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Key-chain Cap Guns.

ca Offline Chako

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Key-chain Cap Guns.
on: January 21, 2018, 03:04:53 AM
When I was a kid, I always had one of these on my key-chain. Then times change and I haven't seen any locally for a very long time. That is until today, when I decided to take a day trip to Wiki on Manitoulin Island. They have a neat dollar store on the reservation there, and I never know what I will find. Today, It was all about key-chain cap guns.

I bought every model they had, which tallies up to 6 different models.



The cylinder swings out on the two revolver models.  On the Luger, Derringer, and what I think might be a Browning Hi-Power, the cap holder swings up for easy loading. The pirate gun is the simplest to load of all. I haven't seen any for years. I guess they just aren't politically correct these days. Just happy to be re-acquainted with them.
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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #1 on: January 21, 2018, 03:11:34 AM
that is awesome!   very nice.
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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #2 on: January 21, 2018, 07:14:19 AM
I remember those too ....
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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #3 on: January 21, 2018, 08:13:05 AM
I had a couple of those as a kid also. my favorite was the flying disc gun, not a keychain item, but shot these tiny 1/2" frisbie like discs



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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #4 on: January 21, 2018, 08:42:53 AM
I had a couple of those as a kid also. my favorite was the flying disc gun, not a keychain item, but shot these tiny 1/2" frisbie like discs

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I had one of those as well.  I loved that toy.
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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #5 on: January 21, 2018, 11:57:38 AM
When I was a kid, I always had one of these on my key-chain. Then times change and I haven't seen any locally for a very long time. That is until today, when I decided to take a day trip to Wiki on Manitoulin Island. They have a neat dollar store on the reservation there, and I never know what I will find. Today, It was all about key-chain cap guns.

I bought every model they had, which tallies up to 6 different models.



The cylinder swings out on the two revolver models.  On the Luger, Derringer, and what I think might be a Browning Hi-Power, the cap holder swings up for easy loading. The pirate gun is the simplest to load of all. I haven't seen any for years. I guess they just aren't politically correct these days. Just happy to be re-acquainted with them.

Ha! Excellent! I had three of the key-chain ones: a Lugar, a long barrelled semi thing (I don't know what it was and I didn't like it), but... best of all and my absolute favourite was a really good looking Derringer - it actually looked like the real thing... it was smurfing ace!

I'd forgotten that until I saw your post - cheers!

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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #6 on: January 21, 2018, 12:41:26 PM
Wow this brings back memories Dan  :salute: I remember these and the big ones with those red strips of caps ,we use to light them up with matches  :D


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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #7 on: January 21, 2018, 12:48:00 PM
Wow this brings back memories Dan  :salute: I remember these and the big ones with those red strips of caps ,we use to light them up with matches  :D

..we used to hit them with a hammer... also we found if you wrapped them up tightly in tin foil you got quite a bit more bang!


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Reply #8 on: January 21, 2018, 01:24:26 PM
Wow this brings back memories Dan  :salute: I remember these and the big ones with those red strips of caps ,we use to light them up with matches  :D

..we used to hit them with a hammer... also we found if you wrapped them up tightly in tin foil you got quite a bit more bang!

yeah we hit them with hammers as well,never tried the tin foil trick  :salute:


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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #9 on: January 21, 2018, 01:41:13 PM
Wow this brings back memories Dan  :salute: I remember these and the big ones with those red strips of caps ,we use to light them up with matches  :D

..we used to hit them with a hammer... also we found if you wrapped them up tightly in tin foil you got quite a bit more bang!

yeah we hit them with hammers as well,never tried the tin foil trick  :salute:

Ahh... childhood pyrotechnics - wasn't that great fun!?


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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #10 on: January 21, 2018, 02:00:03 PM
Wow this brings back memories Dan  :salute: I remember these and the big ones with those red strips of caps ,we use to light them up with matches  :D

..we used to hit them with a hammer... also we found if you wrapped them up tightly in tin foil you got quite a bit more bang!

yeah we hit them with hammers as well,never tried the tin foil trick  :salute:

Ahh... childhood pyrotechnics - wasn't that great fun!?
I wonder what would happen if I took the boom boom cord bit out of some of those party poppers, wrapped them in foil and threw them in the fire.  :drool:
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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #11 on: January 21, 2018, 10:50:24 PM
Wow. Didn't think these would me made anymore.

I remember having the Luger and Colt .45.
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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #12 on: January 21, 2018, 11:32:21 PM
Nice find!

Think the Hi-Power is actually a 1911 (grip safety).


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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #13 on: January 22, 2018, 02:26:15 AM
I had several of these over the years (mostly a bit bigger than keychain sized) but I did have a keychain one and I think I have it around my house still somewhere :think: Great childhood memory :dd: :like: I need to find it and get some caps for it now :D


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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #14 on: January 22, 2018, 02:30:17 AM
I still have two from my childhood. One even still has a tiny holster.
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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #15 on: January 22, 2018, 09:11:45 AM
Hi Dan

I had tears of nostalgia in my eyes looking at that photo, reckon I had most of those at some point, the flit lock was a favourite  :salute:



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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #16 on: January 22, 2018, 02:46:20 PM
I swear I had at least three of those when I was a kid  :ahhh

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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #17 on: January 22, 2018, 05:20:48 PM
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I have also noticed toy soldiers having a bit of a come back these days. When I was a kid, I literally had armies of Japanese, British/Canadian, German, and American forces with support equipment...both in small and medium size. Then those disappeared from toy shelves until last year when they seem to have made a come back...at least in my neck of the woods.
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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #18 on: January 22, 2018, 05:24:46 PM
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I have also noticed toy soldiers having a bit of a come back these days. When I was a kid, I literally had armies of Japanese, British/Canadian, German, and American forces with support equipment...both in small and medium size. Then those disappeared from toy shelves until last year when they seem to have made a come back...at least in my neck of the woods.

That neck you mentioned, is it red? It might explain it...

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Re: Key-chain Cap Guns.
Reply #19 on: January 22, 2018, 10:41:32 PM
Don't have any of the toy guns from when I was a kid, but do have some latter die-cast models.

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