Remnants of an era of freedom -- 1960s Toy Tommy Gun Commercial

[9mmfan]

I liked three detectives sets please!. Speaking of memories, I remember when when I would grab my dads 22 rifle (that was propped against the wall next to the back door) to shoot at (and sometimes hit) 'critters' messing in our garden. Heck, we ate out of that garden for months!

 

[revsaxon]

Man I grew up to late. My generation never knew the joy of guns by mail, unrestricted gun sales, and the concept of personal responsibility. After seeing that, and hearing the stories y'all share I am deepy saddened by that.

 

[STEEL CORE]

We had them all, defending the streets of Detroit, playing alley commando, getting ready for a place we didnt know called Vietnam.
So many cap guns, tommy guns even a spring loaded bazooka that shot out a plastic sabot. Oh how I long for those days we used to play ARMY...........then later I went and did it all for real.

Kids today cant have that much fun, what a shame.

Plastic M-1s, Lugers, .45 auto, cowboy cap guns, winchester rifles, bazookas, grenades, we had it all.

 

[stilllearning09]

Oh that brings back memories. My brother had that set. We played "army" and "detective" for hours. One of the neighbor kids had every toy gun on the market. We used our imagination and had a blast. We defeated "Comminism" (didn't know what it was back then, but we defeated it).
Today, if someone sees a toy gun, my neighbors freak out. I just remember the good old days.

 

[Mosinowner]

Man my generation suck. Go out with a toy tommy gun now you get shot by the cops. Go out with a toy tommy then you have hours of fun shooting safe shooting shells. Wasnt there a time where you could order a full auto tommy no questions asked?

 

[jedi]

Wasnt there a time where you could order a full auto tommy no questions asked?

Sadly yes. From what I hear from the "older guys" in the 50s you could mail order the full auto tommy guns from the US government. These were surplus weapons from WW II that the .gov no longer wanted. They would be shipped to you in a box via US postal service to your doorstep!

 

[Mosinowner]

Sadly yes. From what I hear from the "older guys" in the 50s you could mail order the full auto tommy guns from the US government. These were surplus weapons from WW II that the .gov no longer wanted. They would be shipped to you in a box via US postal service to your doorstep!

In a violin case

 

[SEIndSAM]

I had something similar as a kid, but I remember mine had the round 50 shot mag. Worked the same, you pull back the bolt and then it made a "pop" when you pulled the trigger.
I don't remember it taking caps. I think the pop was made by a couple of piece of metal slapping inside.

 

[singlesix]

I guess I'm going to date myself; anyone else remember looking through the Sears Catalog and drooling over all the rifles and shotguns?

 

[jedi]

In a violin case

Now that I don't know of. I can't recall what the old timer told me was the price that those surplus tommy guns were being sold for. I wanna say $50 to $100 was what stuck to my head however.

 

[schafe]

I remember lusting over the Hopalong Cassidy dual cap pistols with holsters(yes, one for each hip / hand. Saturday morning heroes....good guys always won, so we had to take turns playing Hopalong so everyone could win. (except li'l sis... she just didn't make a good Hopalong )

 

[Mosinowner]

Now that I don't know of. I can't recall what the old timer told me was the price that those surplus tommy guns were being sold for. I wanna say $50 to $100 was what stuck to my head however.

I heard 28$

 

[hooky]

Did anyone have the little snubby revolver that took the red caps? The cylinder pivoted like a real one and the red caps were in a ring that just laid in the cylinder.

Mine kind of looked like this one only it was a black snubby without the goofy red/orange cap.

 

[451_Detonics]

I had this one...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l_4xMjZu5g[/ame]

 

[Mosinowner]

I had this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l_4xMjZu5g

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Is secert sam select fire?

 

[8th SPS USAF]

Toy Tommy gun

I still have the Tommy Gun. Never had the 38 snub.

 

[CarmelHP]

Wasnt there a time where you could order a full auto tommy no questions asked?

Prior to 1934 and the NFA.

I'm a little to young for pre-'68 mail order Title 1 but I had a couple of neat rifles that had a plastic cartridge with a spring in it. The bullet had a long tail that acted as a primer and when it was hit the spring released and propelled the bullet pretty smartly. Mom confiscated my rounds after a news report that they could shoot your eye out (and they probably could).

 

[.452browning]

Only $399.50 on ebay!
Mattel TOY Tommy Burst Dick Tracy Machine Cap Gun | eBay

Does it have to be transfered through an FFL dealer?

 

[.452browning]

i remember when i was a little kid i played with toy guns all the time. this brings back memories.....*sigh*......i miss my belt fed M60 toy gun

 

[Wingcollector]

Originally Posted by dowalker
Only $399.50 on ebay!
[ame="http://cgi.ebay.com/Mattel-TOY-Tommy-Burst-Dick-Tracy-Machine-Cap-Gun-/310328912118?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item48410b68f6"]Mattel TOY Tommy Burst Dick Tracy Machine Cap Gun | eBay[/ame]

Love the fake red cap for ebay