Weapon

158 entries in Weapon

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
	La Carte Clouée au Mur d'un Coup de Pistolet	corner torn of selection, then nail is marked and loaded into a gun, cards sprung into the air and selection is nailed to the wall, corner matches, with assistant		1784	La Magie Blanche Dévoilée	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card on Ceiling or Wall Weapon / Gun
	L'Anneau Dans un Pistolet, Qui Se Trouve Ensuite au Bec d'une Tourterelle, Dans une Boîte qu'on Avait Auparavant Visitée & Cachetée	ring shot with a pistol is later found in the beak of a turtle dove sitting in a box which was examined before		1784	La Magie Blanche Dévoilée	50	Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Miscellaneous Weapon / Gun Animal / Dove / Miscellaneous Apparatus / Miscellaneous
	To Fire Borrowed Rings from a Pistol, and make them Pass into a Goblet filled with Bran and covered with a Handkerchief, the Bran Disappearing, and being found elsewhere			1876	Modern Magic	384	Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Miscellaneous Weapon / Gun
	The Charmed Bullet			1876	Modern Magic	409	Weapon / Bullet Catch
	Conjurers' Pistols	two models		1889	Tricks with Cards	174	Weapon / Gun
Professor Hoffmann	The Demon Marksman			1890	More Magic	437	Weapon / Bullet Catch
	Der Königsschuss à la Buffalo-Bill	performer shoots at card and it has a hole	Related to The Conjurer As Marksman (1897)	1896	Der moderne Kartenkünstler	147	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Miscellaneous Weapon / Gun
	Der geheimnisvolle Cylinderhut	three cards are burnt and fired with pistol against top hat where they reappear	Related to Cards Shot Against a Hat (1897)	1896	Der moderne Kartenkünstler	166	Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / Destroyed & "Rediscovered" Weapon / Gun Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Black Art Back
Carl Willmann	Briefkasten	answering letters, on Bellachini, on allowance to perform for money, making fake cannon balls,		Mar. 1896	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 3)	48	Articles / Letters Weapon / Cannon
Antonio Molini, Carl Willmann	Der kugelfeste Künstler	catching the bullets with the hand		Nov. 1896	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 11)	168	Weapon / Bullet Catch
Carl Willmann	Verschiedenes	Plus vite que l'eclair (on Prof. Herrmann) Ein gefährlicher Spaß (bullet catch by Eskamoteur Buck, accident in 1840 with small-shot charge)		Apr. 1897	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 4)	63	Weapon / Bullet Catch Articles / Columns
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster	Briefkasten	answering letters, on Prof. Herrmann's bullet catch method		Feb. 1897	Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 6)	96	Weapon / Bullet Catch Articles / Letters
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster	Doch getäuscht	second part of article, on Robert-Houdin's bullet catch method	Related to Doch getäuscht (Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster, 1897)	May 1897	Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 9)	141	Weapon / Bullet Catch Articles / Articles
Emil Clauß	Ein Wort zum "Schiessen im Salon"	flash material instead of classic load to make less of a mess		Oct. 1898	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 10)	158	Weapon / Gun Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
Carl Willmann	Das Verschwinden einer massiven Kanonenkugel	vanishing cannon ball, ends up hanging behind the body		Nov. 1898	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 11)	169	Weapon / Cannon
	Production Sequence from Borrowed Hat	various things, including cannon ball which vanishes again		Nov. 1898	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 11)	169	Weapon / Cannon Clothing / Hat
Samuel "St. Roman" Thiersfeld	Die Vernichtung und die Herstellung	No. 5, two borrowed handkerchiefs, one is cut up by performer and one by spectator, performer restores his, spectator's is still destroyed, it is shot on a cigar box with a pistol and appears restored therein		1899	Jedermann Zauberkünstler!	26	Silk & Handkerchief / Destroyed & Restored Weapon / Gun
	Tuchpistole	silk pistol, silk hanged over barrel, vanishes when fired		1899	Jedermann Zauberkünstler!	69	Silk & Handkerchief / Vanish / With Props Weapon / Gun
Carl Willmann	Briefkasten	answering letters, exposure during performances, making a fake cannon ball, camera obscura		Jan. 1899	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 1)	16	Articles / Letters Weapon / Cannon
Antonio Molini	Die Kanone von Strassburg	construction of little cannon that shoots		Sep. 1901	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 9)	142	Weapon / Cannon
Clement de Lion	Der unsichtbare Schütze	twenty to thirty small bullets put in mouth and spouted onto spectator as gag, apparently its source is not discovered		Nov. 1901	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 11)	174	Weapon / Bullet
