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JudyM

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

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Mon Jun 13, 2016, 05:08 PM

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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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