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After my mother passed away, we held an auction of the house holdings. The attic was piled with items from the over 50 years our family lived in the house. It brought back many memories when my old cap guns were found and brought out for the sale. One of them was my old Rifleman gun, still in working order. We had agreed to sell everything so than we didnt fight over items so the rifle and my old Derringer pistols went on the block. It sparked a lot of interest in me as I am a confirmed COLLECTOR OF ALL. I wanted to know more about the old cap guns I had as a child and so I looked for a book to help me understand what was out there. CAP GUNS by JAMES DUNDAS was a good starting point for me. It pictures his own collection and gave me insight into what collectors looked for in cap guns. Since buying this guide I have purchased about ten cap guns and am enjoying the rediscovery of a very old pleasure.Read full review
This book is about the same size (overall dimensions and number of pages) as Schleyer's "Backyard Buckaroos - A Guide to Western Cap Guns" but is very lacking in comparison. This book has far less guns and info as compared to Schleyer's book, also, with the literally thousands of different cap gun leather holsters, this book has only a few pictured as compared to Schleyer's book - the choice would be Schleyer's book by a mile - these are the only 2 books I know of about old toy cap guns and holsters.
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Very useful.This is just what my husband needed for his gun shoes. We love cap guns as much as the real thing.
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