Here's something you may never have seen (5 different old restored shooters lined up 1930s-1960s)

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Kind of a follow up thread to this one: https://forums.arcade-museum.com/th...seen-4-old-restored-shooters-lined-up.519689/

In this case, though, there are 5 instead of 4, and all 5 are different. There were only 2 different games in the last thread.

These date from the 1960s (left side) to the 1930s (right side).

These are all completely mechanical. Springs, levers, gears, wind up clocks powering a whack-a-mole type mechanism, etc.

All metal parts in all games have been completely polished out. Many hundreds of parts, many hundreds of hours in the tumbler.

All original parts, including back doors, locks, coin box, etc.

The only reproduction parts are glass and glass decals on the 2 right hand games and small hardware like screws.

All games work perfectly.

These are tons of fun!
 

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Back sides.
 

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Inside look and instruction sheets for the oldest 2.
 

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As you can see from the first pic, it's quite difficult to take pics of these due to how shiny they are.

See the "3" bullseyes on the Buffalo game in the first pic? 2 of them are just reflections.

Most of the playfields and many other parts it's very easy to see my reflection.

Here are a couple more random pics.
 

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10 shots for 1 cent! I'm guessing that one was from the '30s.
 
From left to right:

Silver Dollar Saloon: Serial # puts this one at 1987, although this exact machine was made from the 1960s-1980s (al kinds of variants, some take a dime, etc).
Duck Hunter: 1950s
Buffalo Hunter: 1940s
Challenger: Marked 1946
Target Skill: Serial number puts this specific machine at 1942
 
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