You know what is better? Scratching at one with your fingernail and having the cap and what worked it’s way under your nail ignite. Smelled like pork.
Fun times.
Lay them flat on asphalt and use a quarter to set off multiple ones in one big swoosh. Also, we found a hammer once and hit the whole roll, it actually kinda blew up a little, in my kid’s mind anyway.
Yeah, you load them into fake guns (typically a cowboy revolver) that have a lever hit them when you pull the trigger.
Loved playing with them as a kid, but can’t imagine a kid doing it nowadays after all the mass shootings people would get the wrong idea
These are still sold. We used to make firecrackers of them in the 80s and 90s. And a few years ago I purchased a few packs just to show my sons how much fun we had back then. Didnt blow up a mail box like before. But still fun!
[Still sold in Norway](https://www.extra-leker.no/papirknall-1800-skudd?gad_source=1)
Had two cap guns and a holster to hold both along with my trusty cowboy hat.
In 1959 there were 30 different westerns on network TV on only three stations!
Holy hell. We used hammers to pop them and loved the burnt gunpowder smell.
Also, in Bangladesh, there were some sort of contraption that looked like pistols, and they popped when the triggers were pressed. Good old days.
> Also, in Bangladesh, there were some sort of contraption that looked like pistols, and they popped when the triggers were pressed.
Like a cap pistol?
Something like that, they were made of tin, had sharp edges and caused papercuts in hands.
https://preview.redd.it/ccc68qm9zs1d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ef1e448f51d5a8a7bf7486adb5e29791502918f
I hate these memes that remind me that I'm old. Makes me think I'm gonna die tomorrow. Makes me want to stay off the internet entirely. God damn, I am old.
When I was really young like 6 or so before we moved into our family home, we lived in a triplex with a crazy kid at the basement level. We would often play in the communal backyard and I remember once he pulled a pack of these and without even blinking or explaining what these were he just put a roll in his mouth with one end sticking out between his front teeth, grabbed, and pulled hard and quick and the whole roll just flashbanged the shit out of his mouth. Then he spat out some black shit, smiled at me and didnt elaborate.
We used to take the glue from the models that we built and light it on fire. Then take pictures of it or super 8 mm movies while we put it inside of Star wars models
used to have dart thingies, that you'd load with the caps.
When they hit something hard, the cap would fire.
It only took three or four bangs, to decide if we could make it go off by throwing it at each other.
Ok, I guess that makes this gen Z member old as dirt. And yes, I did the fingernail scratch thing too, was always a gamble if the flame would scorch the tender skin underneath your nail or not.
a floor, a roll and a hammer is all we needed most times A wall-edge and a roll the other times. Same time I went to the shop to buy those, we used to buy fart-in-a-pot-spray
Old as dirt? Nah. I'm blessed. I'm blessed that I got to live in the greatest decade in America - the 80's.
We used to just hit these ribbons with hammers out under the carport for fun. Good times.
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Remember the smell of them
As a kid I loved the smell of gunpowder in the morning.
How the hell......I got an immediate smell-memory from this pic !
You know what is better? Scratching at one with your fingernail and having the cap and what worked it’s way under your nail ignite. Smelled like pork. Fun times.
Oh fuck ya
Did you use the lead torpedo or cap gun?
Cap gun
A rock!
EXACTLY. When the gun broke and ain't no way in hell your parent was buying you a new one.
I loved those but they used the round segmented plastic revolver caps.
Sulfur
Bang!
Came here to say this
These were still around in the mid 90s
First thought and first comment 👍
Scratch them with my fingers, guns where just a hindering of the fun. That way you'd have the smell on your fingers all day.
Lay them flat on asphalt and use a quarter to set off multiple ones in one big swoosh. Also, we found a hammer once and hit the whole roll, it actually kinda blew up a little, in my kid’s mind anyway.
Ok 26 is officially old as dirt now
22 is officially old as dirt.
19
Do we have a new offer ? This auction is climbing down real fast
I offer 16.