Adolphe "Magicus" Blind, Clement de Lion	Aus und mit dem Leserkreis	on firing stage pistols, Bellachini		Apr. 1902	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 4)	63	Weapon / Gun Articles / Letters
Joseph Michael Hartz	The Hartz Pistol	for getting a borrowed ring behind stage		1903	Later Magic	52	Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Miscellaneous Weapon / Gun
	A Watch Fired from a Pistol, and Attaching Itself to a Borrowed Hat			1903	Later Magic	162	Watch / Traveling Weapon / Gun Clothing / Hat
Professor Hoffmann	The Flight of Time	routine with watch, sight gags, watch vanishes from box, apparently shot with pistol into spectator, wand pushed into spectator	Related to The Watch Box (Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, , 1876)	1903	Later Magic	183	Wand & Stick / Penetration of Other Objects Watch / Traveling Weapon / Gun
Oswald Rae	The Vanishing Rifle	rifle vanishes at the moment it is fired and later appears again		1928	Sub Rosa	48	Weapon / Rifle
Laurie Ireland	Ireland's Comedy Bullet Catching Trick	huge lead bullet, spring gun		1936	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1936)	4	Weapon / Bullet Catch Mental Magic / Principles / Stooge
Laurie Ireland	Annie Cakley Outdone! - Or Shooting the Knot of One Handkerchief into Another	two handkerchiefs on board, one with a knot, when pistol is fired, knot vanishes and appears on other handkerchief		1936	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1936)	14	Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Miscellaneous Weapon / Gun
Edward Bagshawe	“Projecta”: A Shadow Illusion	shadow of assistant tied to a post is visible from behind screen, magician shoots gun at screen and assistant’s has vanished, reappears in back of hall		1936 ca.	Twenty Magical Novelties	77	Weapon / Gun Illusions / Traveling Illusions / Vanish / Person
Owen Clark	Production of Real Cannon-Balls and Metal Bar-Bell	on stage from container that was shown empty, secretly attached to wire from ceiling		1937	The Magic Annual for 1937	129	Weight Games / Bowling Weapon / Cannon
Jean Hugard	Hugard's Bullet-Catching	The Great Rifle Feat - Catching bullets fired from modern rifles		1937	The Magic Annual for 1937	134	Weapon / Bullet Catch
Theodore Annemann	On the Bullet Catch			1938	The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)	318	Weapon / Bullet Catch
T. Page Wright	Bull's Eye!	three of six "BB" shot bullets travel from spectator's hand into performer's		Oct. 1938	Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 4)	3	Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Weapon / Bullet
Hans-Paul Wipf	"Nicht mööglich"	silk vanishes from pistol and appears in ballon		1939	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 5)	16	Balloon / Miscellaneous Silk & Handkerchief / Vanish / With Props Weapon / Gun
Hans-Paul Wipf	No. 5 Eine ganz verrückte Tuchpistole	self-made handkerchief pistol		1941	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 1)	7	Silk & Handkerchief / Vanish / With Props Weapon / Gun
Lloyd W. Chambers	The Flying Ball	ball (or other object) placed in sack, pistol fired at sack blows open sack and ball is gone, reel pulls ball into opening of sack		1941	Original Ideas in Magic	6	Ball / "Small" Ball / Vanish Weapon / Gun Thread / Reel
Laurie Ireland	High Caliber Production	fifty caliber shell continuous production		1943	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1943)	17	Weapon / Rifle
Jean Hugard	Interlude a la William Tell	slicing pieces of paper with arrow and bow, method to cut paper in half all the times		Nov. 1943	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 1 No. 6)	22	Weapon / Bow & Arrows
Gusti Wartenweiler	Tuchpistole	self made handkerchief gun		1944	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 6 No. 2)	14	Silk & Handkerchief / Vanish / With Props Weapon / Gun
	The Flying Pips	two pieces of black cardboard are fastend together with rubber bands, with toy pistol pips of selection are shot away and they are correctly arranged between cardboards		June 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 1)	128	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting" Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Weapon / Gun
Werner "Walt Nelson" Nussbaumer	Im Märchenland	story trick, silk appears, changes color vanishes, playing card changes to matchbox, vanishing and appearing candle		1945	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 7 No. 3)	10	Candle / Appearance & Production Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change Silk & Handkerchief / Vanish / With Props Silk & Handkerchief / Production & Appearance / With Props Weapon / Gun Candle / Vanish
