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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	The Big Bang, before it was a theory Aug 17^th, 2015 at 9:45pm	Print Post
	When I was a kid, (long before fireworks became legal in my 'Home State'), a sure sign of boredom and 'Summer Ending' was the residue of black soot and charred red paper on the sidewalks. I can still hear the loud bang and smell the aroma of pure percussion. Mind you don't catch your fingers! (p.s. My packages of caps didn't come with a Bar Code)!
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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: The Big Bang, before it was a theory Reply #1 - Aug 17^th, 2015 at 10:22pm	Print Post
	Remember those pot-metal bombs that you put a paper cap in and threw in the air? I used to cram as many stacked (folded) caps in as I could stuff to make a louder bang. I also used to hit an entire roll with the end of a baseball bat. The interesting thing is... back then, our cap guns looked like a real gun... and NO ONE ever assumed a kid HAD a real gun - everyone knew it was a cap gun!!! Times sure have changed!


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: The Big Bang, before it was a theory Reply #2 - Aug 17^th, 2015 at 10:23pm	Print Post
	Didn't the caps come five rolls stacked in a paper box????


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: The Big Bang, before it was a theory Reply #3 - Aug 17^th, 2015 at 11:00pm	Print Post
	That paper-cap powder residue was so corrosive, I did not like subjecting my early arsenal to it. I preferred whacking those rolls of caps with my Dad's Claw-Hammer, between houses in our driveway (better acoustics)! Our Moms were swell. They always got us the most authentic toy guns, that we asked for!


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