(Old?) toy gun

[salty_pirate]

I found it about 7 inches down by a creek got all excited thinking it might be an actual revolver until I took a closer look at it. Kind of curious how old the piece might be

 

[cudamark]

Cool find! I found one also.....all crusty and broken. Tried to take it in my carry-on bag on a plane......thought I was going to get arrested! After all the giggles and snickers died down, They just made me check it. But you can carry a crutch or a cane on board........go figure.

 

[lonewolfe]

later 1960s to early 1970s

had many of them when I was a kid - they completely changed in the late 70s to around 1980 as they became plastic/junk and then got worse when they started adding the stoopid orange end cap on the end of the barrel and even worse - invented "nerf" crap!

The toys I had as a kid (especially the cap guns) would get you arrested today and questions asked later!

 

[salty_pirate]

Yeah it's a shame what it's come to. Kids getting suspended for pop tarts resembling guns and playing with imaginary grenades on the playground and God forbid an ACTUALl toy gun!

Thanks for the info I was thinking it had to be around that time before everything became plastic.