Buckshot Bear Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 BUG-A-SALT Anyone got one??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 I’ve used one a time or two! Couple years ago, at Comin’AtCha’, I was standing guard over Copperhead’s fish fry station and used one to keep the insects away and to terminate those that were brave enough to challenge my ATHORITAE! Worked great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Had one for a short time, worked well. It was the second generation. Using it in the house is a good way to sleep on the couch, do not offer to salt her food from across the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Mosby Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 I've got the camo version and absolutely love it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canton Chris Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Plus they’re a helluvalotta fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Got one, love it, though it needs a screw in choke ... mine's like my grouse gun, it has all the choke of a highway culvert. Have to get up really close to guarantee success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 My neighbors have a couple they keep out of their pool for when they have parties. They work well enough and are fun but I thought the price tag on them was a little high at around $50. Then again, since when does a CAS put a price tag on fun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun-Gibbs Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 I've got one. It's fun to sit on the front porch with it, and shoot at whatever flies by! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 I have a camo one that I was given for Christmas last year. It’s still in the box. I had a yellow one that worked pretty well. My grandson “borrowed” it and I never saw it again. I learned pretty quickly not to use them in the house. Sure, it kills flies and spiders but spreads salt everywhere, especially if you run through the house firing as fast as you can pump it chasing a huge fly. My wife was not amused or impressed. Over a period of 3 or 4 weeks I would hear this voice from down the hall say “I found some more of your salt. Please tell me that damn thing is still in the garage.” By the way, do not get the salt wet. It jams them up, per my grandson. He left on the patio and it rained. It was in the patio because my daughter told him “Put that damned thing outside. I don’t ever want to see it in the house again!” Apparently he and his buddies were having fun with it shooting at flies then each other. Are you seeing a trend here? If shipping to Oz wasn’t so much I would send my camo one to you @Buckshot Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Are they legal in California? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 I have the other version made, a-salt-rifle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Just now, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Are they legal in California? Probably has. P65 warning on the salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gungadin Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 I looked at the salt in the checkout line at Sportsman's warehouse the other day. It took me a while to figure out what was going on until I noticed the guns beside them. High Tech that salt, has to be the right grain size and have clump protection. Reminds me of those 'Quarry Cops' shooting rocksalt when I was a kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Angus McPherson Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 I had one. It wasn't worth a darn. I was never able to kill, or wound, a thing with it. That includes attempts on a fly sitting on my glass at a range of about one to one and a half inches. Worthless waste of money, in my experience. I'm glad other folks had better luck. Angus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 I like mine. I use it often in the house with just plain Morton salt. Of course, the air is pretty dry in AZ so it doesn't clump. I have found it is not too effective on wasps and has NO effect on Tarantula Hawks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said: I have found it is not too effective on wasps... Paper wasps, even the red ones, succumb to 10 squirts of 90+% Isopropyl Alcohol. They shake off 70%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494 Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Wasps, hornets, yellowjackets, black widows...... all succumb to the cheapest Auto Zone carburetor spray cleaner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still hand Bill Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Have two, one for each of us. They also make a pistol that is higher powered. Looks like a crossman airgun that takes salt pellets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted November 5, 2023 Author Share Posted November 5, 2023 Thanks pards.....you've sold me....just ordered one for myself and my Buckaroo Grandson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 I have 2, one in my rv and one I use on my deck. I kills flies, but just pisses off wasps and hornets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 Arrived.......these are so much fun!!!!! If ya' ain't got one...shout ya'self one! Great arm and upper body work out.....worse thing is when there ain't no flies!!!!!! Shooting through some hibiscus leaves at different distances you can really pattern them and see how they knock down and blow flies away! We got some type of fly down here that does a bit of hovering, they're the darn bestest......like clay shooting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said: Great arm and upper body work out.....worse thing is when there ain't no flies!!!! What’s that you say? Australia? No flies? Say it ain’t so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Rich Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 Bought one at a yard sale last week for $7, lady said granpa couldn't figure how to use it. I cocked it and shot it and bought it. Works great. kR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 You should see what they do to a black widow spider. It’s almost glorious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Maverick Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Kid Rich said: Bought one at a yard sale last week for $7, lady said granpa couldn't figure how to use it. I cocked it and shot it and bought it. Works great. kR Shirttail better keep an eye on you for sure. LOL TM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 9 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: What’s that you say? Australia? No flies? Say it ain’t so! I am trying to figure out the hat. Why is it like that? Do the swinging corks keep bugs away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Pat Riot said: I am trying to figure out the hat. Why is it like that? Do the swinging corks keep bugs away? Flies. The corks are supposedly better than waving the flies away every few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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