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Banks - Coin storing novelty & toy
types |
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Black powder cannons - Load with a small
amount of powder
(These are the smaller varieties, larger ones are shown below, under "Salute").
Sun Dial cannon also use black powder and are listed below |
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Cap cannons - Fire using single or roll
caps |
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Cartridge (small caliber blanks) -
Fire using 22, 32, 38, 44, & 50 caliber blank shells
(Larger cartridge cannon are shown below, under "Salute"). |
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Electric - Require batteries or
electricity to fire |
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Fire cracker cannons - Required
insertion of a single fire cracker onto barrel |
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Games - Board and "Fort" type
games that used small cannon |
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Gas cannon (including Big Bang's) - Fire
using carbide powder and water |
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Kits - Cannons manufactured in kit
form |
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Mantle - also called Desk, Book Shelf
and Presentation models |
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Match - Cannons that used wooden match
sticks |
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Mechanical - Used a spring / plunger to
propel an object, or to create air pressure as in a
cork popper |
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Miscellaneous - Lighters, Figural,
Military Pins & Medals, Memorabilia and unusual types |
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"Not Cannons" These devices
fired, however they are not considered cannons.
They include Lyle guns, Thunder mugs and Trap guns.
Take a look... (click on the image to the left). |
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Plastic cannon and Young Children's
types (Wood etc.,)
Special plastic cannon deserving honorable mention |
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Salute, signal, deck, yacht cannon - Black
powder and large cartridge |
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Sun Dial cannon (use black powder) |
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Tin - Those cannon constructed of tin or
pressed steel |
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Toy Soldier cannon - Small "dime
store" die cast cannons made of lead and / or alloys
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