[dalereed]

" resulting dart would be 6 to 8 inches long, and would fly a hundred feet or more, if you were trying for distance. A straight shot from twenty feet or less would bring down a small bird"

Used to do the same thing except I glued the paper darts together and put a straight pin in the nose.

[forsnax5]

... and put a straight pin in the nose.

Well, yeah.

:)

We put kitchen matches in the nose, as well. They made a satisfying pop when they landed on tarmac, and a fine bit of smoke.

Placing small firecrackers inside with the fuse threaded out to the match head was another interesting concept, but it was rarely successful.