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Had a bunch.
Wore several of them out
Cat would see it and go hide
The biggest thrill was taking a whole roll of caps, sitting it on the sidewalk and slamming it with the blunt end of a baseball bat. BOY was that loud!
Did you guys ever hit the entire roll with a hammer or was that just us? And yeah I have the tinnitus to pay for it haha
Yes I do. Loved the smell of the caps exploding.
Still have mine from the 60's
Had several growing up/ I had to learn safety in handling it then have fun with it. Learned how to shoot properly and handle a real weapon with these toys.
You'd be killed on site now.
Had more fun taking the roll of caps out of the guns and hitting them with rocks or a hammer to get the pop.
I had a Mattel Fanner 50 that I lost in the woods behind our house way out in the country. It's probably still there, almost 60 years later.
Thanks! Brings back good memories - person seen first lost or shot.
I hated trying to use those in late summer. This Maryland humidity would make the cap strip too soft and they wouldn't ignite.
I guess you cna't buy them anymore, huh?
I had two of them with holsters. One for each hip
Also a Red Rider B.B gun and gloves with a western hat. I was king of the cowboys at Upper Fairmount Md.
If kids walked around now wearing these he would be arrested for "Disturbing the Peace" or "Inciting a Riot".
Yep,had a Fanner 50 and a Big Bang cannon.
Never had a toy gun.My dad gave me a real gun with blanks until I got old enough to use real bullets.
i am afraid to acknowledge ownership as i may trigger someone (pun intended) and be labeled a racist and white nationalist.....
,,,on the other hand, so what? i had a ton of 'em!!!
Had that and next was a Red Rider BB gun.
Every kid had them and we spent hours playing Cowboys & Indians or Cops & Robbers.
Their Ivory handled pistols only and New Orleans Pimp would have pearl handled side arms.
When the gun broke you could beat whole rolls of those caps on a rock with a hammer. It's a wonder I am not blind sparks and burning paper flying in your face.
10:27 yep I did it to (map)
Loved the Cap Pistol's !! And The Caps !!! Always rolled and Bang in The pistol !! Hell yeah !! Bang Bang Bang ..
It was a lot more fun, and way louder to just take out the roll and smack it with a hammer.
Two bolts and a nut, a few caps, give it a toss end over end and you had a grenade!
Northwest Woodsman: Yup, had several of those goofy looking cap pistols in the 50s and learned gun handling skills with them and a Daisy bb rifle. Graduated to a Winchester .22 semiautomatic rifle and HiStandard .22 revolver when I was about 13. My friends had similar experiences and since violence was not a component of our culture, we never harbored any thoughts of using guns in a violent manner. Never, in our 90% white country, were there any school shootings, shootouts at sporting events or at ant other “youth” events. I’ll leave it to you to guess what happened. Oh, I still have that Winchester in my collection. Funny, it functions exactly like an AR-15. I guess the wooden stock makes it less scary.
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