My grandchildren
Posted on 12/04/2005 12:41:07 PM PST by Conservababe
I want to buy my five year old grandson a western outfit and a real cap gun for Christmas. I can't find a cap gun. I was politely told in ToysrUs that they didn't carry anything that dangerous. For heaven's sake, what is dangerous about caps? My brothers used them at an early age. When I do a google search, I am offered 'clickable' guns, but not the real thing.
Anyone have any information on this gun control?
My grandchildren
We did it an easier way.
Place a whole roll of caps on the concrete (standing like a wheel).
Give it a good hard smack with a hammer!
Is his hero St. Gabriel Possenti?
But the roll cap guns were more realistic. You could shoot a hundred times without reloading, just like the movie cowboys.
Cap Gun: Standard 50 Shot Roll Caps (750 shots)
Code: 7002
Price: $1.69
I see you have Confederate prodigy, too. LOL
That looks like an authentic Western photograph :)
I hope you find what you're looking for. Playing cowboy with cap pistols is a childhood tradition. It would be a shame if the PC crowd ruined that, too.
$1.69??
Gezz, in my day we thought a nickle was expensive. But pop bottles were abundant along the ditches, which were worth 2 cents. In no time we would have money for caps, a 10 cent bar and a 7 cent pop.
I read about this St. Gabriel recently, but haven't done a lesson for the kids. Good thing to put on the list!
Yes, they went to re-enactors' camp this summer, and now they're hooked. Anything that involves hours of marching is good for boys, imo!
LOL....the seven year old granddaughter is a Southern belle spy, the five year grandson is a stern Confederate general and the three year old grandson is a Confederate outrider. This is my favorite picture of them.
And yes, I do think kids can have great fun from traditional toys.
Yep, I forgot to mention that! If the pin is rusty and/or pulled out quickly, the heat or spark can set them off in your hand. Been there as well!
I can remember paying 5-cents for a box of caps and each box contained 5 rolls.
But pop bottles were abundant along the ditches, which were worth 2 cents. In no time we would have money for caps, a 10 cent bar and a 7 cent pop.
I used to go house to house seeing if any lazy housewives were willing to donate empty bottles to the cause. (The cause being me, of course.)
I was a little more on the brutal side. Just take the whole roll of caps, place upon an anvil and hit the entire roll with a ball peen hammer. If that didn't ring one's bell, nothing did.
We tried that too. Ever get a hammer claw recoiled into your shoulder? Or flying concrete shrapnel? Ouch!
You had an anvil? Rich kids had it all.
Betcha it's blue.
I should have read all of the posts before I posted. I see you and I went to the same school.
Your post reminds me of seven year old twin boys we had in the hospital where I used to work. They had somehow found some gun powder in the attic of their grandmother's house. They took it outside and played the Road Runner cartoon, placing two long lines, and then lighting it with kitchen matches.
They were hurting for a couple of days, but not seriously hurt.
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