Blow Guns ?

Ive used one made of plastic before. It had all sorts of darts, hunting tips and all. Extremely accurate. Not sure id want to carry one around tho.
 
Pitdog,

I have a couple that I ordered from SMKW. They are actually pretty amazing. With some practice (the blowing part is tricky) they are very accurate and you can bury the the dart into wood planks (I use a pair of pliers to get them back out). Longer is better :D(more powerful and accurate!).
 
Way back when, magazines like popular mechanics used to advertize blowguns in a tiny little black and white ad near the back of the mag. I think they were called Javalinas or something. Anyway, they were fairly cheap. You had to make your own darts out of long pieces of piano wire, which you had to cut to size, and plastic beads. They included these with the blowgun. They actually drew the aluminium tubing on a slight curve, {to compensate for gravity}, so that when you rotated the tube, you had a perfectly straight barrel. Amazonian natives and such, do the same thing with their carved blowguns. {Didn't know there was this much science to the blowgun did ya?};)

There weren't any other manufacturers at that time, I don't think.

So, me and a buddy both got a couple. I think our long ones were 5 or 6ft long. We also got a 3 footer.

Nothing that moved was safe from our darts. These things were deadly accurate! The darts didn't even have cone tips, but would penetrate so far into wood that you needed a pliers to get them out. We even put some through light gauge steel.

They said at the time, that blowguns are the only weapon in the world that people are instinctively accurate with. They were, [and are], right. By their second blow, people are within inches of target, having never used one before. It's pretty interesting.

Of course, the longer the barrel, the more accurate, go figure.:rolleyes:

There used to be guys who sold various poisons for the darts through the mail! One fellow advertized cobra venom! The idea was that you could kill anything with a blowgun using poison darts. {Presumeably if it didn't kill you first} The usual trick was to mix your poison with toothpaste, smear it on the tip and let it dry. When you shot at something ,the only thing you had to remember was: DON'T INHALE THE DART!!!!

Ah, those were the days!

Anyway, I don't know if the new two piece ones are any good or not. The darts look a lot better nowadays.

They are a lot of fun.
 
I have one of their shorter ones and it's quite impressive. As others have mentioned it's amazingly easy to hit with these (not that you don't need practice but that perhaps practice is so much fun it's easy to practice).

Haven't tried the longer or 2-piece ones. I find I like the simple bamboo darts just about the best.

Charlie
 
I had a few when I was a little kid, its still around here somewhere. It was about 18-24" and a ton of fun. Really acurate with a little practice. The only thing that I ever shot was a fly on the wall from about 10 ft. It took a while but a lot of fun.

I never actually took it hunting but I guess it would be effective out to as far as a pellet gun if you could blow hard enough.
 
Former Prohibited Weapons Order, No. 6

12. The device commonly known as “Yaqua Blowgun”, being a tube or pipe designed for the purpose of shooting arrows or darts by the breath, and any similar device.

Stupid I know, I can't seem to find any reports on darranged killers out there shooting people with blowguns
 
coyotebc said:
Pitdog
Don't forget that blowguns are prohibited weapons in Canada.
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Aww damn! Just when I thought they changed the rule too. I wanted one for ages and I was going to order one immediately. (after asking you guys what the best kind is of course :D;) )
 
I bought a few of the 40 cal ones for my brother and me, like others have said its very easy to learn to shoot accurately. And you can send dart a long way, 5o yard is no problem, maybe not accurately though haha I got good, thought I would try it for hunting small game or pest, maybe the bigger bores are good for it, but I think the ones Like I have are mainly for fun, not very effective on game. Oh and a good cheap target is a pack of Styrofoam plates with duct tape around the edge, a lot easier than digging the darts out of wood!
 
I have one of the Cold Steel ones. They are accurate and powerful. I use it on the tree rats in the backyard.

You can become very good with one very quickly. Sometimes I shoot it in the house to show friends it's accuracy. I'll hit 1" diameter objects with ease. I can put a dart dead center into a 3" diameter target at 20 feet.

The bamboo darts are my favorite, they would be the best for hunting birds and small game. The metal darts need some tip work to make them sharp. I use the plastic "stun darts" on squirrels.

If you can't order one just make your own.
 
I make them, play with em at work, a piece of conduit, some wire thinner than a hanger, some stiff tissue paper and something to tie it on the wire with.
 
Don Rearic said:
"No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law." Robert Heinlein
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I agree :)

I made one when I was a kid. After seeing a Charles Bronson movie, I found a floor lamp tube, some finishing nails and made paper cones for the darts. Ha...ha...ha...!
 
Don Rearic said:
"No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law." Robert Heinlein
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Correct, but it might be a waste of money ordering one from the US only to have Customs seize it.

Also ignorance of the law is no exscuse, would hate to see Pitdog buy one then be observed using it in public and get into trouble. If he knows it's prohibited and still makes or buys one then he knows the risks.
 
I have killed birds, rabbits and squirrels with my CS blowguns (long version) using the full steel darts and I sharpened the heads. I dont think they are very humane though. Unless a head or neck shot they always run and almost never die immediatley (for me). I mostly use them now for target practice.
 
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