PLANET GUN - JANDA TRADING COMPANY - AUSTRALIA

Gold die-cast metal gun with sleek futuristic styling. Pop gun action. "PLANET" molded on the handle and space graphics on the barrel. The mechanism works much like the Buck Rogers Rocket Pistol: the gun is cocked by breaking the butt or handle. Known as the Australian Planet gun. Adverts date the gun to 1954. Advertising describes it as "self-explosive".