Orville Brasher	Comedy Bit with the Wrist Chopper	cut finger		1949	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)	8	Propless / Body Mutilation Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Herb Poppleton	Self Working Double Load Lota, with a Comedy Routine	Lota bowl routine, with gun and flowers		1949	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)	10	Weapon / Gun Bowl / Lota Bowl
Jack Yeager	Home Made Handkerchief Gun			1949	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)	24	Silk & Handkerchief / Vanish / With Props Weapon / Gun
Emil Loew	Shooting a Candle	gag, first shot is loud, second is water coming out of gun to extinguish candle		Feb. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 9)	509	Weapon / Gun Candle / Lighting & Extinguishing Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
Jack Yeager	Pistol and Silk	with flash paper cone	Also published here Jack Yeager's "Second Portfolio of Tricks"	1951	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)	10	Silk & Handkerchief / Vanish / With Props Weapon / Gun Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material Paper / Cone made from Paper
Jack Yeager	Crystal Flower Ladder	using a coin ladder with spring flowers, flowers through tray, using pistol	Also published here Jack Yeager's "Second Portfolio of Tricks"	1951	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)	11	Weapon / Gun Coin / Gaffed / Coin Ladder Flower / Spring Flowers / Miscellaneous
Clettis V. Musson	Secrets of Sharpshooting	on Eagle Eye Augie, different feats of shooting a gun / rifle and how to fake it, disrobing assistant, making a finger ring from a coin etc.		1952	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1952)	29	Weapon / Gun Weapon / Rifle
Karrell Fox	Shoot it with a Knife	gun with a blade, gag for rope tricks		1954	Kornfidentially Yours	7	Rope / Miscellaneous Weapon / Gun
Karrell Fox	This Will Kill You!	joke, wrong card found, off stage with spectator and pistol shot can be heard		1954	Kornfidentially Yours	28	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Weapon / Gun
Karrell Fox	Guillotine Bit			1954	Kornfidentially Yours	30	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Karrell Fox	Shirt Gag	arrow is removed from shirt, gag		1954	Kornfidentially Yours	31	Clothing / Shirt Weapon / Bow & Arrows
Allessandro	Allessandro's Marksmanship Act	rifle shooting routine		1956	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956)	12	Weapon / Rifle
Allessandro	Magic Quickies	Deep Freeze Trick Head Chopper Children's Shows Thumb Tie		1956	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956)	18	Rope / Penetration / Thumb Tie Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper Liquid / Chemical Ways to transform Liquid / Slush Powder Children Magic / Gags, Ideas & Bits of Business
Jay Marshall	How to Present the Bullet Catching Trick			July 1957	The New Phoenix (Issue 346)	207	Weapon / Bullet Catch
Bobby Bernard	Goofy Gun	coin vanish with small toy gun		1958	Magic in Miniature	3	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / With Props Weapon / Gun
Don Tanner	Boom Bloom	No. 40, gun is fired, spring flower bouquet appears		1958 ca.	50 Tricks and Ideas with Spring Flowers	12	Weapon / Gun Flower / Spring Flowers / Appearance & Production / Miscellaneous
Maurice Fogel, Tony Corinda	Fogel's Bullet Catching			1960	Publicity Stunts	379	Weapon / Bullet Catch Articles / Anecdotes Articles / Business and Publicity
Jochen Zmeck	Der Bogenschütze	spectator shoots three times with small toy bow and arrow, score predicted	Inspired by "Four-Score" (Howard P. Albright, Tops, July 1948)	1960	Das Jochen Zmeck Skriptum	31	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Weapon / Bow & Arrows Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Otto Stolina	Ein "Doofer" Ballontrick	comedy routine, balloon held over head of assistant as target of pistol, first balloon shrinks , second inflates by itself and third is filled with water		1961	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 5)	115	Balloon / Miscellaneous Weapon / Gun Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
Kirk Stiles	Banging the Bang Gun Around	ideas with a bang gun		1966	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66)	44	Weapon / Gun Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
James Lucier	Lucier's Psychological Discovery	ropes penetrate hand during hand guillotine	Also published here *Genii" Vol. 14, Nr. 7, March 1950.	1968	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II	98	Rope / Penetration / Penetration Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Robert E. Neale, Karl Fulves	Roulette	russian roulette demonstration, "Readers unfamiliar with firearms are urged not to try this trick.", see p. 308 for reference and p. 312 for comment		Dec. 1969	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 2)	305	Weapon / Gun Mental Magic / Effects / Russian Roulette Theme (guns, nails etc.)
