A real one! Ok, he is a bit older than the tadpoles these ads are directed at. He's grown out of the cowboys and indians scene. But at 14 he and his friends can still get into the Airsoft and Paint ball wars. I wasn't too crazy about that. Point a gun that shoots a projectile at a human thing. But it's the way toys and fun has evolved.
I'll post a photo.
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pith43
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When I was 7, I received a batman costume complete with utility belt. On the belt was a dartgun with a heavy plastic knob (nothing "soft" in the toys back then). When my cousin wouldn't look at my cool new gun....I executed him..one shot to the back of the head
. Had to spend the next 1/2 hour sitting in the corner with a red behind.
. Had to spend the next 1/2 hour sitting in the corner with a red behind.Cyborg
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And Look How WE Turned Out!
I played with toy guns of many types growing up. When I was 11 I got a pair of beautiful Colt .45 cap and ball revolvers. The gun broke down so you could remove/replace/reload the cylinder. I still have one today.
so most of us played with toy guns growing up. I bet we all played cops&robbers and cowboys&indians and army men. And look how we turned out. Here we are, a bunch of "wacko gun freaks" going on in this forum about 2A rights and RKBA and CCW and suchlike. clearly we were all warped by the experience.
Of course we all got our cuts and scrapes painted with iodine or
MERTHYOLATE or MERCURICHROME (two popular antiseptic products that killed germs because of the mrecury in them). I got my throat painted with iodine when I got a sore throat (bet a lot of you old farts out there did, too. ) and had a lot of home remedies used on me.
How did we survive to adulthood? We didn't lock our doors. We didn't wear seat belts (I was pretty much grown before they even became available in most cars) and we often rode in the back of my uncle's pickup.
Yup! How DID we survive to adulthood?
Cyborg
I played with toy guns of many types growing up. When I was 11 I got a pair of beautiful Colt .45 cap and ball revolvers. The gun broke down so you could remove/replace/reload the cylinder. I still have one today.
so most of us played with toy guns growing up. I bet we all played cops&robbers and cowboys&indians and army men. And look how we turned out. Here we are, a bunch of "wacko gun freaks" going on in this forum about 2A rights and RKBA and CCW and suchlike. clearly we were all warped by the experience.
Of course we all got our cuts and scrapes painted with iodine or
MERTHYOLATE or MERCURICHROME (two popular antiseptic products that killed germs because of the mrecury in them). I got my throat painted with iodine when I got a sore throat (bet a lot of you old farts out there did, too. ) and had a lot of home remedies used on me.How did we survive to adulthood? We didn't lock our doors. We didn't wear seat belts (I was pretty much grown before they even became available in most cars) and we often rode in the back of my uncle's pickup.
Yup! How DID we survive to adulthood?
Cyborg
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Wow, great stuff guys. I missed all that kind of stuff, it was more my dads generation (he was born in '52). I can still remember when I was a kid it was A-team Mini-14's, rambo toy machine guns, revolver cap guns with the round caps so that the cylinder moved. I also had the toy M1 rifle that took strip caps that fed from the top like a clip. No plastic plugs on the end, no orange so you knew it was fake. Made of real metal. My poor kid now, he wont ever know any of those kind of toys. He's 8 now, so he wants real guns. Tomorrow he will be getting a CO2 pistol hes been wanting for a long time.
MP3Mogul
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Brings back alot of memories. Thanks for reminding me!
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
moooose102
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yea, and i certainly didn't hurt you. but nowdays, your kids would be yanked out of the home and the parents would go to jail for "child abuse"!
i think somebody should have spanked those "child experts"!
we (3 boys) all had toy guns to play with. we would play cops and robbers, coyboy and indins, army, all that kind of stuff. all three of us kids turned out fine. although it took our olderst brother a while to get his act straightened out.
As I recall, I got SEVEN cap guns for Christmas when I was about eight. The start of a decent arsenal. And that in NY state, no less.
Four years later it was a Marlin .22 bolt action rifle. five years after that my folks gave me a DCM .45 auto. They bought it from a local for the princely sum of $25. Needless to say we were a long way from NY by then.
The cap guns are gone but I still have the .22 rifle and the .45. And giving guns for Christmas is still an occasional family indulgence.
Four years later it was a Marlin .22 bolt action rifle. five years after that my folks gave me a DCM .45 auto. They bought it from a local for the princely sum of $25. Needless to say we were a long way from NY by then.
The cap guns are gone but I still have the .22 rifle and the .45. And giving guns for Christmas is still an occasional family indulgence.
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