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Had this toy.

Boy, they are really stretching to call a metal cap gun one of the 10 worst toys. And they really missed the mark here, if they wanted to make fun of a derringer on a buckel near your crotch they would have been better off picking on the Matell version, it not only fired "Greenie Stick'em Caps", but it even shot a small plastic bullet out of the gun thanks to a 22 cabiber like Matell "Shootin' Shell".

Where do I buy one?

Whoever wrote this review is lying. Any kid who grew up firing caps and firing toy guns knows different. Sissys not wanted.

I had one of these when I was a kid. It was indeed ultra-cool to have! There were 2 problems, though: (1) The gun wouldn't pop open if you didn't poke out your stomach exactly properly, so you would easily be outgunned when playing Bat Masterson with your pal. (2) The caps misfired more often than they fired.

Nevertheless, it was a good toy.

I want one...

Cheap cap guns used a flat hammer to fire the caps, which more often resulted in a misfire or a weak, disappointing poof. As a kid, I noticed that the more expensive cap guns had hammers with a pointy striker to penetrate the cap. Being experimentive, I held a cap in one hand while using a thumb tack to penetrate it with the other hand. It was a very satisfying bang, along with a momentary burst of pain in my fingers, and blackened soot on my skin and fingernail. Hot sand at the beach was a thousandfold more painful, so it wasn't what I considered a catastrophe. Now, if that's all the damage that could occur with direct contact with bare flesh, just what damage could possibly occur with a couple layers of clothing, not to mention the thickness of the belt, and a weak attempt to misfire a cap?