Quote Originally Posted by mrto View Post

I agree the markings on both guns are far from ideal and are in fact I think poorly considered and almost wide eyed childish.They won't put me off buying either gun,though!

Certainly, there is some boyish cap gun,(to me,charm)about these Western Co2 revolvers and they are after all largely made of the same metal and plastic!

As a kid,(not the Milky Bar one)! I had a nickel plated "Lone Star" cap gun with moulded red plastic grips, which on both sides had steer skulls in relief complete with horns, I loved that gun!

I may even paint a pair of grips red for one of my nickel SAA's! I just love the colour contrast and it'll bring the cap gun I had back to life once again!
I still have mine. It is one of only two toys from very early childhood to survive (the other being my Teddy). Much of the pistol's nickel has flaked/chipped off the cast gun carcass since new, however, and the grips on mine are more a mottled marble effect red plastic than a pure red, but yes, I still have it, and it still works. I can even remember when my Mum (God rest her soul) gave it to me, too: the spring of '65 after my first ever day at pre-school on my own. Maybe this is why I am drawn to the new genre of Co2 Western-style Cowboy pistols? Any psychiatrists in the house?