Posted on 03/07/2010 2:52:45 PM PST by Copernicus
Yes, but they made much louder bang sounds than modern cap guns. I've noticed that the caps available now have so little gunpowder they barely work. At a very young age I dropped a brick on a roll of caps to see what would happen and the bang was so loud it made my ears ring. I tried something similar recently with some of the caps my son has and nothing much happened. The old cap guns also made a pleasant gunpowder smell.
try the 'wire' type side folder,it doesnt bother the controls and it sets the butt to a more comfy angle on the shoulder as well...
In that we are in complete agreement.
only once did i manage to get the whole roll to pop on a single brick bash...thought i was gonna be permanently deaf...
I was frustrated that cap makers couldn’t seem to agree with toy gun makers on a standard alignment and spacing. The result was often either no bang (sometimes with wasted caps) or two bangs together. Hitting them on the floor with a hammer was more satisfying because that always worked.
The yugo will swing past a 30 rd mag, but not a 40
I'll bet the print on everything you read was larger then, too.
Remember the old Army adage, "If you can't move it, paint it. If it has a switchblade knife, *SALUTE* it!" (Courtesy of Tom T. Hall...)
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I'll bet the print on everything you read was larger then, too.
1. I was playing with caps for quite some time before I learned to read, although that was at a normal age.
2. My recollection is that roll caps used to have noticeably raised bumps containing the gunpowder. The caps I have been able to obtain in more recent times for both my sons are much flatter, contain less powder, and therefore do not make as loud a bang.
3. "The revision of the US Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety ASTM F963-07, which became effective in February 2009, among other issues addresses the maximum noise level for various types of toys, including those for cap guns.
"... the maximum impulsive sound level measured at a 50 cm distance from the ear is established at 125 decibels (dB). "
4. The previous CPSC regulation required that the maximum allowed sound intensity for caps was 158 decibels at 25 cm. This is equivalent to 152 dB at 50 cm. This regulation is no older than 1973.
5. Some websites which discuss cap guns which I consulted indicate that caps used to contain on the order of 0.20 grains of powder. This ad from an online toy company says that their ring caps contain less than 0.002 grains of powder.
You have to open out the shoulder butt plate or it won't.
Odd design.
You’d get more noise from a mechanical snapper.
New bolt spring and a little breakfree every 200 rounds. My M1 has a single spring, newer models have dual springs.
What’s with that top she is wearing?
hence my like of the wire type side folder [still havent found the 'correct' screws tho]...even closed, the safety is easily accessable and the use of any mag is there as well, [although the 30 is best IMO as that is what its made for in everyday hands]...
Heck if I know. Trying to make a Sig Sauer T-shirt look sexy?
I have to admit, I admire the sheer gumption of it, though. "Oh, you doubt me? Well, here's just a little evidence I know what I'm talking about... (THUD!) So there!"
1. Caps are not as important a toy anymore so the remaining vendors save money by lowering quality and kids don't know what they're missing.
2. Government regulation and the safety culture.
Toy guns modified to be one shot zip guns
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