Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Had a whole brief case full of cool spy stuff.
I had a fanner 50.
I remember it being heavy.

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I only wish I knew what happened to all of the toy guns I had. I had the Dick Tracy snub nose, the Johnny Eagle Magumba pistol and 1911, the Mattel Thompson, and a 1919 machine gun. Think I also had the Man from UNCLE pistol. Any time I had a few bucks, I'd be heading to the store to buy more.

A hammer and roll caps, I distinctly remember my ears ringing.

The Fanner Fifty used roll caps and did not launch any projectiles. The later "Shootin' Shell" models required a laborious clamping of each gray plastic bullet into its casing. A Greenie cap was then applied to the base of each cartridge. The revolver had no accuracy and the perpetual build up of cap adhesive on the casings was a chore to scape clean. The Parris muzzle loader replicas, released shortly afterward, powered cork balls downrange by discharging the same Greenie paper caps. I really preferred their wood/steel construction.

Never was a fan of cap pistols. I did have a fake SA six-shooter that used roll caps, but I didn't play with it much.

flashguy

In the mid '60s I had a 1911 and a chrome snubbie that shot those plastic projectiles, but the high point of my plastic weaponry was a tripod mounted belt fed Defender Dan:

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Originally posted by 400m:
A hammer and roll caps, I distinctly remember my ears ringing.

Now ears ringing all the time.