PYROTOMIC DISINTEGRATOR PISTOL - PYRO - USA

Hard plastic space gun created by the Pyro Plastics Company. The Pyrotomic Pistol has a click action: when the trigger is pulled the barrel, the ramrod and the top fins move in while the gun emits a click.


There are two authenticated versions:
1 the metallic bronze and silver combination
2 so-called candy color version combining red and yellow (or black) plastic. The red version with the black barrel is the original depicted on the box.

Note: other color combinations have been discovered but there remains doubt about the authenticity of these pieces. They show distinct evidence of having come from a sub-standard mold. See here for details:

http://alphadrome.net/forums/topic/12205-finally-a-complete-pyrotomic-disintegrator/?tab=comments#comment-115150

A patent for the gun was filed in 1952 and published in 1953.
Pat No: 168972
Inventor: Grover C. Schaible