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Spoiler [paper rolls of kids cap gun caps](#spoiler)
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We were too poor to afford the guns. But the ice cream truck has them for a nickel a roll. So we'd just smash em with rocks. Fun times.
We were too poor to afford the guns. But the ice cream truck has them for a nickel a roll. So we'd just smash em with rocks. Fun times.
Yes! I remember trying to smash them with rocks or a hammer, stacking them multi-deep and smashing them for a bigger bang. I had a couple of the old chrome pot metal cap guns. I had a lot of fun in the woods with my friends blasting with them back and forth. Then came the BB guns...
Yes! I remember trying to smash them with rocks or a hammer, stacking them multi-deep and smashing them for a bigger bang. I had a couple of the old chrome pot metal cap guns. I had a lot of fun in the woods with my friends blasting with them back and forth. Then came the BB guns...
My fingernails could tell a tale about these.
My fingernails could tell a tale about these.
Ahhhhh, that pot metal meets gun powder burned paper aroma...
Ahhhhh, that pot metal meets gun powder burned paper aroma...
I can still smell it.
I can still smell it.
Lol i remember pistol whipping some brown kid with a cast iron snub nose revolver cap gun at school. Never even got in trouble.
Lol i remember pistol whipping some brown kid with a cast iron snub nose revolver cap gun at school. Never even got in trouble.
Old as dirt. Loved those things. For those that have no idea, kids guns used to make noises
Old as dirt. Loved those things. For those that have no idea, kids guns used to make noises
The paper rolls weren't too common when I was a kid. I had an 8 shot (I think) revolver that took little plastic rings of caps.
The paper rolls weren't too common when I was a kid. I had an 8 shot (I think) revolver that took little plastic rings of caps.
I knew but forgot. I guess that means I'm getting Alzheimer's.
I knew but forgot. I guess that means I'm getting Alzheimer's.
They were virtually outlawed about 50 years ago! Hard to believe it's been that long.
They were virtually outlawed about 50 years ago! Hard to believe it's been that long.
I remember the ring caps better.
I remember the ring caps better.
There are 2 answers for this IMO - I used to work in a toyshop. 1. Cap-guns 2. Penny-bombs
There are 2 answers for this IMO - I used to work in a toyshop.
1. Cap-guns
2. Penny-bombs
When the gun broke, we'd just lay the stip on something flat, press a coin or rock into it and rub it down the strip, blasting them fast to make it sound like a machine gun.
When the gun broke, we'd just lay the stip on something flat, press a coin or rock into it and rub it down the strip, blasting them fast to make it sound like a machine gun.
Oh hell yes! Take a hammer and smash!
We always had cap guns and these were a cheap treat.
Oh hell yes! Take a hammer and smash!
We always had cap guns and these were a cheap treat.
cheap treat.
I seem to remember being able to buy boxes of the cap rolls for about 5¢ a box in the 1960s. Back then cigarettes were around 35¢ a pack. Mom would cash a $50 check, buy all of the groceries, cleaning stuffs, etc, for the week, have enough left for my school lunch, dad's pocket change for coffee/etc at the local coffee shop, pay the milk man and anything else that popped up like kids asking for donations for various clubs and teams. Multiply that by about 15x for today's average family.
>cheap treat.
I seem to remember being able to buy boxes of the cap rolls for about 5¢ a box in the 1960s. Back then cigarettes were around 35¢ a pack. Mom would cash a $50 check, buy all of the groceries, cleaning stuffs, etc, for the week, have enough left for my school lunch, dad's pocket change for coffee/etc at the local coffee shop, pay the milk man and anything else that popped up like kids asking for donations for various clubs and teams. Multiply that by about 15x for today's average family.
$50. Life certainly seemed to make more sense back then.
$50. Life certainly seemed to make more sense back then.
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