Van Cleve	Aristocratic Finger Chopper Routine			1970	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)	42	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Ken Samoray	Shot From A Cannon	foot placed inside small cannon, foot flies out and is caught by performer with a net		1970	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)	87	Weapon / Cannon Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
William Humphries	Off Beat Ideas	various ideas flag appears on wand Gravity Glass Anti Gravico vase and cord Milk Pitcher orange silk changes into lemon Bang Gun Magic Con Block & Coin Slide		1970	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)	88	Ball / Ball & Vase Glass / Levitation Wand & Stick / Miscellaneous Silk & Handkerchief / Transformation Silk & Handkerchief / Production & Appearance / With Props Weapon / Gun Coin / Gaffed / Shell Liquid / Milk Pitcher Bottle / Animation
Floyd Shotts, Frank Novotny	Target Shooting, Anyone?	easy method for Jumbo Sidekick, gun shot on table and vase falls over, then bullseye change into picture of selection		1970	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)	121	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Weapon / Gun
Guy Thompson	The Posse Comitatus	western story, selection ends up with a hole, using a cap pistol		1971	Magick (Issue 13)	61	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Holes Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Weapon / Gun
Billy McComb	The "Bang" Bomb	plastic bomb explodes with BANG banner, comedy prop		1972	McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser	23	Weapon / Bomb Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
Robert E. Neale	The Two Guns	square with nine sections, two miniature guns moved according to instructions end up in predicted section	Also published here Zwei Pistolen (Robert E. Neale, 1974) The Two Guns (Robert E. Neale, 1983)	June 1973	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8)	634	Weapon / Gun Games / Instruction Games
Theo "Okito" Bamberg	Handkerchief Gun	to vanish a handkerchief		1973	The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs	63	Silk & Handkerchief / Vanish / With Props Weapon / Gun
Charles K. Hayden, Theo "Okito" Bamberg, David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg	Fu-Manchu Hand Chopper			1973	The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs	104	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Jesse J. Langston Jr.	Shoot Out	spectator shoots at a board with cards, with a suction-cup dart gun		1974	Magick (Issue 93)	463	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Weapon / Gun Games / Darts Toy Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
Robert E. Neale	Zwei Pistolen	square with nine sections, two miniature guns moved according to instructions end up in predicted section	Also published here The Two Guns (Robert E. Neale, 1973)	Apr. 1974	Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 4)	73	Weapon / Gun Games / Instruction Games
Karl Fulves	Babel	death of Eddie Clever, bullet catch anecdote		Apr. 1975	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 6)	948	Weapon / Bullet Catch Articles / Columns Articles / Obituary
Richard Merry, George Mackenzie	Humoristische Vortragssplitter und Magische Gags	various gags Begrüßung Freiwillige Helfer Geld (Münzfang) Handguillotine Kopfguillotine Karten Mentalmagie Schwebeeffekte (Sambakugel) Seile Verschiedenes Wenn das Weihnachtsfest vorbei ist Zauberstab Zigaretten	Also published here The Gen & Genii	Nov. 1975	Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2)	24	Wand & Stick / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Miser's Dream Ball / Floatation / Zombie Mental Magic / Effects / Gag MC & Compere Bits of Business Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Karl Fulves	Chop Chop	"Two Minute Mysteries" finger chopper, two-phase routine	Inspired by "Banamputation" (John Sayer, Genii, Feb. 1946) "Dull Chopper" (Frank V. Taylor, Sphinx, Dec. 1952)	1976	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #6)	939	Cigarette & Cigar / Penetration Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Karl Fulves	The Bullet Catch			1977	The Magic Book	185	Weapon / Bullet Catch Articles / Magic History
