The Bug-A-Salt Pump Action Salt Gun

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This is a fun little salt gun, you can find out all about it here: www.bugasalt.com

Basically, it's a 'shotgun' that shoots table salts (and I guess you can use sand too) to kill flys, mosquitoes, and other small insects.

I ordered one some time ago. It's a new company and they had trouble with international shipping, but they found a distributor for Canada and I received mine yesterday. The whole gun measures about 22 inches, with a 7 inch barrel and a high-capacity magazine (enough salt for 50 shots).

From 2 feet away, the salt failed to penetrate a single layer of newspaper. I held my hand about 8 inches from the muzzle and shot it, it stung somewhat so yes, I think it has no problem killing small insects at close range. Will it kill them humanely from 3 feet away ? I'm not so sure, and I guess I'll have to wait until summer to find out.

This thing is good for sprinkling salt and seasoning onto food. For example if you're baking a tray of potatoes, you can just give it a few shots from a few feet away.

I suspect the barrel is a .177 inch airgun barrel, but a very thin one. I could easily load a .177 BB from the muzzle and the BB flew out and went thru a layer of cardboard with no problem. I think I'll open the gun up and see if I can place a small magnet at the end of the barrel, so it can double as a .177 BB gun.
 
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I just watched the video. All I have to say is wow. Just wow. I wonder when the gf is being annoying if I can shoot it in her eyes or at least at her face ( joke)
 
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Gunrarr said:
Can you tell me who the distributor for Canada is, thanks.
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You'll have to ask them. I don't know if they used a real distributor (like someone with a warehouse or something), or just someone who drove to Canada with a truckload of these things and mailed them out. They only had about 900 pre-orders from Canada.
 
I wonder if it could take out some large house centipedes, got so many of them and they are really fast.
I saw it got a spider pretty good in one of the videos.

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limit time said:
How much did it cost and who do I contact for one??
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I ordered on the initial pre-order round and paid only $30 USD, no shipping, tax, or any other fee (I don't think they made any money on their non-US orders). You can order on their web site now but they only take orders for US addresses for the time being. However they might have a Canadian distributor now, you'll have to ask them.
 
Juster said:
I need 12" of penetration before I am satisfied.
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Ouch, no thank you. ;)

It sound pretty short ranged. For years I have been just using an empty airgun for my insect needs. Normally pumper or CO2, no pellet. Shot at the unwanted guest it seems to disappear, sometimes a bit of a splat mark but that's the joys of living in a rental. It seems insects like to hang out near the ceiling, normally on the wall, makes them an easy target. Having a cat with killer instincts helps, when she can't reach them she goes nuts and alerts me to get the gun, quite the team we are. Kind of glad the ex left her here when she left. Only problem is its a new kind of :bigHug::bigHug::bigHug::bigHug: to deal with, much easier to deal with mind you.
 
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