Gun

71 entries in Weapon / Gun

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	Related to The Card and Pistol (Jules Lenier, 1970)	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
	Conjurers' Pistols	two models		1889	Tricks with Cards	174	Weapon / Gun
	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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.)
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
Jules Lenier	The Card and Pistol	comment on routine in Decremps, 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	Related to La Carte Clouée au Mur d'un Coup de Pistolet (1784)	Aug. 1970	Talisman (Vol. 1 No. 24)	117	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card on Ceiling or Wall 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
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
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
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
	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
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
	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
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
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
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
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
Karrell Fox	Great Shot	toy gun, child shoots rope into two parts		1991	Goodies	55	Rope / Miscellaneous Weapon / Gun
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.)
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
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	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
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.)
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
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.)
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	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