Roy Johnson	Bullseye	cased deck in front of target, pistol fired on deck, deck drops and selection remains attached to target with hole		1977	Third Dimension	80	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Weapon / Gun
Steve Beam	Guillotine Idea	gag, used blades		1978	They Don't Make Trap Doors Like They Used To Do Or You Too Can Walk On Water	2	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
	Card and Target	deck in houlette in front of a target, performer shots selection at target with pellet gun		1978/76	More Classic Magic with Apparatus	38	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Miscellaneous Weapon / Gun Cards / Props & Apparatus / Miscellaneous
	Card Guns	card placed on barrel of gun vanishes, several versions		1978/76	More Classic Magic with Apparatus	85	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous Weapon / Gun Cards / Props & Apparatus / Miscellaneous
Theo "Okito" Bamberg	Okito Leg Chopper			1978/76	More Classic Magic with Apparatus	256	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Larry Becker	Bullseye	six bullet holes in spectator's card, with gun	Also published here Alan Alan's "Sharpshooter", 1960s.	1979	The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II	133	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Svengali Deck Weapon / Gun Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
David Britland	Guillo	bits of business for the finger chopper		June 1979	The Talon (Issue 4)	40	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Johnny Cooper	Wrist Penetration Trick	chopper design		1980	Polished Presentations	53	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Jack Hughes	The French Guillotine	illusion, head guillotine		1981	Jack Hughes World of Magic — Volume One	13	Illusions / Harmed & Healed / Miscellaneous Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Jack Hughes	Hand in Hand Wrist Guillotine	hand guillotine		1981	Jack Hughes World of Magic — Volume One	182	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Jack Hughes	Head Chopper			1981	Jack Hughes World of Magic — Volume One	185	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Chris Ball	Basket Case	joke and idea to generate tips, with finger chopper		1982	Fingers don't Entertain, People Do	33	Propless / Body Mutilation Articles / Business and Publicity Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Randy Tanner	Blown Up Real Good	joke with a fake hand grenade		1982	Fingers don't Entertain, People Do	34	Articles / Joke Weapon / Bomb
Robert Cassidy	The Kraus Effect	with four guns, here published under Sandy Kraus but see p. 1520 for corrections		Feb. 1982	Magick (Issue 302)	1509	Weapon / Bullet Catch
Orville Wayne Meyer	Der Kugelfang	discussion of six methods	Also published here Genii, Dec. 1942	Apr. 1982	Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 1)	13	Weapon / Bullet Catch
	The Number on the Bullet	No. 90, card with numbers put in envelope and prediction marked on a bullet, spectator shoots on envelope with a riffle and hits predicted number		1983	101 Psychic Tests	25	Weapon / Gun Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Stephen Tucker	Jasper	finger chopper / guillotine routine	Also published here Jasper (Stephen Tucker, 1989)	Sep. 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 29)	564	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Hal Meyers	Laser Splice	toy space gun used to cut/splice selection in half	Inspired by Jim Lee's "Karate Card"	1983	Off the Wall	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Weapon / Gun
Robert E. Neale	The Two Guns	No. 30, square with nine sections, two miniature guns moved according to instructions end up in predicted section	Also published here The Two Guns (Robert E. Neale, 1973)	1983	Self-Working Number Magic	50	Weapon / Gun Games / Instruction Games
Dick Koornwinder	Crazy Canon	cannon drawn on paper fires with bang, hole in selected card		1984	Diverting Kreations	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Holes Effects Weapon / Cannon
Robert Cassidy	Russian Roulette	using four guns, created in 1976		1984	The Art of Mentalism	78	Weapon / Gun Mental Magic / Effects / Russian Roulette Theme (guns, nails etc.) Mental Magic / Effects / X-Ray Eyes & Blindfolds
Glenn Strange	The Time Bomb	joke, alarm clock / bomb is given to spectator to hold, see p. 436 for additional ideas by Meir Yedid	Related to The Trapdoor Issue #8 (Steve Beam, 2011)	1985	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 8)	121	Clock Articles / Joke Weapon / Bomb