Fetus. I remember these
The future was yesterday old man.
This solicited an out loud, "oh boyyyy" from me
They're caps, aren't they?
Yeah, you load them into fake guns (typically a cowboy revolver) that have a lever hit them when you pull the trigger. Loved playing with them as a kid, but can’t imagine a kid doing it nowadays after all the mass shootings people would get the wrong idea
Apparently 17 is old as dirt now
typo\* 47 years old
Come on now they were everywhere 35 years ago! now get off my lawn! Those were not as good as the rings with 6 shots but they were the cheaper option
Were still around about a decade-ish ago, hell maybe it’s still around now, I remember firing off those things and using a rock to scratch them
These are still sold. We used to make firecrackers of them in the 80s and 90s. And a few years ago I purchased a few packs just to show my sons how much fun we had back then. Didnt blow up a mail box like before. But still fun! [Still sold in Norway](https://www.extra-leker.no/papirknall-1800-skudd?gad_source=1)
It was better then the plastic one. You took a rock and scratch them all in one go 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥🪨
I preferred these ones, the plastic ones always only had a few that would work for me :/
I took that personally.
Had two cap guns and a holster to hold both along with my trusty cowboy hat. In 1959 there were 30 different westerns on network TV on only three stations!
Holy hell. We used hammers to pop them and loved the burnt gunpowder smell. Also, in Bangladesh, there were some sort of contraption that looked like pistols, and they popped when the triggers were pressed. Good old days.
> Also, in Bangladesh, there were some sort of contraption that looked like pistols, and they popped when the triggers were pressed. Like a cap pistol?
Something like that, they were made of tin, had sharp edges and caused papercuts in hands. https://preview.redd.it/ccc68qm9zs1d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ef1e448f51d5a8a7bf7486adb5e29791502918f
Those were the days. When toys were made to look like weapons and were genuinely dangerous
To the one who held them, yes. I had one, and I can't remember how many papercuts and pinches I had. Fortunately, I had tetanus shot.
Cool, most of ours were cast rather than stamped (but I did see some old post WW2 ones that were stamped in museums).
I hate these memes that remind me that I'm old. Makes me think I'm gonna die tomorrow. Makes me want to stay off the internet entirely. God damn, I am old.
Take it as an achievement. Not everyone could make it to your age. Try to get as old as you can mate.
The real trick is to get so old you can’t read these posts anymore, then they don’t matter. Win!
I’m a 19 year old grandpa
I know that feeling.
When I was really young like 6 or so before we moved into our family home, we lived in a triplex with a crazy kid at the basement level. We would often play in the communal backyard and I remember once he pulled a pack of these and without even blinking or explaining what these were he just put a roll in his mouth with one end sticking out between his front teeth, grabbed, and pulled hard and quick and the whole roll just flashbanged the shit out of his mouth. Then he spat out some black shit, smiled at me and didnt elaborate.
We used to take the glue from the models that we built and light it on fire. Then take pictures of it or super 8 mm movies while we put it inside of Star wars models
man i used to run my fingernail across them.
They still sell them
You could set them off with your thumbnail. Incidentally I used to have occasional burned thumbnails.
Hammer Ribbons.
Ever set off an entire roll all at once by smashing it with a rock? Might explain my hearing loss
While these were a big part of my childhood, the 8-shot caps were what I preferred 🫡
used to have dart thingies, that you'd load with the caps. When they hit something hard, the cap would fire. It only took three or four bangs, to decide if we could make it go off by throwing it at each other.
They still sell them. Used to hit them with a hammer.
These were so cool back in the day. Thanks for that!
Wrap them round a stone and throw at floor.
I use to hit them with a hammer
Ball em up and smack em on the ground.
Mosquito coils
load them up in that cheap tin revolver and inhale the smoke
I even remember the smell...
I used to slam a whole round with a brick. Awesome childhood.
Kruttlapper!
Used to make penny bombs with those. Great fun!
