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Had a bunch.
ReplyDeleteWore several of them out
ReplyDeleteCat 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!
ReplyDeleteDid 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
ReplyDeleteYes I do. Loved the smell of the caps exploding.
ReplyDeleteStill have mine from the 60's
ReplyDeleteHad 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.
ReplyDeleteYou'd be killed on site now.
ReplyDeleteHad more fun taking the roll of caps out of the guns and hitting them with rocks or a hammer to get the pop.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Brings back good memories - person seen first lost or shot.
ReplyDeleteI hated trying to use those in late summer. This Maryland humidity would make the cap strip too soft and they wouldn't ignite.
ReplyDeleteI guess you cna't buy them anymore, huh?
I had two of them with holsters. One for each hip
ReplyDeleteAlso 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".
ReplyDeleteYep,had a Fanner 50 and a Big Bang cannon.
ReplyDeleteNever had a toy gun.My dad gave me a real gun with blanks until I got old enough to use real bullets.
ReplyDeletei am afraid to acknowledge ownership as i may trigger someone (pun intended) and be labeled a racist and white nationalist.....
ReplyDelete,,,on the other hand, so what? i had a ton of 'em!!!
Had that and next was a Red Rider BB gun.
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ReplyDeleteEvery 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.
ReplyDeleteWhen 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)
ReplyDeleteLoved the Cap Pistol's !! And The Caps !!! Always rolled and Bang in The pistol !! Hell yeah !! Bang Bang Bang ..
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot more fun, and way louder to just take out the roll and smack it with a hammer.
ReplyDeleteTwo bolts and a nut, a few caps, give it a toss end over end and you had a grenade!
ReplyDeleteNorthwest 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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