Did you own a cap gun ?

[Mikey]

My Ma would never let me get a cap gun because she thought they were dangerous.

Luckily it never bothered me much because I really wasn't into toy guns -- gimme a phaser an day

[Werewolf]

My Ma would never let me get a cap gun because she thought they were dangerous.

My Mom actually had a cap gun when she was little. She and my grandfather loved watching westerns together.

I think I had maybe one. I was way more into toy laser guns that had lights and sounds. I had the Kenner Han Solo blaster and the Mattel Battlestar Galactica laser.

[Iron Mego]

I had cap guns, and other toys that you could put the caps in, like little bombs. Also, we liked to light the caps on fire, as well as smash a big roll of them with a hammer. I was a little bit of a pyro.

[thunderbolt]

I had a Lone Ranger set, two pistols, holsters, belt and mask.

[palitoy]

My dad sold Caps, he had the exclusive on a line from Spain, looked like little plastic bullets that made a huge bang. I still have a display of the guns in my office.

The RCMP confiscated his remaining inventory in the late 1980s as the stuff was gun powder.

[drquest]

Always had cap guns around, and still have a couple of them. I can smell the caps after they were fired even now....

[Mikey]

My dad sold Caps, he had the exclusive on a line from Spain, looked like little plastic bullets that made a huge bang. I still have a display of the guns in my office.

The RCMP confiscated his remaining inventory in the late 1980s as the stuff was gun powder.

That's interesting

The only ones I remember seeing came in a long red paper roll (similar to old movie tickets)

[Nostalgiabuff]

had lots of them, all shapes and sizes. and yeah, we used to take a whole roll of the paper ones and smash them with a rock or whatever was handy

[Wee67]

I had lots of those mini missles/rockets. You'd put a cap in the tip and toss 'em up, the cap going off when they hit the ground. I remember even using rocks to blast the red strips of caps. I think i may have had a gun at some point, but I wasn't really into Westerns or the toys they inspired.

[cjefferys]

I had a Lone Ranger cap gun when I was around 6 or 7, it was cool because the holster had a little silver bullet in a loop that you could remove. I remember thinking it was real silver. It used those long red strips of caps. And I had a bunch of those little rockets that you threw up in the air too. Caps were so fun, kids today are missing out.

[Hedji]

Oh yeah!!! We were well-armed at all times.

I bought my daughter a cap gun for her birthday, and believe me, it is difficult to find roll caps these days. I'm sad to report, either I got a bad batch, or they just don't make 'em like they used to. Lots of silent misfires, and the ones that did pop were very quiet.

[HardyGirl]

My brothers and I had them. Mine was a silver gun w/ a fake pearl handle w/ a bovine on it. And we had rolls of the red cap paper.

[ScottA]

Absolutely!!!

[knight errant00]

A beloved pair in a dual holster belt!

[jwyblejr]

I had all kinds. My favorite was the musket rifle one I had. You could only fire one cap at a time but it was still fun.