Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 My favorite BB gun targets From when I was a kid are back on the market. A few years ago I read that they were stopping making Necco wafers. I remember wondering what kids were going to shoot at with their BB guns if necco wafers weren’t around. I just bought some, they are being made again! Taste just the same. I may need to get out the Red Ryder and blow apart some Necco wafers!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chert Rock Chuck Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 They are my mothers favorite candy. She was terribly upset when they were discontinued. She lit up like a sissy in a boys home when she heard they were coming back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 14 minutes ago, Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 said: I remember wondering what kids were going to shoot at with their BB guns if necco wafers weren’t around. Mini Ritz Crackers work well. So do Cheese Its (sp?). If you're good - Skittles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Mosby Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I love Necco's! (Except for the chocolate) Didn't know they were back, will have to look for some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Our junior rifle team had a board with clips that would hold the wafers. We’d start the new guys at 50’ prone. Distances and positions changed until they became 50 yards offhand. So much more fun than punching holes in paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patagonia Pete Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Neccos are just like pistol primers ... they disappear periodically ... (government buys them all up or something). When they are available you have to make sure to stockpile several cans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, Patagonia Pete said: Neccos are just like pistol primers ... they disappear periodically ... (government buys them all up or something). When they are available you have to make sure to stockpile several cans. Neccos were/are made in MA. They shut down about 2 years ago, but the business was later purchased and re-opened this year. LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Patagonia Pete said: Neccos are just like pistol primers ... they disappear periodically ... (government buys them all up or something). When they are available you have to make sure to stockpile several cans. NECCO went out of business a while back. It's too bad, too, since they were one of the oldest candy companies in the US (founded in 1847) still in existence. The founder is the guy that invented the lozenge cutting machine. The recipe and the name got bought by another company (Spangler, if I remember correctly) and they put them back into production. They were also the folks that made the 'conversation hearts' candy that's so popular around Valentine's Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 My wife will be so happy to hear they are back in business. She loves Necco candies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I've never been able to use them as targets because I can't stop eating them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: I've never been able to use them as targets because I can't stop eating them. Personally, I hate the taste but love them as targets. And that’s what makes the world go round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Like Clay said the chocolate ones were the only ones that tasted kinda gross. Maybe I'll have to buy 20-30 packs and save the chocolate ones for use as targets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Patagonia Pete said: Neccos are just like pistol primers ... they disappear periodically ... (government buys them all up or something). When they are available you have to make sure to stockpile several cans. I didn’t know Neccos came in a can. Wax paper rolls in the grocery checkout aisle is the only way I’ve ever seen them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patagonia Pete Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: I didn’t know Neccos came in a can. Wax paper rolls in the grocery checkout aisle is the only way I’ve ever seen them. The cans were full of the "regular" wax paper rolls of Neccos ... not loose. They make great (reloading) bullet cans too ... (but that's academic now because there are no primers!!) .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Some might find this somewhat sacrilegious, and I cringed a bit the first time, but unconsecrated communion wafers. Bottle of 1000 for about $15. They are 1.125 inches in diameter, will break down nicely in the soil, and not attract ants the way shattered NECCOs do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 No sacrilege to it, good Subdeacon: they are not consecrated, therefore they are simply ... wafers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 6 minutes ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said: No sacrilege to it, good Subdeacon: they are not consecrated, therefore they are simply ... wafers. Yeah. Intellectually I know that. BUT.... that first time shooting at one was HARD! 9 years of Catholic School training, don't you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punxsutawneypete Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 14 hours ago, Clay Mosby said: I love Necco's! (Except for the chocolate) Didn't know they were back, will have to look for some. I'd like to get some but they would probably put my blood sugar through the roof! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Saw them for sale on Amazon. Didn't see one in a round metal container, but in a 24 pack box, and the rolls individually wrapped. Too bad they can't make a Twinkie that tastes good. They are as dry as a year-old cow chip, and the filling is tasteless. I remember when they were big, and moist, and super good. The future ain't what it used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Waxahachie, you speak truly indeed! They are now exactly as you describe, and they used to be exactly as you describe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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