• Step 1: Be a kid given a cap gun as a toy
• Step 2: Pull the trigger two or three times
• Step 3: Go find a hammer

I know what they are but I have never seen them in real life nor used them. I had these:

A friend and I had the bright idea to hit a whole roll of those with a hammer. We also were smart enough to know that it should be on something hard, like a garage floor. We also knew that we didn't want anyone to see us. So, we made sure all the garage doors were good and shut. I swear, it literally blew his hair back, and my ears have been ringing ever since.

I had at least a few and they never fucking fired right like 95% of the time. The clack of the hammer was louder than the damn cap itself.

Later I got one of those that takes an orange revolver style cap set and they were so much more reliable. Except you ran out of ammo in like 3 seconds and getting a parent to go buy more of those expensive ass refill things was nearly impossible.

You can still buy these.

I know what they are, spent pocket money on them, and loathe them. Ring caps are far more reliable (albeit more expensive; always a topic of debate when said pocket money was $3 / month).

All I know is that they smelled good.

Cap gun caps?

To all the "hammer people". What you do is you fold it lengthwise down the middle (opening each "dot") and then carefully pack several rolls into a cylinder. Let say the plastic cylinder these things came in. Then use electrical tape and tape it good and tight. Preferably several cylinders. Remember to put in a fuse. A rubber band clipped open will work in lieu of a proper fuse.

These things blows like flash bangers

Can still smell the burnt sulphur

I can smell them too.

It was fun to take a hammer and hit the entire roll at once. They actually made quite the noise.

For reference, I was born in 1970 so yeah I grew up with those things.

Haha, bought a couple of rolls of these recently to show the kids. Can't believe no-one's mentioned penny bangers yet. Take a roll, fold in half lengthwise and wrap radially around a penny, tape off the end, then throw it hard against a hard surface.

You can still get the plastic revolver style.

I always wanted to see what would happen if I lit one of these on fire.

Walmart sells these today. Free delivery.

Look who’s back shitposting!

We missed you, Mickey.

If you know what these are, your knowledge has capped!

I remember it well...

The smell of the gunpowder. In the play room.

Cursed fruit of the foot

If you see these and think, “I have no idea what those are, no cap,” you’re too young to be on the internet.

I gave these to my son to play with in a cap *** in 2008 when he was 8. He’s hardly old as shit. But I am.