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Toys from the past...They wouldn't let you have now :eek
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pglaves
#13338
For some folks, Paintball isn't much safer.
CaptCF
Pontificating Nobody
We did that in the 80s too, but we wore thick shirts or jackets, sunglasses and added a "one pump only" rule for safety. If you got a real stinger then you knew somebody was using more than the regulation number of pumps.
collingsbob
Active member
If you put the paintballs in the freezer before use….
“Smart” wasn’t part of our thinking process.We used to use slingshots, wrist rockets, and we made ammo by cooking up dough balls. We were at least smart enough to wear safety glasses.
Doug
akbeemer
SURVIVOR
When I lived in skibum69’s part of the world as a kid we would have shingle wars. There was a large supply of old, broken asphalt shingles in the neighborhood. Why they were there I do not know. We would throw them like frisbees at each other. I hit my older brother in the forehead with a shingle and it made a 4 inch gash. His school pictures were taken the next day, so to this day I have a trophy showing my excellent marksman.
DavidR8
Member
Never did that, nope, not me, not ever.
In British Columbia where I grew up, we did the same with fireworks and firecrackers around Halloween. We used them for other purposes for which they were probably not intended.
pglaves
#13338
Wow! You had a big basement!We even had rules: about 75-100’ apart and you couldn’t move your feet.
52184
GTRider
Bottle rockets fired from empty Coke bottles, preferably 16oz size, and lit from a punk that was stored between teeth while charging the weapon. And similar rules as 98Lee; 20-30 yards distance and stand your ground. Not the smartest thing I’ve ever done…
And an M80 tossed under an upturned 30gal metal garbage can, pressed lightly into damp soil to seal, would put the can about 20ft in the air and cleanly remove the bottom. I don’t know if they can legally sell M80s anymore…
best,
DeVern
And an M80 tossed under an upturned 30gal metal garbage can, pressed lightly into damp soil to seal, would put the can about 20ft in the air and cleanly remove the bottom. I don’t know if they can legally sell M80s anymore…
best,
DeVern
cajunrider
Member
I've lost several shirts to "Bottle Rocket Wars" in my day...
Thank you, everyone, for bringing up so many fond memories!!
Thank you, everyone, for bringing up so many fond memories!!
fmdualexhaust
Member
M80s have been illegal for years.
Basically a 1/4 stick of dynamite, weren't they?
Yeah, but we haven’t been kids for years (decades) (ok maybe more than a half a century).
52184
GTRider
I think 1/8, but either way they were incredibly dangerous. Much more so than the round “cherry bombs” that were popular in the 50s and 60s.
best,
DeVern
