Oracle
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It has been many, many decades ago but the smell is remembered.
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It has been many, many decades ago but the smell is remembered.
That reminds me of when I was a youngster and we'd play "cowboys and Indians" I always had to play the Indian.....
cadmike
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I remember those cap guns very fondly. And the 50-cap rolls. Sometimes you’d gets duds. Or the roll would slip out of time with the hammer and you’d have to readjust.
LoboGunLeather
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Would you have it any other way?
I recall those had lots of fun as a kid. I was only allowed to shot them outside. Oh for those simple days of old.
Walter Rego
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Cap guns and the smell of firecrackers. Two favorites from my youth. Right up there with the smell of my Italian grandmother's kitchen.
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My Fanner 50(with REAL leather belt) loaded with a sticky cap on back and a spring loaded case with a plastic bullet in the front.......Load 6. Fan or SA. Bullet would hit a VERY close range target.
Do they even make toy guns today?
Do they even make toy guns today?
And then there was the time I wanted to see what would happen if I laid a whole roll on the sidewalk and hit it with a ball peen hammer.....
A couple of years ago I found this black floral holster on ebay and bought
it. I didn't have any guns that would fit it, but finally decided that a Colt's
1903-1908 would probably fit. But instead, I bought this Hubley pistol.
The seller sent a box of caps along with the Hubley, so I got to enjoy that
smell just fairly recently. Good memories. I gave the Hubley and the
holster to a great-grandson.
it. I didn't have any guns that would fit it, but finally decided that a Colt's
1903-1908 would probably fit. But instead, I bought this Hubley pistol.
The seller sent a box of caps along with the Hubley, so I got to enjoy that
smell just fairly recently. Good memories. I gave the Hubley and the
holster to a great-grandson.
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Nope, I was a natural at it...
I was a Greenie Stick-Um man
Ole Joe Clark
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I've owned this one since about 1948/49. My future BIL gave it to me either just before or just after he and my Sister were married in 1949. The springs are rusted away. It's a precious memory.
Have a blessed day,
Leon
Have a blessed day,
Leon
bigwheelzip
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We have photo proof, it all started with my mother-in-law.
My mother-in-law strapping a two six-gun rig on my hubby.
Our eldest, with her two six-gun rig.
My mother-in-law strapping a two six-gun rig on my hubby.
Our eldest, with her two six-gun rig.
Funny thing...as kids we chased each other all over my neighborhood with our capguns blastin' away...and yet none of us ever ended up shooting anybody for real...
Ranger17
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I think it was rare I actually shot caps in the gun.... seems the old “roll at a time with the hammer” method was preferred. Guess I had zero patience as a kid lol
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Dang! You're right OP. Just as I saw your post, the aroma returned. Thank you for helping me smell er... remember good times of the past.
Christmas in the Early 50's
My dad was a 1st Lt in the NEW Army Air Corps (US AF) so we were not rich, but my parents sure went all out at Christmas. And yes we later got a Red Ryder to share. I liked to stack as many caps as I could for one shot. Gotta' love those whistles too.
My dad was a 1st Lt in the NEW Army Air Corps (US AF) so we were not rich, but my parents sure went all out at Christmas. And yes we later got a Red Ryder to share. I liked to stack as many caps as I could for one shot. Gotta' love those whistles too.
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Aggie1906
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I didn't have any idea why they called them caps, but sure went through lots of them. The Civil War vets in my family were all gone by then. Uncle Bert talked of shooting the old muzzle loader, but skipped the cap part and got right to the crows.
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Dad cleaned out out the attic before garage sales were popular. In those days the Salvation Army would come to the house and pick stuff up.
He threw out my baseball cards. I remember originals of Roger Maris, Micky mantle, etc. (I never let him forget that.....LOL)
What he DIDN'T throw out was my Fanner Fifty and my Rifleman's Winchester. They now adorn the walls in my den.
He threw out my baseball cards. I remember originals of Roger Maris, Micky mantle, etc. (I never let him forget that.....LOL)
What he DIDN'T throw out was my Fanner Fifty and my Rifleman's Winchester. They now adorn the walls in my den.
While riding motorcycles though Montana me and my buddy stopped for gas on the reservation near the Little Big Horn battlefield. As we were drinking sodas and getting our gear pulled on, a car pulled in and a woman got out and went inside leaving a girl and a boy in the car. The boy had a cap gun, but I think he was out of ammo cause he was just snapping the hammer and no pop. Boy was he "shooting" everything! Then he saw us and "shot" me. I clutched my chest and fell to the ground, mortally wounded as his mom came back and got in the car. As they were leaving I was dusting myself off and I turned to my friend and said, "Someone should warn him about playing Cowboys and Indians. Around here the Indians win. Big time."
bearfoot
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didn't see any thoughts of how many cap rolls were in the brown box. thinking 5 rolls, i'm sure there were other size cap rolls, but i was lucky to get caps. remember the black mark on the curb when someone would hit a roll off, marked the brick too.
Try stretching out a roll on the driveway and riding the skateboard down it. Works good with bubble wrap too. Machine gun!
LoboGunLeather
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The origin of paper caps was for ignition of muzzle-loading firearms, and roll caps were used in a mechanism that automatically advanced the roll as the hammer was cocked. This was one of the developments that came along during the same time period that saw percussion caps replacing flintlock and matchlock ignition (roughly 1820s to 1850s). Essentially a means for providing percussion ignition via paper cap rather than metallic percussion caps.
Those old roll cap ignition devices were functionally identical to toy cap guns. The primary differences of the toy guns being no provisions for ball, shot, or powder charge to ignite, only a hammer and anvil for a noise maker.
The toy cap-firing guns remained long after paper cap-lock firearms passed into history, and survived until societal trends ended their popularity.
Chubbo
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My 2¢ worth.
Don't feel bad Snubby, when we were kids, being blue eyed, and white skinned, I never got a chance to play the Indian.
Chubbo
Don't feel bad Snubby, when we were kids, being blue eyed, and white skinned, I never got a chance to play the Indian.
Chubbo
aint that the TRUTH
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