PARRIS CLASSIC QUALITY TOYS EST. 1936
PARRIS CLASSIC QUALITY TOYS EST. 1936
Parris Classic Quality Toys started as a woodworking plant, but at the start of World War II, it was asked by the Department of Defense to produce dummy training rifles for new soldiers. The thing was that all real rifles were sent directly to the Navy and Army training camps once manufactured. So new recruiters were using dummy rifles to learn the basics of handling and aiming until real rifles became available.
After WWII, the company switched to producing toy rifles applying the skill it gained making dummy guns. Quickly Parris Toys' guns expanded from only military rifles to frontier firearms, cowboy-style firearms, air pistols, civil war muskets, and guns of the American revolution time.
With Parris Toys, you can get a toy replica of an iconic Civil War gun. For example, the Kentucky rifle (a Parris cap rifle) is available in full-size and carbine variants and various colors. Kentucky flint-lock pistols are also available. The company also makes Wild-West-style toy revolvers, designing them after the legendary guns of that time, such as the Jesse James Colt Peacemaker and the Colt Army revolver that killed Billy the Kid. Parris Toys also manufactures lever-action and bolt-action rifles, M-14 replicas, Tommy Gun replicas, and so on. Some of them are fitted with plastic scopes.
Parris rifles and pistols use soft rubber ammo, ring caps, paper roll action caps, strip-action caps, plastic balls, or toy rifle ammo that mimics live rounds.
Even though there are real bows for kids with reduced draw weight and draw length, they are still subject to the age limit and can be dangerous. Parris Toys bows come with arrows having soft plastic heads for a safe play experience. Mind that these toys are for ages 6 and over, and adult supervision is highly recommended, if not required.
At Gritr Sports, you’ll find various Parris toy guns as well as toys that mimic items characteristic of the Wild West era.