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geardaddy

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27. Interesting that they allow those to be sold in the U.K.

Reply to progressoid (Reply #12)

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 05:06 PM

Jun 2016

Some of those guns look real!

Here in the US they have required that they all have bright colors even on squirt guns so that people don't mistake them for actual firearms.

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You have to be a certain age to get this [View all] dixiegrrrrl Jun 2016 OP

Caps! djean111 Jun 2016 #1

Me too, but I don't miss my ears ringing. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #2

Cowboys and Indians! hay rick Jun 2016 #3

I used to have a cap-powered potato gun JBoy Jun 2016 #4

Mom never let us have toy guns RoccoR5955 Jun 2016 #5

Like banging them with a rock on a bigger rock was safe or something. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2016 #6

Safety glasses? What about ear protection? Brother Buzz Jun 2016 #10

my ears are ringing Just thinking about that... Callmecrazy Jun 2016 #22

There was not much smoke and little heat, but damn, it was loud! Brother Buzz Jun 2016 #25

I consider that preparation for rock concerts years later... dixiegrrrrl Jun 2016 #40

We never thought about hitting an entire roll! We just did them one at a time. Arkansas Granny Jun 2016 #42

I remember! progressoid Jun 2016 #7

hit them with a rock on the side walk! Florencenj2point0 Jun 2016 #8

My grandchildren can't touch them but I will Florencenj2point0 Jun 2016 #9

I don't know about the paper ones but progressoid Jun 2016 #12

Interesting that they allow those to be sold in the U.K. geardaddy Jun 2016 #27

Caps! Gunpowder! The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2016 #11

Did that once with a croquet mallet Zorro Jun 2016 #36

Me too! Laffy Kat Jun 2016 #13

I used to sit at the end of the driveway with a hammer and pop these. DawgHouse Jun 2016 #14

Yes, and remember the toy "bombs" you could load with them? Tom Kitten Jun 2016 #15

Oh man, I had for gotten all about those. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2016 #18

I had one of those, Mendocino Jun 2016 #20

Do you remember Cigarette Loads IcyPeas Jun 2016 #16

I put one in my dad's pipe one time. Blew burning tobacco everywhere. Major Nikon Jun 2016 #21

lol Renew Deal Jun 2016 #26

Youy can still get them at the fireworks stores... nt Callmecrazy Jun 2016 #23

The real test for paper cap users marked50 Jun 2016 #17

Ooh, that's hardcore! I used a rock. And usually about 10 tries per cap. JudyM Jun 2016 #28

Sharp edges always worked but marked50 Jun 2016 #32

Oh, yeah, totally! JudyM Jun 2016 #33

But did you ever Mendocino Jun 2016 #19

Yep. We used to destroy model ships with them, and a little lighter fluid. malthaussen Jun 2016 #39

I miss that smell too. NaturalHigh Jun 2016 #24

I was never allowed the gun but used to set them off with a pebble from our street. applegrove Jun 2016 #29

Rocks seem to be more popular in this thread than halving a cap gun. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2016 #35

I have a friend who, as a child, used to shoot the cap gun inside her mouth and valerief Jun 2016 #30

Geeze, thanks for reminding me. Caps..loved them Paper Roses Jun 2016 #31

We still had them in the 60s TexasBushwhacker Jun 2016 #34

We still had them in the 1970s. applegrove Jun 2016 #37

I inhaled so much of it Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #38

Yeah I remember those 47of74 Jun 2016 #41

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