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Harmless snap gun makes noise.
BOYS' LIFE Jul 1964 (v.54#7) pg. 61

Tip on making a potato gun (spud gun) from PVC pipe.
COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STOCK JOURNAL Jan-Feb 1994 (v.78#1) pg. 47

Robot gun slinger for pistol draw practice.
ELECTRONICS ILLUSTRATED Jul 1963 (v.6#4) pg. 35

Wooden toy soldiers and a toy cannon are made from turned stock or old furniture legs.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #194 Nov-Dec 1978 (v.28#9) pg. 53, 86

Rubberband rifle fires two bands.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #429 Feb 1964 (v.60) pg. 128

Tom Thumb cannon shoots a small cork 20 to 30 feet.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #446 Jul 1965 (v.61) pg. 83

Ping-Pong cannon fires a ping-pong ball out of a battery syringe by igniting lighter fliud.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #493 Jun 1969 (v.65) pg. 59

A Bicentennial cannon you can make. The 52" long barrel made of PVC plastic pipe, uses a mixture of carbide and water to make a loud "bang". Est. cost: $100.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #577 Jun 1976 (v.72) pg. 38

Clothespin popper "shoots" a wooden "shell" from 10 to 20 feet.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #67 Jan-Feb 1981 pg. 75

A rubber-band rifle. Wood and clothespin toy rifle shoots rubber bands.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #73 Jan-Feb 1982 pg. 60

The spud gun revisited. A wooden dowel and some electrical conduit are combined to make a "pop" gun which is able to fire a cork or a potato plug.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #83 Sep-Oct 1983 pg. 112

Electric cannon fires BB's.
POPULAR MECHANICS Nov 1963 (v.120#5) pg. 162

Toy cannon fires corks with air pumped from tire pump.
POPULAR MECHANICS Aug 1966 (v.126#2) pg. 141

Rubber-band powered toy pistol shoots "bullets" of cardboard.
POPULAR MECHANICS Aug 1980 (v.154#2) pg. 36

Toy cannon shoots softballs.
SCIENCE & MECHANICS Oct 1963 (v.34#10) pg. 122

How to make a "Cannon of Cassiopeia," a fanciful wooden toy cannon. Part 1.
WOODTURNING #44 Jul-Aug 1996 pg. 28

How to make a "Cannon of Cassiopeia," a fanciful wooden toy cannon. Part 2.
WOODTURNING #45 Sep 1996 pg. 60, 4

Old-fashioned cork-firing pop-gun is made from wood turned on a lathe.
WOODWORKER Jun 1988 (v.92#6) pg. 506

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