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Scout gun
Die Casting Machine Tools Ltd, 1960, Toy
Scout gun
Scout gun
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Item no
20915
Title
Scout gun
Description
Plastic cowboy gun with brown handle embossed with a horse. The silver barrel and trigger has moulded detail of a decorative floral design and the word 'Scout'. The end of the barrel can be opened in order to load the gun. The gun also has a hole for oil behind the barrel.
Artist / maker
Die Casting Machine Tools Ltd
Date
1960
Size
8.0 x 18.0cm
Type
Toy
Location
Museum of Childhood
Accession number
MC83.97
TV shows of the 1950's such as Roy Rodgers, Hopalong Cassidy and The Lone Ranger attracted a legion of kids who wanted to play
shoot-em-up games at home. Due to this demand many manufactures turned out life - like guns such as this.
Exhibitions with this item
1950s - Five Decades of Toys (1950 - 2000)
Toys of the Wild West - The Cowboy Craze
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