Ben Robinson	Twelve Have Died	on the bullet-catch		Sep. 1986	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 2)	14	Weapon / Bullet Catch
Karrell Fox	The "Invisible Gun"	popping sound with thumb-tip	Related to Pop (Eric Mason, 1979)	1986	For My Next Trick...	22	Weapon / Gun Hand Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Terry Seabrooke	Bullet Thru Card	gun is shot at deck, selection is found burnt with a hole in it		1986	Seabrooke's Book	36	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Weapon / Gun
Rudolf Braunmüller	Die Fingerguillotine			Dec. 1986	Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 3 & 4)	147	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Terri Rogers	Guillotines	ideas and bits	Also published here Guillotinen (Terri Rogers, 1989)	1986	Secrets	74	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Karrell Fox	"Poppin Balloons"	child shots with toy gun on balloon, it pops		1988	My Latest Book	69	Balloon / Miscellaneous Weapon / Gun Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Children Magic / Gags, Ideas & Bits of Business
Karrell Fox	The Silk-Shooter	silk over barrel of gun vanishes when fired, alternative to Eddie Joseph's Hank Gun		1988	My Latest Book	135	Silk & Handkerchief / Vanish / With Props Weapon / Gun
Ian Keable-Elliott	Editorial	Russ Abbot, Ali Bongo, Guillotine trick		Jan. 1988	Opus (Vol. 1 No. 5)	2	Articles / Columns Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Terri Rogers	Guillotinen	ideas and bits	Also published here Guillotines (Terri Rogers, 1986)	Apr. 1989	Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 3)	116	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Stephen Tucker	Jasper	finger chopper / guillotine routine	Also published here Jasper (Stephen Tucker, 1983)	Oct. 1989	Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 1)	23	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Karrell Fox	Great Shot	toy gun, child shoots rope into two parts		1991	Goodies	55	Rope / Miscellaneous Weapon / Gun
Karrell Fox	Ready-Aim-Fire	with single shot rifle, plate breaks in front of face		1991	Goodies	104	Plate Weapon / Bullet Catch
Larry Becker	Russian Roulette	using three revolvers The Double-Clutch Move The Manhattan Close Call		1992	Stunners!	441	Weapon / Gun Mental Magic / Effects / Russian Roulette Theme (guns, nails etc.)
Sid Fleischman	The Mean Magician Syndrome	presentation for finger chopper		1993	The Charlatan's Handbook	58	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Harry Anderson	The Bullet Catch	with a plate shattering		1993	Wise Guy	30	Weapon / Bullet Catch
Harry Anderson	Finger Chopper			1993	Wise Guy	119	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
"Joro" Bruno Hennig	Die Guillotine	arm guillotine		1993	Das Joro-Buch	125	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Michel Asselin	Destination: Earth	small dart is fired with pistol on spinning globe to select country, prediction on ticket	Inspired by (1) A Million to One (Tony Corinda, 1958) Related to It's A Small World (John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley, 1947)	1994	Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 5)	23	Weapon / Gun Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Greg Edmonds	Deadly Vision	shooting at target blindfolded with gun		Sep. 1994	Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 3)	1	Weapon / Gun Mental Magic / Effects / X-Ray Eyes & Blindfolds
Karrell Fox	Splitting-Hares	arm chopper with rabbit inside		1995	Much Ado About Something	122	Animal / Rabbit Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Tony Corinda	Is That a Fact?	anecdote of Maurice Fogel doing the bullet catch		June 1995	Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 12)	11	Weapon / Bullet Catch Articles / Anecdotes
Karl Fulves	Ultra Bullet Catch	"Unsolved Mysteries" bullet catch in giant helium balloon, posed as a problem	Related to Ultra Bullet Catch (Karl Fulves, 1998)	1996	The Fine Print (Issue 4)	77	Weapon / Bullet Catch
Mike Caveney	Alexander Herrmann and the Bullet Catch			Dec. 1996	Magic (Vol. 6 No. 4)	52	Weapon / Bullet Catch Articles / Magic History
