I had all kinds of toy guns when I was a kid. I didn’t like them because they didn’t ‘look’ exactly like the ‘real’ ones I’d see in the Westerns. (I’ve always been a realist).
So I grew up loving the history of the Civil War and the American West. And I now have an 1886 Winchester and a Colt 1861 Army Model on my walls. Now they look right. :)
I can’t imagine many kids today going out into the woods and playing much of anything today, let alone with guns and playing war. Some, perhaps, but not many. Yet I recall bringing my cap guns to school when I was little. Other kids did also. No big deal. And no one would ever even think of suspension for such an innocent thing. That’s ridiculous.
Sad, but true. The good news, in my neck of the woods, is that I have a large area to myself for target practice. ;-)
What caliber is the 1886? Is it original?
The 1861 isn’t a very common replica. It’s a Navy Colt from 1851 that they made to look like the 1860 .44 but as a .36 caliber.