Ah, caps. If your cap gun wasn’t working, you could sit on the sidewalk and hit the caps with a rock. Or you could ignite them with a flick of the thumbnail; they wouldn’t go bang, but you got a flash and a puff of that wonderful-smelling smoke. A session of this usually ended when the burning powder from a cap lodged under your thumbnail.
And yes, hitting one or more rolls with a sledgehammer made a grand bang. Probably what caused at least part of my tinnitus.
And yes, hitting one or more rolls with a sledgehammer made a grand bang. Probably what caused at least part of my tinnitus.
I remember the smell of burning thumbnail all too well. :-)