Way back when, I was probably the best armed KID in my neighborhood range.
I recall, Mattel Shoot'n' sixes and a Fanner 50,
Daisy 1894 Spittin’ Image BB Rifle, & several other Daisy BB Rifles
I had a Mattel Babiy Rolling Block that shot the shooting shell bullets.
Numerus other Mattel, Nickols, Hubley and Marx guns of all shapes and sizes including Tommy Guns, Burp guns. I even recall a Double Barrel SXS cork firing shotgun.
I suppose somewhere about 6th grade or 7th. grade Jr High, or maybe puberty, they were regulated to the back of a closet.
The fate of most of them, packed off to the Salvation Army for some new up and coming little neighborhood terror.
Now gone but fondly remembered, I'm quite sure embedding my lifelong fascination in all things shooting.
Well, I ran across this little GEM tucked away some 62 years.
It is a Hubley Colt 1911 (no Idea what arrangement, Hubley had with COLT for the branding)
It was made in 1960 and in remarkable original condition, though the removeable magazine had gone missing, but the plating finish is rust free with no corrosion.
Just a relic from my childhood, it's refreshing to see it was made in the USA (you won't see that anymore).
And while I was at it, I discovered my old Cub Scout pocketknife, I carried IN SCHOOL as a scout was always prepared... circa 1956 made by AMERICA IMPERIAL here in the good old USA
with real bone scales and carbon (holds an edge) steel.
I might also mention my Remington Model 341 22 long Rifle, I had it since Dad gave it to me in 1957.
Just some treasures from my by-gone era.