We had dirt clod grenades too!We used to have them, but that's been maybe 65+ years ago. We'd dig a "foxhole' in a vacant lot and shoot it out with some other guys! Great fun and we never put anybody's eye out!
And, Black Cats were really firecrackers back then!We had dirt clod grenades too!
When I was a kid Silver Salutes, Cherry Bombs & M-80 would maim you if you were just stupid enough not to throw it!And, Black Cats were really firecrackers back then!
We had dirt clod grenades too!
Bird bomb pistol beat roman candles & bottle rockets! We use to turn our from tire around on our bikes so the handle bars faced forward. We then pit bottle rockets in the holes of the grips riding at each other jousting!Bottle rockets....
Lol. Yeah. Try to time the throw in the air so the bottle rocket comes down like a mortar.Bottle rockets....
Nah, time the fuse to leave your hand as it's thrown.Lol. Yeah. Try to time the throw in the air so the bottle rocket comes down like a mortar.
I remember a bottle rocket fight when a lucky shot set off about 100 bottle rockets behind the tree I was hiding behind. I also remember a buddy digging BB's out of my hide. Old? Yeah I'm old enough to remember when society didn't try to protect idiots from pain. Just let it sort itself out. Thankfully I was not enough of an idiot to do really stupid stuff.