Johnny Seven

[philip964]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCBvu9MX-po

Johnny Seven Commercial.

[Keith B]

Topper made some cool toys. Most like this one were a little early for me (I was almost 5 in 1964). Topper also had a line of guns called 'Johnny Eagle' and they included a M-14 and other military style guns, as well as hunting and western-style rifles and pistols.

Here are some of the guns in the Johnny Eagle line
https://www.google.com/search?q=Johnny+ ... 66&bih=681

I was into guns about 7 and got this one as a Christmas gift.



Got my first BB gun that year as well, but knew one was for play and one was not. I had other military style toy guns over the next few years that were off-brands. First single-shot .22 was for Christmas at 8 (almost 9.)

[Jusme]

Topper made some cool toys. Most like this one were a little early for me (I was almost 5 in 1964). Topper also had a line of guns called 'Johnny Eagle' and they included a M-14 and other military style guns, as well as hunting and western-style rifles and pistols.

Here are some of the guns in the Johnny Eagle line
https://www.google.com/search?q=Johnny+ ... 66&bih=681

I was into guns about 7 and got this one as a Christmas gift.



Got my first BB gun that year as well, but knew one was for play and one was not. I had other military style toy guns over the next few years that were off-brands. First single-shot .22 was for Christmas at 8 (almost 9.)

You know that according to Left Wingers you should be in a mental institution because of the violent influences you had in your life.

I didn't have that brand of toy gun, but I had one that you pulled a lever back which loaded a spring, and then when you pulled the trigger it made machine gun noises, and there was a red plastic tube moving back and forth out of the end of the barrel.
Maybe we need to be in the same ward.

[Keith B]

Maybe we need to be in the same ward.

I had one of the ones with the red plastic simulated muzzle flash tips too. At least we would have something in common to talk about.

My folks were fine with me playing with toy guns. In the rural part of Missouri i lived in there were VERY few people who didn't own real guns. However, most were long guns for hunting or protection of farm animals from predators. You really didn't see a lot of people with handguns unless they were law enforcement. Maybe a .22 six-gun or something, but not a lot of .38's or larger caliber revolvers or semi-auto pistols; those started showing up mid-70's when people started realizing there was a need for home defense. However, many still just kept a loaded shotgun for that.

[Pawpaw]

Among my other toy guns, I had a Mattel (I think) snub-nose .38. It had six cartridges with springs inside the casing and plastic bullets you pushed onto the casing. You put a Greenie Stick-em Cap on the back of each cartridge and loaded them in the gun. When you pulled the trigger, the hammer would hit the cap and shake the bullet loose which was then supposed to fly out the barrel. More often than not, all 6 bullets would launch at once.

[Diesel42]

LOL!
I had the Johnny Seven back in the day, it lasted a couple of years. There were 6-8 of us playing "army" every weekend in my neighborhood. My neighborhood was working class; TV's were black & white, movies expensive, and the Moms wanted us outside until it got dark.
Good times!
Nick

[Dadtodabone]

I started chasing girls just as the One Man Army was being introduced. War games were conducted with the Trainer drill rifle in my day. Wood and metal, functional bolt and sling. I believe they cost around 3 USD.