I'm just about your age, and I remember growing up with a pair of those 'beauties' adorning my waist as well. I also had the 'Wanted Dead or Alive' scattergun and the 'Rifleman's' rifle (plus many many more). A roll of caps lasted all of--what, ten minuteslongtooth wrote: How about this one though. Inlaws live in Lubbock. We take the grandkids w/ us nearly every time we go out there. Presents for the little shooters. 7 & 10 yr old. Wears them into a Dairy Queen for hamburger at dinner time which is about Dallas every trip through &, get busted.
HEADLINES: EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT. Eight yr old cowboy busted for "Illegal possession of 'replica' Roy Rogers pearl handle cap guns. 56 yr old grandfather arrested & charged w/ 'conveying dangerous contraban to minors' & 83 yr old Great grandfather arrested in Lubbock for conspiracy to corrupt the moral character of a child.".
Don't laugh it aint that far fetched if that passes.
!Not to mention the Daisy BB guns. I got my first real gun at the age of 14 and I had unrestricted use of it from the day I got it. I still have my Remington Nylon 66 .22LR rifle to this day. I actually haven't even shot it in years, nor have I even had it out of it's case.
Oh, well, those days are gone! Just as the television shows that we watched then: Maverick; Wanted Dead or Alive; Tombstone; Death Valley Days; Bat Masterson and Sugarfoot just to name a few. Yeah, you can still catch Bonanza and Gunsmoke on television but you can't find the others.
I miss my Sky King and Roy Rogers on Saturday mornings.
Sorry for hijacking this thread.
Russ