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Re: Factory loaded ammunition
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:42 pm
by scottz63
psteinmayer wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:33 pmI can remember back in grade school making "Matchstick Rockets." We would fashion a paper clip to hold a match upright, Then, wrap a match head in foil (usually from chewing gum) and using a pin, create a nozzle at the bottom. Then, when lit, they would shoot up into the air to the delight of the teacher who rewarded us with a trip to the principle for a rousing rendition of the "I'm going to call your mother" blues! We also used "Strike Anywhere" matches in makeshift smoke/stink bombs that we made with out of a retractible ball-point pen and a bobby pin!
Ahhhhh... those wonderful school day memories!!!
If a kid did that now, their parents would go to prison! LOL!
Re: Factory loaded ammunition
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:26 pm
by waterman
I certainly led a sheltered life in an Illinois farm town in the 1950s. I don't remember ever seeing anything like that.
Re: Factory loaded ammunition
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:04 pm
by butlersrangers
Why Michigan women get prematurely gray ... that Paul Steinmayer, must have been a "wild child", like his Dad is!
Re: Factory loaded ammunition
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:03 am
by Culpeper
psteinmayer wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:33 pm
I can remember back in grade school making "Matchstick Rockets." We would fashion a paper clip to hold a match upright, Then, wrap a match head in foil (usually from chewing gum) and using a pin, create a nozzle at the bottom. Then, when lit, they would shoot up into the air to the delight of the teacher who rewarded us with a trip to the principle for a rousing rendition of the "I'm going to call your mother" blues! We also used "Strike Anywhere" matches in makeshift smoke/stink bombs that we made with out of a retractible ball-point pen and a bobby pin!
Ahhhhh... those wonderful school day memories!!!
Ah yes, Stink bombs and match rockets. My buddies and I caught a lot of hell in fifth and sixth grade for those things. WORTH IT!
I guess I'll have to stir up some trouble at the home. Yer never too old to have fun like that. I can do without the evening oatmeal gruel for a week. Two weeks, though, is when things get hinky. That when the DTs kick in.
Re: Factory loaded ammunition
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:06 am
by psteinmayer
butlersrangers wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:04 pm
Why Michigan women get prematurely gray ... that Paul Steinmayer, must have been a "wild child", like his Dad is!
You have
NO idea Chuck... more than you could fathom! LOL Dad's hair was grey by his 40s... and that was no accident!
Re: Factory loaded ammunition
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:37 pm
by raven9957
larrys wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:20 pm
I was in a rather large gun store (for here in CT) yesterday and I spied Remington 30-40 Krag ammunition with 180gr round nose CoreLokt bullets on the shelf. Ten boxes. I stop by there once a month or so and hadn't seen it before. $57.99/box.
New ammo run, looks like.
Larry
I came here to ask if $60 a box is what I should be expecting to pay. Looks like I've got my answer.
Re: Factory loaded ammunition
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:10 am
by Mike4MSU