NIGHTLORD40K
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Yup, thats the one.
Ah the good old days of toy guns.
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NIGHTLORD40K
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Our elementary school principal was a Light Colonel in 'Nam. He would routinely bring in GI and VC artifacts for Show and Tell . Once he passed around a (very much functional) M1903 and a stripper clip of live rounds!
Love this!
Reloadron
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Fond memories of Boys Life magazine where each month the last page was a Remington or Winchester .22 every kid just drooled over. Cap guns were fun and we damn well knew our cap guns and BB guns from real guns.
Ron
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One of my junior high teachers was only a couple years out of VN; he'd retired as an SFC and had the all-time best military stories (always funny, never about the actual combat). But our JROTC instructor was a gun guy (we had both a rifle team and a drill team in my high school) and there was often a bit of show-and-tell in the parking lot...
Ah, yes -- back when America was training its boys to become men. Now, we're training our boys to become women.
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Yup. Been there done that. 1984. Traveling to visit family. Plastic 1911. Not even a cap gun or dart gun. Confiscated. Never saw it again.
Thanks for the memories.
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22250Rem
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Dug out a few toy guns from about 1991, when my son was 8 years old. One of which is still unopened in the original packaging. Came from Dollar General and used 8 shot ring caps.
. A used one that still works:
. Along with a 1911 style cap pistol from the same era that my wife commandeered to shoot at flocks of Canada Geese when they got too close to the house making a mess of the lawn.
... Takes roll caps which we still have some of.
. The 1911 cap gun didn't bother the geese after the first day or two. They got used to it, because it's not really very loud. I eventually got her a blank pistol that fires those "acorn blanks" and is much louder.
.. Not really a toy so it's a bit off topic, but the geese don't like it, which makes us happy.
. A used one that still works:
. Along with a 1911 style cap pistol from the same era that my wife commandeered to shoot at flocks of Canada Geese when they got too close to the house making a mess of the lawn.
... Takes roll caps which we still have some of.
. The 1911 cap gun didn't bother the geese after the first day or two. They got used to it, because it's not really very loud. I eventually got her a blank pistol that fires those "acorn blanks" and is much louder.
.. Not really a toy so it's a bit off topic, but the geese don't like it, which makes us happy.
Luckily, we were just dropping off my grandparents. (For those who are too young to know or remember, you used to be allowed in the terminal even if you weren't flying).
Toy guns?
I still have a little cap cannon as part of my "battery."
It's the lower left one. The other two actually shoot BP loads. Big one is 1/2" bore I built from scrap material. The little muzzleloader was from a ship model cannon, and I built the carriage. Have to use FFFFG priming powder in that little guy. They're "toys," too, but I'm in my sixth or seventh childhood.
I still have a little cap cannon as part of my "battery."
It's the lower left one. The other two actually shoot BP loads. Big one is 1/2" bore I built from scrap material. The little muzzleloader was from a ship model cannon, and I built the carriage. Have to use FFFFG priming powder in that little guy. They're "toys," too, but I'm in my sixth or seventh childhood.
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theotherwaldo
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Some of my 'toy' long guns were worn out or broken real guns that I had patched together from junk.
One of my favorites was a bolt-action shotgun with no moving parts and a shattered buttstock.
I wire-brushed and lacquered the receiver and barrel, replaced the trigger, bolt and trigger guard with odds and ends, all painted gold.
I glued the stock back together and then carefully covered it with pieces from a ruined mink coat.
My 'solid mink shotgun' was the gaudiest wall-hanger/toy that I have ever seen... .
One of my favorites was a bolt-action shotgun with no moving parts and a shattered buttstock.
I wire-brushed and lacquered the receiver and barrel, replaced the trigger, bolt and trigger guard with odds and ends, all painted gold.
I glued the stock back together and then carefully covered it with pieces from a ruined mink coat.
My 'solid mink shotgun' was the gaudiest wall-hanger/toy that I have ever seen... .
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