“Best Buy” Bug-A-Salt Gun

“Best Buy” Bug-A-Salt Gun FARM HOME Miscellaneous About 3 years ago Rod Sobieski Emporia Kan bought a Bug-A-Salt table salt shooting gun designed to kill flies He liked it so much that he recently gave it to his grandson and bought a new one “It’s a fun way to control pests in your home or yard rather than chasing them around with a fly swatter You can shoot flies off windows between window blind slats off walls or ceilings and even off the edge of a book ” says Sobieski “Since salt is lightweight it loses its velocity rapidly The salt totally disintegrates as soon as it hits anything and won’t cause damage to furniture glass wall paper and so forth ” The Bug-A-Salt is made of plastic and measures about 21 in long It operates on compressed air and comes with a hand grip on front that pulls back to cock the gun and recharge the air cylinder The operator uses a gun sight to aim Salt is poured into an opening on top of the gun and gravity feeds into the discharge tube so every time you pull the trigger the compressed air picks up a measured amount of salt and shoots it out in a small burst A small port hole on the gun shows when salt is getting low The gun holds about 60 shots Effective range is 1 to 5 ft “It’s a pretty accurate gun – if you know how to sight a rifle you’ll very rarely miss the fly ” says Sobieski “It doesn’t make a mess inside your home because only a pinch of salt comes out with every shot I’ve even used the gun outside to shoot dozens of flies setting on freshly split and stacked firewood ” He says the gun works best at close range because further out at 4 to 6 ft the salt spreads out in a larger pattern that may not kill all insects “It’s so safe to use that I’ve shot flies off my dog and it doesn’t bother him at all I think the Bug-A-Salt is far less dangerous than a BB gun or a pellet gun and wouldn’t hesitate to give one to a 5 or 6-year-old child ” He says the gun does have a few minor issues “If you don’t use the gun for several months the salt inside it gets humid and tends to break down Also the cocking mechanism uses a really tough spring so it’s quite difficult to cock After 15 or 20 shots I can feel it in my arm ” The Bug-A-Salt gun sells for $39 95 on Amazon with free shipping It’s available in several versions including a camoflage model and a lawn and garden model “Laser beam sights and aiming scopes are also available although they aren’t necessary unless you want to shoot from the hip ” chuckles Sobieski

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