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21 minutes ago, samuria said:

well they bring back memories ......

Made by TJ Harrington,who specialised in making stuff made of die-cast grey cheese. Those of a certain age will recall the little pocket-money toy bombs  they produced that used the same ammunition as  Lone Star cap pistols. Great fun for two minutes . 

They also used the same grey cheese to make some of the worst fishing reels ever seen. 

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So bad  they are now considered (very mildly )collectable.

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sadly i remember the toy bombs..... but we upgraded to large nuts and bolts with washers.

sandwiched between the washers were swan match heads wrapped in tin foil .

then thrown in the air and onto the road. they did make a loud bang......

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30 minutes ago, samuria said:

sadly i remember the toy bombs..... but we upgraded to large nuts and bolts with washers.

sandwiched between the washers were swan match heads wrapped in tin foil .

then thrown in the air and onto the road. they did make a loud bang......

Yep, I remember both of those :laugh:

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Oh we are opening the old memory box here boys, some good memories as well. Do you remember spud guns...................oh my lord they were fun shooting my kid sister in the rear as I hid behind a bush in the garden.

Phil

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7 minutes ago, philpot said:

Oh we are opening the old memory box here boys, some good memories as well. Do you remember spud guns...................oh my lord they were fun shooting my kid sister in the rear as I hid behind a bush in the garden.

Phil

Looking back to the sixties ,things must've been harder for our parents than they seemed to us kids at the time.Trying to prise even half a potato for ammunition from Mum's clutches was nigh impossible . 

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52 minutes ago, comanche said:

Looking back to the sixties ,things must've been harder for our parents than they seemed to us kids at the time.Trying to prise even half a potato for ammunition from Mum's clutches was nigh impossible . 

"you had potatoes" .... must have been well off :thumbs:

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1 hour ago, comanche said:

Looking back to the sixties ,things must've been harder for our parents than they seemed to us kids at the time.Trying to prise even half a potato for ammunition from Mum's clutches was nigh impossible . 

My uncle had a fruit and veg business so any spuds looking a touch ropey were my ammo along with the allotment my grandfather had. Loads of ammo and boy did we use it.

About 1960-63.................... what a time we had.☺️ Then the Gat being the start of air guns for me, a bloody long time ago when I think about it. First shotgun at the age of 14, oh my...... thats 54 years ago, you would think I could hit something by now ?

Phil

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8 hours ago, samuria said:

sadly i remember the toy bombs..... but we upgraded to large nuts and bolts with washers.

sandwiched between the washers were swan match heads wrapped in tin foil .

then thrown in the air and onto the road. they did make a loud bang......

me grandad was a doctor and showed me how to make little bangers with copper sulphate and salt Peter, 

I nicked the lot and stepped the mix up to a bog roll full, blew the chicken shed up and took the green house out... that went down well=@:nono:

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my dad was a black powder gun man. he would mix his own powder.

one year he made a banger from a very large tube which held thick string.

then powder was placed in, then cut the ends off the broom (mum wasn't to happy)

to plug the ends. fuse was made. nov 5th came ( great)  he placed it near the fence lit the fuse......

we waited then  BOOM  like a thunder flash, but sadly no window left in his shed.......

 

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On 16/01/2020 at 21:08, si brown said:

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top ones a crusty Diana sp50 thats been kicked round the streets and the bottoms a gat that got well looked after:good:

Looks like someone got their money’s worth out of the sp50. I bought one in Great Yarmouth probably in the eighties. It was actually in .22 and I thought they were .177 only. I also bought a Gat from a fishing shop in Soundersfoot and a Lov2 from skeggy market. I still have the latter two. Here’s the Lov2, never seen another one.

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