Karl Fulves	12 Have Died	"The Impromptu Bullet Catch" spectator writes "bullet" on paper, folded and torn up and tossed (or shot) on performer, performer has piece with spectator's writing in mouth, with two more variations posed as problems		1997	The Fine Print (Issue 5)	117	Paper / Center Tear Paper / Miscellaneous Weapon / Bullet Catch
Franklin V. Taylor	Die stumpfe Fingerguillotine	with thread		1997	Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 3)	117	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Stephen Bargatze	Chops and Balls	humorous chop cup routine with a gun, baseball and turnip		1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70)	1475	Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines Weapon / Gun Food / Turnip
Karl Fulves	Ultra Bullet Catch	"Unsolved Mysteries" more details on the problem, posed as a problem	Related to Ultra Bullet Catch (Karl Fulves, 1996)	1998	The Fine Print (Issue 8)	234	Weapon / Bullet Catch
Karl Fulves	Armed To The Teeth	"Unsolved Mysteries" after the shoot, the performer has gun in his teeth, posed as a problem		1998	The Fine Print (Issue 9)	268	Weapon / Gun Weapon / Bullet Catch
David Acer	A Day in The Life #6 - The Bullet Catch			1999	Natural Selections — Volume II	171	Weapon / Bullet Catch Articles / Anecdotes
Rudolf Braunmüller	Gags im Zusammenhang mit Tricks	Eröffnung, Daumenfesselung, Afghanbänder, Fischtrick, Geldfang aus der Luft & Münzen, Handguillotine, Handschellen, Karten, Mentalmagie, Persiltrick, Schallplatten, Schaumgummi-Backstein, Schwebekunststücke, Seile, Würfel, Zeitungen & Zeitschriften, Party & Restaurant		1999	Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)	63	Paper / Topological Effects Rope / Penetration / Thumb Tie Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Miser's Dream Handcuffs Articles / Joke Mental Magic / Effects / Gag Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Andreas Michel-Andino	Guillotinen	"Andinos Trickmonographien - Teil 5" Noch einmal die Multi-Pip-Card Nachtrag zum Rubik-Cube Historisches zu Handguillotinen (credit information) Verschiedene Formen Meine Routine zum Handcutter Schopenhauer und die Fingerguillotine Die Guillotine in der Kindervorführung? Ausblick		1999	Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 3)	120	Rubik's Cube / Solving Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multi Pip Card Children Magic / Routines
Mark Benthimer	Arnold	bullet produced from dollar bill, then small silk streamer, then it changes into a hundred dollar bill		1999	Real World Magic	158	Silk & Handkerchief / Ribbon / Production & Appearance Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Weapon / Bullet Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
Tony Eng	Stealing Time	watch steal during finger chopper routine		1999	Real World Magic	274	Pickpocketing / Watch Steal Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Tom Stone	Aquatic Duel	russian roulette with water pistols	Also published here Wet Russian (Tom Stone, 2007) Wet Russian (Tom Stone, 2011)	2000	...at first sight	13	Weapon / Gun Toy Mental Magic / Effects / Russian Roulette Theme (guns, nails etc.)
Andreas Michel-Andino	Der Talerfang	"Andinos Trickmonographien - Teil 6" Nachträglicher Nachtrag zum Rubic Cube (Rubik) Korrekturen zur Geschichte der Guillotine (credit information) Gedanken zum Talerfang Hilfsmittel und Techniken Meine Bühnenroutine Finale mit Geldscheinen? Der Talerfang vor oder mit Kindern? Weitere Anwendungen Ausblick		2000	Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)	156	Bill / Appearance & Production Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Miser's Dream Rubik's Cube / Solving Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper Children Magic / Routines
Andreas Michel-Andino	Der Spiegeldurchbruch	"Andinos Trickmonographien - Teil 7" mirror penetration with silk or needle Nachtrag zur Guillotinengeschichte (credit information) Talerfang Das heutige Thema Meine Ausführung Historisches (credit information) Meine Routine Weitere Vortragsanregungen Ausblick		2000	Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 1)	14	Mirror Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Miser's Dream Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Andrew Mayne	Getting the most out of your Finger Chopper	finger chopper combined with finger in matchbox		2000	Shock Magic	31	Propless / Body Mutilation Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Paul Osborne	Lumberjack's Dream	head sawn off		June 2001	Genii (Vol. 64 No. 6)	26	Illusions / Harmed & Healed / Miscellaneous Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
