johnny 7

[mr. piper]

does anyone remember a toy called a "johnny 7"? it was a toy rifle in the 60's that had 7 elements to it grenades, a pistol etc i do.

[sddsddean]

Jonathon Ross often raves about it on his Radio 2 show on Saturday mornings. Apparently he has got about 8 of them which he has picked up in recent years.

[Oor Wullie]

Yep. My little brother had one in the sixties. So called because it fire 7 different types of amunition.

[Jike]

If you go to google images and type 'Johnny Seven' you can see one.

[Andy H.]

Yep,

I had one in the 60's.

Even now I'm reminded by other 'kids' that I had to have the biggest gun. It was actually a rifle which fired bullets, grenades etc. It was too heavy for kids to carry - but you used to lay on the floor with it. it had legs which folded into the body and was the dogs b******s of guns! My mates got their revenge some years later when they all had Chopper bikes and I was bought a Cheaper version, foreign I think, in bright orange!