| In the 60s and 70s when girls were playing | | | | ate this one up.Another gun from the era that |
| with their EZ Bake Ovens and making butter, | | | | wasn't quite as popular and also very hard to |
| boys were playing with their guns. And boy | | | | find was the G-Man Machine gun made by |
| did they have a ton of them to choose from. | | | | Linemar. The gun is battery operated and |
| In this second of a 3 part series, we'll take | | | | makes quite a loud noise when you fire it. |
| a look at some more of the guns kids had to | | | | The gun is very odd looking, which may be |
| choose from during those times.In our | | | | part of the reason that it wasn't very |
| previous article we talked about the Man From | | | | popular when it came out.In the late 50s |
| Uncle set. Well, that wasn't the only spy | | | | there was one really odd looking gun that |
| set that you could get during the time. The | | | | came out which was actually quite popular. |
| 1960s also saw the Secret Agent Transmitter | | | | It was the Hubley "Secret Rifle" that had |
| Gun. This was a very unique piece of | | | | very odd ejectable bullets. It had a cocking |
| equipment. It looked like a radio but it | | | | mechanism like no gun before or after it. If |
| fired bullets. It's not very big at 5 inches | | | | you yank on the handle the gun actually |
| by 3 inches and doesn't look very real. But | | | | extends. The gun comes with 7 brass bullets |
| kids loved playing with this thing because it | | | | that you insert into the cartridge. The |
| was so deceptive. The gun actually came with | | | | bullets eject through the wide window in the |
| plastic bullets that when you loaded them | | | | gun. The gun itself is made of a combination |
| into the radio and pulled the trigger they | | | | of plastic and metal. It's hard to say that |
| came flying out. This was probably one of | | | | this gun looks anything like a real gun |
| the more dangerous toys of the era.GI Joe was | | | | because of its odd appearance.And if you are |
| a very popular action figure of the 60s. | | | | looking for something small that you can fit |
| Well, there was no way toy makers weren't | | | | in the palm of your hand, there was the Mini |
| going to cash in on the GI Joe craze and give | | | | Pistols of the 60s. The guns included a 45, |
| the kids a gun that they could hold | | | | Luger, Patroller and a Derringer. These guns |
| themselves. Enter the GI Joe Machine Gun. | | | | were literally smaller than your hand. Each |
| The gun was 25 inches long and you had to | | | | one came with 5 bullets. Each gun came in |
| have a bit of strength to pull back the | | | | its own color and none of them looked very |
| firing bolt. This was one very well made | | | | real. But they were certainly fun to play |
| weapon. The gun comes with a strap so you | | | | with.In our last installment of this series |
| can hang it on your shoulder. The multi | | | | we'll take a look at some guns from the old |
| coloring of the gun doesn't make it look very | | | | west and other odds and ends. |
| real but it still does look very cool. Kids | | | | |