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My childhood gun I used to kill alot of bad guys (Original Post) packman Jun 2021 OP
I totally had a couple of these. Ray Bruns Jun 2021 #1
LOL. We ditched the gun for Granddad's hammer, too! CrispyQ Jun 2021 #3
The origin of the term "Bustin' caps". Aristus Jun 2021 #11
We'd do a whole pile at once ironflange Jun 2021 #14
I did that in the carport of my house in 1963 and my ears still ring from it. Chainfire Jun 2021 #5
Talk about high ammo capacity !! nt eppur_se_muova Jun 2021 #2
:))))))))) HUAJIAO Jun 2021 #4
My brothers had them. iwillalwayswonderwhy Jun 2021 #6
Back in the days when the Sears and Montgomery Wards Christmas catalogs Sneederbunk Jun 2021 #7
I had one of those too. Archae Jun 2021 #8
No match for my Fanner Fifty! Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2021 #9
Here's mine ironflange Jun 2021 #10
I see that's a semi- onethatcares Jun 2021 #13
Millennials, deprived of their childhood guns, HubertHeaver Jun 2021 #12

Ray Bruns

(4,117 posts)
1. I totally had a couple of these.
Mon Jun 14, 2021, 10:49 AM
Jun 2021

Then I found out if you hit a whole roll of caps with a hammer, It makes a much bigger bang.

Aristus

(66,474 posts)
11. The origin of the term "Bustin' caps".
Mon Jun 14, 2021, 01:27 PM
Jun 2021

I loved that gunpowdery smell.

One of the reasons I loved tank live-fire exercises so much...

iwillalwayswonderwhy

(2,603 posts)
6. My brothers had them.
Mon Jun 14, 2021, 11:10 AM
Jun 2021

I was a girl, I only got dolls.

Looking at this picture instantly brought that sulfur smell to mind.

Sneederbunk

(14,310 posts)
7. Back in the days when the Sears and Montgomery Wards Christmas catalogs
Mon Jun 14, 2021, 11:23 AM
Jun 2021

had several pages for toy guns.

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