David Berglas	Russian Roulette	gun is loaded with five bullets and one empty chamber, spectator can choose shooting on plates or on performer, sketchy explanation		2002	The Mind & Magic of David Berglas	270	Weapon / Gun Mental Magic / Effects / Russian Roulette Theme (guns, nails etc.) Articles / Magic on TV
Karl Fulves, Ted O'Loughlin	Cannonball Run	"Problems" cannonball changes into balloon and flies away, also reverse effect in which balloon becomes cannonball, Paul Curry, Rick Johnsson, credit information by Stephen Minch, posed as problem	Related to A Cannonball Tale (Philip T. Goldstein, 2003) Blackstone's Annual of Magic, 1929	2002	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7)	256	Weapon / Cannon Balloon / Transformation
Philip T. Goldstein	A Cannonball Tale	credit information on the effect of a cannonball changing to a balloon and vice versa	Related to Cannonball Run (Karl Fulves, Ted O'Loughlin, 2002)	2003	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8)	298	Weapon / Cannon Balloon / Transformation
Bob Ostin	Shooting a Bullet Through a Signed Card	toy gun with flash paper is used and shot on deck, selection is found with hole	Related to "New Pentagram" January, 1972.	2005	Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Weapon / Gun
Tom Stone	Wet Russian	russian roulette with water pistols	Also published here Aquatic Duel (Tom Stone, 2000) Wet Russian (Tom Stone, 2011)	2007	Marvelpiece!	11	Weapon / Gun Toy Mental Magic / Effects / Russian Roulette Theme (guns, nails etc.)
Trevor Lewis	Arm Chopper	presentation for the Arm Chopper		2009	Routines Matter	26	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Trevor Lewis	Finger Chopper Presentation	using a thimble		2009	Routines Matter	78	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Tom Stone	The Safe Bullet-Catch	bang gun bullet catch		2011	Maelstrom	24	Weapon / Bullet Catch Silk & Handkerchief / Traveling / Miscellaneous
Tom Stone	Wet Russian	russian roulette with water pistols	Also published here Aquatic Duel (Tom Stone, 2000) Wet Russian (Tom Stone, 2007)	2011	Maelstrom	25	Weapon / Gun Toy Mental Magic / Effects / Russian Roulette Theme (guns, nails etc.)
Patrick Page	Bang Bang	gag with a gun, shooting member of the audience	Also published here Blank Him (Patrick Page, 2011)	2011	Magic Page by Page	285	Weapon / Gun Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
Patrick Page	The Shot Knot	cut and restored rope, knot falls off with pistol, gag		2011	Magic Page by Page	286	Rope / Cut & Restored Weapon / Gun Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
Patrick Page	Missing	missing with cards and a gun, gag		2011	Magic Page by Page	288	Weapon / Gun Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
Patrick Page	The Cannonball Illusion	comedy vanishing cannonball under handkerchief		2011	Magic Page by Page	294	Weapon / Cannon Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
Patrick Page	Breakaway Gun			2011	Magic Page by Page	295	Weapon / Gun Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
Patrick Page	Blank Him	gag with a gun, shooting member of the audience	Also published here Bang Bang (Patrick Page, 2011)	2011	Magic Page by Page	299	Weapon / Gun Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
Roberto Giobbi	Bang!	producing a shot-like sound	Related to Dead Man's Hand (Henry Christ, 1937)	2016	Hidden Agenda (Issue Apr 11)	106	Propless / Miscellaneous Weapon / Gun
John Gaughan	The Flight of the Turtle Doves	The Chamber of Secrets two giant ball vases, cannon ball and dove transpose		Feb. 2017	Genii (Vol. 80 No. 2)	24	Ball / Ball & Vase Weapon / Cannon Animal / Dove / Transposition
John Gaughan	French Cannonball Vase	Chamber of Secrets		Apr. 2020	Genii (Vol. 83 No. 4)	36	Ball / Ball & Vase Weapon / Cannon
John Graham	Catch Me If You Can	performer's hand is in upside-down paper bag to make it a puppet, bucket of paper balls is tossed towards it and performer catches the one marked by the spectator		2021	Stage by Stage	187	Paper / Miscellaneous Weapon / Bullet Catch
Simon Lovell	Paper Bullet Catch	idea		2021	Stage by Stage	193	Paper / Miscellaneous Weapon / Bullet Catch Paper / Out to Lunch