Quote Originally Posted by edbear2 View Post
Bango's were Lanes explosive pellets, not sure what they used Fulminate of Mercury or some such pressure sensitive stuff I expect, we used to fiddlearound with red match heads and stuff as kids without much success.

ATB, Ed
I thought so.

You can still get something similar on E Bore. I think from Russia. They are of course illegal.

Despite the interesting and helpful comments on this thread, I still think that the origin of the diabolo in 1905-08 remains a bit of a mystery to me.

We can hypothesise (with some certainty) that someone invented them, and that they proved well suited to the LJ/BSA and the Bonehill Anglo Sure-Shot. But were the rifles and the pellets invented separately, or was there some connection?

Probably a happy coincidence. Just a pity we (I) can’t be sure.