manddrakes Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 Thought this may bring back some memories. http://www.ebay.com/itm/150990466832?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1586.l2649 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 Very cool marble for sure!! We called those boulders. Our shooters were 3/4" or smaller. Can't hold those monsters on your thumb and they were illegal in sanctioned games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbleseeker Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 I thought a shooter had to be at least 3/4"? There you go screwing up the names and definitions again Galen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbleseeker Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 Generation gap showing here. We simply had marbles and boulders. Catseyes, peeries and steelies. We did not shoot them against each others to knock them out of a ring. We dug a small hole in the ground and who ever got the marble in first would win. Thus we used a "snap" (like when you snap your fingers to a song) to send the marble flying. Some kids could hole it on one shot from 10 yards away. A catseye was = to two peeries and a steely were equal to two catseyes. But most kids didn't use them because they would sink into the sand making them harder to shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 By the rules a shooter can not be any larger than 3/4". And holding anything much larger in shooting positon is very tough for kid size(or even adult) digits. I never heard the larger marbles called shooters until Ebay got going. It is becoming a rather common term for larger marbles.(wrongly IMHO) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 Makes you wonder if some of the larger German handmades were really intended to be used as marbles? I think around 1-1/4" was about as large as most American marbles were made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 down here the shooters were called "shootin taws". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausman Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 Back in the 50's, here in the Granite state, we called 'em boulders. But, don't take that for granite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 groan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manddrakes Posted February 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Very cool marble for sure!! We called those boulders. Our shooters were 3/4" or smaller. Can't hold those monsters on your thumb and they were illegal in sanctioned games. I thought Akro coin the phrase shooter. "Shoot Straight As A Kro Flies" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Shooter was a term used in marbles way before Akro existed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leroy65 Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 I'm with Galan on this as 70 years ago (Iwas 7 years old and played marbles most everyday) a shooter was a 3/4" or smaller marble period. Anything larger was called a boulder (used mostly to lag with) period. Now you must know that this was in the state of Florida. What they were called elsewhere could have been anything and most likely were and I,m here to tell you that they were just as right as we were. That's the beauty about marbles in my way of thinking, you can put any name you want to on a giving mib. ----Leroy---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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