[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Bug a Salt Gun (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 7/17/2017 1:01:50 PM EDT
Anyone here have one? I just procured one for my home since for some reason we are having an influx of flies. 
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There's a thread going where someone is using a 3D printer to print all kinds of things for their Bug-A-Salt, like a red dot mount.
This seems like an excellent reason to buy a 3D printer. And a Bug-A-Salt. 
edit - looks like photobucket phucked the thread: https://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/2007102_Most-practical-use-of-a-pistol-laser--Bug-A-Salt-3-0.html |
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Maybe burying that body under the house wasn't such a good idea after all. 
More like I'm too cheap pay for garbage pick up and go to the dump every week, and I keep my garbage in the garage in a plastic trash can in the meantime. |
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I've had one for about 4 years or so. I love it and grab it anytime a fly infiltrates. I have also used it on bees/wasps, though it takes several close range hits to knock them down. With the flies, the fun part is trying to hit them in the air. There's no pattern to the way those suckers fly.
Definitely have to use the old school granular salt. Don't try to use kosher salt or the heavy sea salts. I will add that I think mine has lost a bit of power over the years, also. Still a great toy/tool. ETA: I gave out a few of them as Christmas presents to my sisters a couple years ago. Not sure if they use them or find them as fun as I do. They are all harcore leftists and even a pop-tart gun scares them. So they probably got tossed. Their loss, though. |
| What's the fun in that? Plus it stinks and you probably don't want kids and pets breathing that stuff. |
| Kosher salt was what was recommended. I've got to get right up on a regular sized house fly to nail him, and even then it sometimes takes two shots. Best to get them trapped behind the window blinds. If you can just hear them buzzing, one hand pops the blinds up, other hand takes the shot. Make sure the safety is already off or removed. |
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I have one and love it. Uses regular table salt and kills all nature of creepy crawlies. Stings like crap if you get drunk and shoot your brother, by the way. Yes, it does shoot a pinch of salt in the house if that's where you fire it, but come on. Someone vacuums your house, right?
It is fun and when smoking meat or barbecuing, you can shoot flies for hours on end. |