Wat Dis? (geezer edition)
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I had to look it up, so I'm disqualified from guessing. I got to say, I never heard of this thing before in my life.
Obviously it's a guy thing.
@catseye3 there were two types of cap gun when I was growing up.
(I know, I know - playing with guns promotes violence)
One of them was a revolver that held a coil of paper with embedded "caps" or little pockets of gunpowder. When you "fired" the gun, the hammer would strike a pocket, making a satisfactory sound, and an unforgettable smell.
The problem with these was the fact that you had to align the roll of "caps" to engage the hammer every time. It was a PITA.
The other kind was a carousel of plastic-enclosed caps that fit into the barrel of a revolver. Alignment was not a problem, and these were very reliable, albeit more expensive.
Obviously it's a guy thing.
Of course it is, LOL.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@catseye3 there were two types of cap gun when I was growing up.
(I know, I know - playing with guns promotes violence)
One of them was a revolver that held a coil of paper with embedded "caps" or little pockets of gunpowder. When you "fired" the gun, the hammer would strike a pocket, making a satisfactory sound, and an unforgettable smell.
The problem with these was the fact that you had to align the roll of "caps" to engage the hammer every time. It was a PITA.
The other kind was a carousel of plastic-enclosed caps that fit into the barrel of a revolver. Alignment was not a problem, and these were very reliable, albeit more expensive.
Obviously it's a guy thing.
Of course it is, LOL.
@george-k said in Wat Dis? (geezer edition):
@catseye3 there were two types of cap gun when I was growing up.
(I know, I know - playing with guns promotes violence)
One of them was a revolver that held a coil of paper with embedded "caps" or little pockets of gunpowder. When you "fired" the gun, the hammer would strike a pocket, making a satisfactory sound, and an unforgettable smell.
The problem with these was the fact that you had to align the roll of "caps" to engage the hammer every time. It was a PITA.
The other kind was a carousel of plastic-enclosed caps that fit into the barrel of a revolver. Alignment was not a problem, and these were very reliable, albeit more expensive.
Obviously it's a guy thing.
Of course it is, LOL.
The paper ones smelled better, though. We used to just unroll it and hit the caps with a hammer.
The Brad
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@george-k said in Wat Dis? (geezer edition):
@catseye3 there were two types of cap gun when I was growing up.
(I know, I know - playing with guns promotes violence)
One of them was a revolver that held a coil of paper with embedded "caps" or little pockets of gunpowder. When you "fired" the gun, the hammer would strike a pocket, making a satisfactory sound, and an unforgettable smell.
The problem with these was the fact that you had to align the roll of "caps" to engage the hammer every time. It was a PITA.
The other kind was a carousel of plastic-enclosed caps that fit into the barrel of a revolver. Alignment was not a problem, and these were very reliable, albeit more expensive.
Obviously it's a guy thing.
Of course it is, LOL.
The paper ones smelled better, though. We used to just unroll it and hit the caps with a hammer.
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@george-k said in Wat Dis? (geezer edition):
@catseye3 there were two types of cap gun when I was growing up.
(I know, I know - playing with guns promotes violence)
One of them was a revolver that held a coil of paper with embedded "caps" or little pockets of gunpowder. When you "fired" the gun, the hammer would strike a pocket, making a satisfactory sound, and an unforgettable smell.
The problem with these was the fact that you had to align the roll of "caps" to engage the hammer every time. It was a PITA.
The other kind was a carousel of plastic-enclosed caps that fit into the barrel of a revolver. Alignment was not a problem, and these were very reliable, albeit more expensive.
Obviously it's a guy thing.
Of course it is, LOL.
The paper ones smelled better, though. We used to just unroll it and hit the caps with a hammer.
@lufins-dad said in Wat Dis? (geezer edition):
We used to just unroll it and hit the caps with a hammer.
I have a vague memory that I pounded on the strip with a rock. But it didn't take for long as a big interest of mine. Too girly; the noise made me jump.
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@catseye3 there were two types of cap gun when I was growing up.
(I know, I know - playing with guns promotes violence)
One of them was a revolver that held a coil of paper with embedded "caps" or little pockets of gunpowder. When you "fired" the gun, the hammer would strike a pocket, making a satisfactory sound, and an unforgettable smell.
The problem with these was the fact that you had to align the roll of "caps" to engage the hammer every time. It was a PITA.
The other kind was a carousel of plastic-enclosed caps that fit into the barrel of a revolver. Alignment was not a problem, and these were very reliable, albeit more expensive.
Obviously it's a guy thing.
Of course it is, LOL.
@george-k said in Wat Dis? (geezer edition):
The problem with these was the fact that you had to align the roll of "caps" to engage the hammer every time. It was a PITA.
Yes
Sometimes, if you got it just right, you could shoot a bunch of caps by just pulling the trigger. But it was easy to get it jammed.
I expect that these days caps are a gateway to something evil and banned by all progressive thinkers.
It is too bad, you could learn a lot of practical physics, chemistry and mechanical lessons from caps. STEM for the real world.
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A few decades ago, a woman who worked for me took her sister and nephew down to Disneyworld. She bought her nephew a cap pistol and caps. Coming through security, the TSA person asked her why she had a gun in her luggage.
"I don't have a gun," was her replay, not thinking about the toy cap pistol.
Her sister then asked, "Joan, why do you have a gun in your luggage?"
It ended up with the toy pistol being confiscated - but even better they brought a bicycle box to remove the "incendiaries" (i.e. caps).
Made for a memorable trip.
