What are these?
- Thread starter mikeboggess
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Oh man....does that bring back memories!
Those are Mattel toy pistol rounds. The bullet presses down into the "shell". The little clips grab the inside of the shell. They went into Mattel toy guns and the hammer would drive them forward enough to press in the clips and then the spring would throw the bullet out the barrel.
I had 2 of those toys when I was a kid, back in the dark ages when dinosaurs roamed the earth.
A "Greeie Stick-um-Cap was placed on the back of the shell to make a pop when you fired it.
Those are Mattel toy pistol rounds. The bullet presses down into the "shell". The little clips grab the inside of the shell. They went into Mattel toy guns and the hammer would drive them forward enough to press in the clips and then the spring would throw the bullet out the barrel.
I had 2 of those toys when I was a kid, back in the dark ages when dinosaurs roamed the earth.
A "Greeie Stick-um-Cap was placed on the back of the shell to make a pop when you fired it.
Geezerbiker
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As I recall they were called, shootn'shells...
Tony
Tony
madmo44mag
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I'll not comment.
It could show my age.
It could show my age.
Mattel Shootn'Shell. Spring loaded plastic bullets that actually propelled across the room and shot your Cousin's eye out. They could be used in the Mattel revolvers, Derringers, or the rolling block rifle. Couldn't afford the greenie stick'em caps, but they worked just fine without them. I had a Derringer and the rifle. My Cousin had two revolvers. I didn't actually shoot his eye out, but he cried for 30 minutes. Well, he stuck his head up from behind the couch, and I took the shot. What was I supposed to do? It was a gun fight.
aarondhgraham
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My sister hated those,,,
My sister hated those,,,
Her butt was my favorite target.
Ah, the good old days.
Aarond
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My sister hated those,,,
Her butt was my favorite target.
Ah, the good old days.
Aarond
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mikeboggess
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Thanks to all of you, I can finally sleep now!
kilimanjaro
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Bozz, great story. I think I was in cap gun age before the Mattel stuff, but we used to have BB gun fights, wearing WWII leather bomber jackets from the parent's closets. The BBs still hurt !
Back then, the new GI Joe dolls just came out. It was our consensus that Sgt. Rock ruled the roost, anyone who had a DOLL ! was some lavender kind of nancy boy that deserved to have their own foxhole in the Normandy Drop Zone/Bataan/Iwo Jima/Chosin Reservoir vacant field that was just a couple hundred yards from our houses.
Back then, the new GI Joe dolls just came out. It was our consensus that Sgt. Rock ruled the roost, anyone who had a DOLL ! was some lavender kind of nancy boy that deserved to have their own foxhole in the Normandy Drop Zone/Bataan/Iwo Jima/Chosin Reservoir vacant field that was just a couple hundred yards from our houses.
Sure Shot Mc Gee
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Ok now that we know what they are. How far back is back? (yr) Reason being the only Mattel toy I had was Issued to me in 67.
Can't remember the exact year, mid 60s, I had an awesome tommygun. Finned barrel, cuts compensator, they even copied the flip up ladder rear sight.
box magazine (fixed, it was a toy), the only thing that was "off" was the whole thing was OD green.
It was so cool, as unlike the "toy" toy subguns, where just pulling the trigger made a continuous RAT-TAT-TAT, mine, you pulled back the M1 style cocking knob, and as you pulled the trigger, it moved forward, RAT-A-Tat-Tat...
Then you had to cock it again!
Can no longer remember if it was Mattell, or not, but a lot of the good stuff was...
Also had a Man from U.N.C.L.E P-38 that folded up into a camera!
good times!
box magazine (fixed, it was a toy), the only thing that was "off" was the whole thing was OD green.
It was so cool, as unlike the "toy" toy subguns, where just pulling the trigger made a continuous RAT-TAT-TAT, mine, you pulled back the M1 style cocking knob, and as you pulled the trigger, it moved forward, RAT-A-Tat-Tat...
Then you had to cock it again!
Can no longer remember if it was Mattell, or not, but a lot of the good stuff was...
Also had a Man from U.N.C.L.E P-38 that folded up into a camera!
good times!
Prof Young
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Fanner Fifty
Yes. I too had the Fanner Fifty. And there was a plastic cowboy you could have a show down with. You pulled the string and he'd raise his gun and "fire" (a cap). If you could hit him with the shooing shell first you won. His draw speed had variable settings.
Spent hours with that thing. This was back in the days when kids played with toys, not watched toys play.
Live well, be safe.
Prof Young
Yes. I too had the Fanner Fifty. And there was a plastic cowboy you could have a show down with. You pulled the string and he'd raise his gun and "fire" (a cap). If you could hit him with the shooing shell first you won. His draw speed had variable settings.
Spent hours with that thing. This was back in the days when kids played with toys, not watched toys play.
Live well, be safe.
Prof Young
AMP 44, I had one of those also. I was the sergeant from Combat and we kept Woodburn Indiana safe from Germans. Also had the derringer.
Also had a Mattel Vic Morro Thompson that the magazine would open and you put a roll of caps in,,,,, it would actually fire full auto.
No kidding, I have been trying to find one of those for years.
Thanks for the memories mikeboggess and reminding me just how OLD I am.
Also had a Mattel Vic Morro Thompson that the magazine would open and you put a roll of caps in,,,,, it would actually fire full auto.
No kidding, I have been trying to find one of those for years.
Thanks for the memories mikeboggess and reminding me just how OLD I am.
mikeboggess
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Full auto cap gun
i briefly had one of those, I say briefly because my mom did not like the smoke from the caps in the house, not to mention I was always saying "buy me some more caps if you go to the store". It mysteriously disappeared.
i briefly had one of those, I say briefly because my mom did not like the smoke from the caps in the house, not to mention I was always saying "buy me some more caps if you go to the store". It mysteriously disappeared.
Glenn E. Meyer
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I had a tommy gun like that and a plastic full sized 1911. You racked the slide and the spring would send a round about 2 feet!
I had a SAA replica that you put stick'em caps on the rounds and a double barrel flint lock that had you put caps where the priming powder would have gone. Then there was a double barrel antique cap gun with a plastic dagger.
Wish I had kept them!
However, you could put your eye out! I tried that making a miniature crossbow with a t-square, rubber bands and a plastic arrow. Just cut up my hand though.
I had a SAA replica that you put stick'em caps on the rounds and a double barrel flint lock that had you put caps where the priming powder would have gone. Then there was a double barrel antique cap gun with a plastic dagger.
Wish I had kept them!
However, you could put your eye out! I tried that making a miniature crossbow with a t-square, rubber bands and a plastic arrow. Just cut up my hand though.
recoil junky
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WOW! Some of you guys are OLD!!!. I had one of those pistols for a while. Shot Mom in the beehind with it and I never saw it again. Good times though. At recess we'd play Cowboys 'n Injuns. Everybody had their gun belt and pistol on even at your desk. I was "Trampas"
RJ
RJ
mikeboggess
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Then there was the . . . . . .
Then there was the magnifying glass and the ant bed and anything else flammable, but that's another story.
Then there was the magnifying glass and the ant bed and anything else flammable, but that's another story.
mikeboggess
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Matell revolver
Will be looking for one of those pistols, we have a huge flea market here (Canton, Texas) this weekend.
Will be looking for one of those pistols, we have a huge flea market here (Canton, Texas) this weekend.