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C1920’s Wyandotte ‘All Metal Products’ Pump Cork Ball Rifle Toy Gun. AI 737. - AI 737 All Metal Products Company was an American toy company founded in 1920 and based in Wyandotte, Michigan for most of its history. It produced inexpensive pressed metal toys under the Wyandotte brand name, and was the largest manufacturer of toy guns in the US for several decades in the 20th century. The company's slogan was "Wyandotte Toys are Good and Safe." To keep costs down, the company used scrap and surplus raw materials whenever possible, often manufacturing their toys from scrap metal obtained from local auto factories. Initially, All Metal Products Company specialized in toy guns, including pop guns, water pistols, and air rifles. Their slogan in the 1920s was "Every Boy Wants a Pop Gun." By 1927 they had become the world's largest manufacturer of toy guns. Wyandotte Toys stopped manufacturing air rifles in 1929, but continued to dominate the toy gun market throughout the remainder of their history by producing pop guns, clicker pistols, dart guns and pistols, cap guns and a variety of plastic pistols. Wyandotte c1920s All Metal Products Co. pump action five shoot spring-loading feed cork ball toy rifle gun. You can find this rare and unusual pump action gun that shoots round cork balls listed in Jim Schleyer Backyard Buckaroos Collecting Western Toy Guns book on page 343 - P44. Chamber can hold 5 5/8" cork balls which will feed automatically with each pump of the rifle. You need to pull back hard to cock the rifle. The rifle is black metal *showing age related wear in parts* with wood stock and 34” long. The wooden stock is held in place by 3 pins * slight movement* The price for this rare and difficult to find toy includes UK delivery. AI 737. £195.00
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