| In the 1970s, John Denver recorded a song
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| | the 1882 Lever Action Carbine. The gun is
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| called "I'd Rather Be A Cowboy". Well,
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| | 37 inches long and weighs 5.5 pounds. The
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| long before that song came out, kids were
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| | gun was known as the "Little 86" because
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| pretending to be cowboys with a vengeance.
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| | of its very fast action. The gun is made
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| And to meet that need and desire, toy
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| | out of wood and has a real working lever.
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| companies came out with quite a number of
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| | This was probably the most popular model
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| toy guns and accessories for the young
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| | of western gun during the time it came
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| cowpoke. We'll take a look at just a few
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| | out.
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| of the hundreds of western guns and sets
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| | If you wanted something from the Civil
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| you could get, 40 or 50 years ago.
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| | War, you could get that too. There was
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| Let's face it. Old west guns were just so
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| | the 1860 Enfield Civil War Musketoon. The
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| cool. Nothing else looks like them and
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| | gun was 40 inches long and weighed 5
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| the care that was used to make replicas of
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| | pounds. The percussion lock is stamped by
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| these guns by many of the manufacturers
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| | the London Armory with the Royal Crown.
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| was nothing short of amazing. Some of
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| | It's a two band musketoon. This is an
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| these rifles and pistols were so realistic
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| | actual replica of the gun they used to
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| looking that you couldn't tell them apart
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| | fight in the US Civil War.
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| from their real counterparts.
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| | If you wanted something a little smaller
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| One of the most popular of these rifles
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| | than a rifle, you could get them too.
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| was the M1865 Remington Rifle. This was
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| | Back in the 1950s, there was a pair of six
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| no light weight gun. It was 44 inches
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| | shooters that came out that were sold
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| long and weighed five pounds. This was a
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| | under the title "Western Man" made by Roth
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| replica of the very first cartridge firing
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| | American Inc. The guns shot roll caps,
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| system, rolling block sporting rifle.
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| | which were very popular in the 60s and
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| This was a very realistic looking gun and
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| | 70s. Today, it's almost impossible to
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| quite durable, made of very hard wood.
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| | find these caps. The set came with two
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| Want to shoot more than one bullet without
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| | guns. Both had pearl handles and metal
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| having to reload? No problem. You also
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| | barrels and each one had its own holster.
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| had the M1850 Revolving Musket. This was
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| | These were without any doubt the most
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| a replica of the six shot infantry rifle
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| | popular six shooters made during the time.
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| of the era. It was built with a revolving
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| | The roll caps made quite a loud noise and
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| cylinder firing system that was very
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| | aided to make these guns very realistic
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| realistic. The gun was 42 inches long and
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| | sounding to add to their realistic look.
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| weighed 5.5 pounds. It was also made out
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| | These guns only scratch the surface of the
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| of very hard wood.
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| | number of western guns that had come out
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| Looking for a lever action rifle? There
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| | during the time. Yes, John Denver was so
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| were plenty of them too. One of them was
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| | right. Kids would rather be cowboys.
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