Back when we had cool/dangerous toys

[Vetmx]

Was downstairs tonight looking for a lost box of aluminum and brass rods. Saw a box that made me curious. It had all my yearbooks in it and a gem from my early teens. It’s been probably 44 years since my dad signed the little order form I snipped from some magazine and my mom taking me to the bank for a money order. If you’re old enough, you all remember the 4-6 week wait after you mailed your envelope. Anyway, the thing was broke. Something motivated me to fix it. Then my girlfriend chirping about a plane crash and wanting me in the living room really motivated me. I told her, just wait. She caught the first rubber pellet. Well the blanket she was under on the couch actually did. We laughed about how wicked some of our toys were as kids. This gun caused some anger when I was a kid. Now it would probably cause a lawsuit. Figured I would post this because it is an airgun and maybe some post 50 guys like myself might like to see something from the good old days. Yes, it’s .22 caliber and shoots what appears to be a rubber MRD.

 

[Treefrog]

Good stuff! I wanted one of those.

Jarts played a big part in a few doctor visits in my childhood. Luckily, none of them were mine.

Cheers,

J~

 

[grouch-o]

ha, those were illegal where i grew up. but kids brought them from their trips to italy at the time.
once i almost shot my friends eye out, with a dried guinea pig's pellet which had a same-ish .cal
and our replacement when all those rubber projectiles were finally lost.

 

[Vetmx]

Update: Got up this morning and found the test pellet in the living room. Took some calipers to it. It’s .25 caliber. So now I know why I’ve been so enamored with .25 since 2016. The seed was planted in 1980.

 

[WoodWelder]

I don't remember ever seeing rubber pellets like those, very kool!

I found a SOLD 177 unit in the link, apparently made in Taiwan.

Rare Vintage M-30 Sport Air Pistol Plastic Ta-Shin Toys Rubber Pellet Gun | #1695682279

This vintage 70's toy gun, shoots rubber .177 pellets. It was manufactured by Ta-Shin Toys in Taiwan. The box it was shipped in is post-marked 1978. Honor House Products Corp. out of Lynbrook, NY was

www.worthpoint.com

 

[grouch-o]

where did you get the V3 work-pad from?

 

[Joekrooz]

Oh man! I remember this gun, someone I knew had it. I’m sure I wanted one but was convinced by my parents that it was a piece of junk. My wife and I were just reminiscing last night about how great our time was growing up in the 70s and 80s.

 

[SilentSquirrel]

Anyone remember the Spud Gun?
My older cousin would drive and we would pop people with ours
And of course there were sisters, brothers and friends to massacre as well

just my one potato, two potato, three.......
Edward

 

[Peashooter]

how great our time was growing up in the 70s and 80s.

Own time sure, school,,,,,, 9.5 year long NIGHTMARE

 

[Peashooter]

ha, those were illegal where i grew up. but kids brought them from their trips to italy at the time.

Same here in Denmark, though it was automatic knives people brought back.

 

[beerthief]

Very cool pistol ! never saw that here USA , i will keep an eye out for one @ the shows .

 

[grouch-o]

also those,

Same here in Denmark, though it was automatic knives people brought back.

and slingshots with arm-stabilizers. proper loot.

 

[Vana2]

Thanks.

Made me smile thinking about all that stuff we did back as teenagers, stuff that is probably illegal now.


Who would have guessed that the "water hammer" from flushing every toilet and operating every tap in the school at the lunch bell would burst a six inch water main when they were suddenly turned off.

...School was closed for 3 days for repairs


Amazing that we all survived without being protected (stifled?) from ourselves.

Cheers!

 

[airgunutty]

I had one of these when I was probably around 8 or 9 in the 70s. We might have been young but we could really get this thing rolling. Don't know how many neighborhood kids ended up at the ER. Can't believe my parents never got sued.

Not in this day and age. Someone walking in front of your house, trip over their own stupid feet, nose dive into your hedge and expect a million dollar payout for pain and suffering. Different times for sure.

 

[Gerry52]

I had one of these when I was probably around 8 or 9 in the 70s. We might have been young but we could really get this thing rolling. Don't know how many neighborhood kids ended up at the ER. Can't believe my parents never got sued.

Not in this day and age. Someone walking in front of your house, trip over their own stupid feet, nose dive into your hedge and expect a million dollar payout for pain and suffering. Different times for sure.

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I've gotten motio sickness ONCE in my life at about 8 years old. Never, ever happened again. It was one of THOSE that did it to me!

 

[airgunutty]

I've gotten motio sickness ONCE in my life at about 8 years old. Never, ever happened again. It was one of THOSE that did it to me!

That was the fun. Who could stay on, who didn't throw up and who didn't have permanently distorted equilibrium. Ahhhhh good times.

 

[WorriedMan]

where did you get the V3 work-pad from?

Included freebie with some AGT models. Mine was missing from Uragan 2 purchase, Krale knocked $100 off purchase of Vulcan 3 to compensate. Tony, at Talon Airguns, was selling mat for $30 something, not long ago. WM

 

[lbc_PSI]

Back inte mid-60s, Daisy made a a airgun that shot cork balls that were around .40cal. . My brothers and I got them for Christmas one year. Christmas balls on the tree were a logical first target..at least we thought so. I can remember my Mom asking where all the gold ornaments went. We soon discovered that berries from our carrot wood tree were the same size as the cork balls. Dang those stung.

 

[grouch-o]

Back inte mid-60s, Daisy made a a airgun that shot cork balls that were around .40cal. . My brothers and I got them for Christmas one year. Christmas balls on the tree were a logical first target..at least we thought so. I can remember my Mom asking where all the gold ornaments went. We soon discovered that berries from our carrot wood tree were the same size as the cork balls. Dang those stung.

organic projectiles: cheap and bio-degradeable. a stamp out tool in suitable diameters diameters, would bring back the good old potato cannon vibe.

 

[grouch-o]

Included freebie with some AGT models. Mine was missing from Uragan 2 purchase, Krale knocked $100 off purchase of Vulcan 3 to compensate. Tony, at Talon Airguns, was selling mat for $30 something, not long ago. WM

nice, i did not get one with my V3HP. and never had seen them before.