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Buffalo Bill Gun

Toy gun made by the Milton Bradley Company

Field	Value
name	Buffalo Bill Gun
type	Toy gun
company	Milton Bradley
country	United States
from	1884
to	?

The Buffalo Bill Gun was one of the first toys made by the Milton Bradley Company. The toy was based on the popular Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The strenuous life, so widely favored as the century drew to its close, was reflected in many games that Americans played at home. The Milton Bradley Company, like many other game manufacturers, was alert to the trend. As soon as Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show had proved to be popular, company technicians devised the Buffalo Bill Gun, a wooden model that shot wooden pellets.

Overview

The popular ''Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show'' served as inspiration for the toy

The Buffalo Bill Gun was the most popular toy the company had produced to date. Appearing in 1884, it was immediately sold out and the Company could not keep up with the re-orders.

The expansion of the factory allowed the Company to produce other products that would not have been possible before expansion, such as the lawn game Enchantment, Pitch-a-Ring, Ring Toss, or Jackstraws. The popularity of the toy led to the production of inexpensive competitors; to compete with the knockoffs, Milton Bradley produced its own "cheap gun", the Springfield.

References

(2010). "It's All in the Game". Putnam.
(September 15, 1884). "Springfield Notes". The American Bookseller.
(May 6, 1886). "Trade Items". The American Stationer.

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