Capgun Criminal

[davesl708]

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If you had one second to decide which would you pick as a toy?

 

[Dr_Zinj]

Can you even get caps for a cap gun anymore?

 

[kf4uda]

Can you even get caps for a cap gun anymore?

Yes...Legends 2,400 Shots Roll Caps - Walmart.com

 

[Furu]

I never understood the concept of toy guns. Maybe because I was using a real weapon at a very young age and knew what they were. They were not toys. I recall my mother recounting a story about a comment I made ( I have no memory of it) about a friend and his "toy gun" apparently \I said something about guns are not toys they are for hunting. That is what /how I viewed them from 4 yrs on.

Today it would be child abuse. In my earlier years I called it fun.
At 4 and 5, my sister and I were the bird dog (we did not have one) and my dad would send us into the thickets to flush the pheasants.
At 6, I was carrying a 410 single shot.
At 7, I was allowed to carry my 28 Ga semi with one and only one round in it to hunt pheasants.
At 8 I graduated to having more rounds in the mag of the 28 ga.
At 9 I got to try my fathers 12 ga.
At 10 I got a 7mm Remington Mag big game rifle.
At 7, I also got my first mule deer with a 30-30 lever action.

Training and how you are brought up makes the difference. Guns were never allowed to even be considered a toy. I was trained to know what they did and what they could do. Never a doubt or a thought about anything else; unlike today's video games but that is another topic.

 

[davesl708]

I never understood the concept of toy guns. Maybe because I was using a real weapon at a very young age and knew what they were. They were not toys. I recall my mother recounting a story about a comment I made ( I have no memory of it) about a friend and his "toy gun" apparently \I said something about guns are not toys they are for hunting. That is what /how I viewed them from 4 yrs on.

Today it would be child abuse. In my earlier years I called it fun.
At 4 and 5, my sister and I were the bird dog (we did not have one) and my dad would send us into the thickets to flush the pheasants.
At 6, I was carrying a 410 single shot.
At 7, I was allowed to carry my 28 Ga semi with one and only one round in it to hunt pheasants.
At 8 I graduated to having more rounds in the mag of the 28 ga.
At 9 I got to try my fathers 12 ga.
At 10 I got a 7mm Remington Mag big game rifle.
At 7, I also got my first mule deer with a 30-30 lever action.

Training and how you are brought up makes the difference. Guns were never allowed to even be considered a toy. I was trained to know what they did and what they could do. Never a doubt or a thought about anything else; unlike today's video games but that is another topic.

Agreed. We had toy guns up till I was 5. Had to treat them as real. Then started on the real guns.

 

[aczlan]

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If you had one second to decide which would you pick as a toy?

3 seconds lets me say the top one... In the dark, or with one pointed at you, good luck.

Aaron Z

 

[davesl708]

3 seconds lets me say the top one... In the dark, or with one pointed at you, good luck.

Aaron Z

The picture was taken at 3ft. At 10ft. no chance.

 

[Looking4new]

I think the top one is the toy, but that being said if I was looking at the business end of either of them, then they are both real.

 

[DT86]

I think the top one is the toy, but that being said if I was looking at the business end of either of them, then they are both real.

Yeah, the saying "treat all guns as if they're loaded" applies no matter which end of the gun you happen to be on.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My cap gun from the 70s is silver plastic, has no orange tip.