Spring / Plunger

	Young America Rapid Fire Gun"The perfect American toy" It was advertised as a gun that you could take apart and put back together yourself. Patent no. 844,004 was issued for the "Campell" cannon on February 19, 1907, and was made by G.P. Campbell, 10 Irving Place, Yonkers, NY. The cannon shot hollow rubber balls, (the magazine held as many as 10) by turning a crank. The gun came with 5 balls and 3 soldiers to knock down.
	Boy Scout Machine Gun and Nearly identical Boy Ranger, and Boy Ranger Junior The first two cannon was patented on October 21, 1913. Patent No. 1,076,123 to Joseph D. Kilgore. It was manufactured by the Kilgore Manufacturing Company of Homestead, Pennsylvania, before the company moved to Ohio. The "Boy Ranger Jr." came in different colors. It was produced after Kilgore moved to Ohio. They are desirable because of the nickel plated plunger.
	This cannon appeared at A.W. Gamages London, England store in 1906.

	The concept of these cannon were to shoot, then disappear, so they could be cleaned and reloaded with out being in the line of fire from the enemy. There were several types that actually existed. Several designs, however didn't move to production models. From these real designs came several different "coastal defense" toy cannons.
	These sketches of real designs are from the Army Ordnance Association.
	Coastal Defense guns

	This cork popper was introduced in 1916, by Nonpareil Toy & Novelty Co. Inc, of Newark, New Jersey.
	Langson Manufacturing of Chicago, Illinois introduced this colorful paper buster in 1939. It was issued a patent in 1937. The lever created compressed air that "exploded" the paper when the pressure was high enough.
	Gibbs Mfg. Co. of Canton Ohio introduced this paper buster in 1931. It worked by hitting a rubber bulb which created the air pressure to break through strips of news paper, making a loud pop.