lol...the Ray Gun that didn't make it-

**Street Worm** · September 4th, 2006, 12:11 AM

So................................

(as most of you know)

When I was a little kid I had this very cool space rifle-
tin litho, sparking, w/ lights & sounds-
I've been to every vintage ray gun site I can find & I check ebay all the time looking for it & still have never seen it..............

but I do come across some weird stuff from time to time
& this one takes the cake- [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

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(NOT A CHILDS TOY) Do not let children play with this item!)
Austin Magic Pistol.
This gun was originally designed to be a toy, the manufacturer was quickly shut out of the toy business because of the dangers that it presented. Let me tell you, that this was a good call because this is not a safe toy for children! It is powered using Calcium Carbide and a flint sparking device. Calcium carbide is the same chemical used to fuel old miners lamps, otherwise known as Acetylene. Acetylene is highly flammable and explosive! When charged with the magic crystals, the gun shoots a ball similar to a Ping-Pong ball. I test fired one of these guns and they do operate very well. Pull the trigger and "KA-BOOM" with a loud noise as the little ball must have shot out 60 or 70 feet away,
WOW!!

[The real danger with this toy is that it also shoots a fire trail behind the ball that can be clearly seen at night. The fire stream shoots out the barrel about 6 or 8 feet!
This is a real house burner, do not shoot it indoors!Made during the early 1950s by the Austin Manufacturing Company. USA

and here's two others from today's hunt

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if I were to guess,
the same company that made that last one made my elusive space gun [img]wink.gif[/img]

[ September 03, 2006 09:15 PM: Message edited by: Street Worm ]