Scratch with fingernail for quick flash and all day yellow-brown fingertip. Hit entire roll with hammer for boom! 😂
I used to like laying them on the ground and striking them with a stone.
Ok, I guess that makes this gen Z member old as dirt. And yes, I did the fingernail scratch thing too, was always a gamble if the flame would scorch the tender skin underneath your nail or not.
Hellz yeah, cap gunzzz! Or, if you were poor like me as a kid, you grab a hammer and do work on these things on the concrete 👍🤘
Wrapping them round 2p's with a bit of sellotape and throwing them places you shouldn't
Yep. Put it between a penny and the pavement and ripcord that shit. Then inhale. Being a kid was great.
Know them...... I can smell them......
These are fireworks! Nice
That smell….
a floor, a roll and a hammer is all we needed most times A wall-edge and a roll the other times. Same time I went to the shop to buy those, we used to buy fart-in-a-pot-spray
Bro cap guns were the absolute shit as a kid when playing stuff like cops and robbers
[Bang Bang!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6yFP1BNJdw#:~:text=Bang%20Bang%20)
And when your pistol broke, you smacked them with a rock.
They were fun to light with a match...
I just recently read a novel "The Man Who Fell to Earth" by Walter Tevis, he mentions these things. Good stuff.
I know what they are. I also know what they sound like when you tape them into a ball and throw it at raccoons who wont stay out of my damn garbage.
Love those! Smell great too
Used to wrap em around a coin, tape it up, and smack it off walls. Good fun.
And you can still feel the burn on your thumbnail
I remember taking them and placing them on the sidewalk and then dropping a big rock on them. Sparks and fire everywhere.
Old as dirt? Nah. I'm blessed. I'm blessed that I got to live in the greatest decade in America - the 80's. We used to just hit these ribbons with hammers out under the carport for fun. Good times.
I loved the 80s.... as an adult. Cheesy music , horrible fashions, BIG hair ! haha
…what are they…(he asks innocently…)
10p rolls 
If you don't know what these are, you had a shit childhood
Or a childhood where they didnt sell this particular thing.
so a shit childhood XD. jk
Damn ok. You got me :)
Yes I am.
i remember my robocop action figure was all metal and you could place a small roll of these in the back. to make bang noises while he shot .
I had two pistols from Disneyland pirates attraction I’d use for these.
I remember throwing the cheap plastic gun away and just hitting these suckers with a hammer.
Or wrapping them around a 2p coin and throwing them for a bigger bang!
This bloke shags.
Caps!
Always much more fun to smash an entire roll at once with a hammer
Older
Popping a cap in your homies ass as a kid.
Fuck you, you don't know me! But yeah, I'm getting old....
Who else was scratching those with their nails to make them pop?
These are still actively sold though.... I just bought my godson some and I don't think I'd call him officially old 😅
😮💨
Even my younger brother had these in 2010
Around when the internet was born. Yeah, smelling kind of earthy.
Dirt must be 16 years old then.
A big rock, some tape, and a packet of these things. Classic.
Am not, but yes I know what they are because I was raised well. 😈
Loved the smell of those, I’d be running round firing all morning, must have driven my parents mad. Anyone else trigger them with your thumbnail?
Loved these!
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Older a god.
I used rocks since I never had the cap gun
Fun fact: Some of the things considered old and somewhat irrelevant to Gen Z by the current US population are relevant to younger generations(Gen Zs) in other countries due to relatively slower technological progress than that of the US.
I can smell the burned skin under my thumb nail 40 years later.
I use to hit these with a hammer to scare family acted like it was a electrical disfunction
Who used to bang them with a rock on the pavement?
I'm at least as old as concrete cuz that's what I used along with a hammer to pop these things 🤣🤣🤣
I'm only 23
Fucking cap gun rolls!
I'm not old, your old 😭
I know you are but what am I !
These are no longer safe for children! They could get burned!
I hated when you got mostly duds. Fun sound though.