N/A Bug a salt Shredder for Spiders

[Berserkeley Mike]

I use a version 2.5 to incapacitate flies to feed to a terrarium of tree frogs. A good shot or two with sand can stun the fly or wound it enough that I can grab it and throw it into the terrarium. I fill it with well-sifted and sized sand instead of salt, so that the froggies don't eat too much salt. Yes, I know they say not to use sand in a Bug-a-Salt, and I do note that the sand can bounce back into the eyes; it happens a lot.
Interestingly, sand doesn't kill flies nearly as well as salt, which makes me think that it is the salt ions that kill the bug, not the impact or hole the salt grain makes.
Spiders get a pass around here. There are so many that some times of the year the spiders probably eat more other spiders than flies. So far they haven't been a problem.

 

[crosman2016]

Now that looks interesting OP!

 

[maxtrouble]

Took the Shredder out for a spin this weekend.

50 shots and when I bled the Co2 cartridge there was still a lot of gas left. Probably enough for another magazine.

Biggest game I could find was spiders, grass hoppers, wood borers and yellow jackets.

I was surprised at the range of the Shredder. Wood borers and grass hoppers at 3 feet were DRT.

Single action trigger is pretty damn snappy. Double action is mushy.

My original Bug a salt is way under powered compared to this beast. Trigger sucks, could not even touch a wood borer. Close range is required for a house fly.

This Shredder shreds.

I shot these targets at 1, 2 and three feet.

The tinfoil does not lie.

I shot a few yellow jackets mid air.

Was able to knock them out of the air at two and three feet.

Blew the legs right off a grasshopper. All of them and he wasn't moving afterwards.

Made some blue birds happy with an easy meal.

 

[Berserkeley Mike]

Quick question, about what was the ambient temperature during this smallest game safari? CO2 power is temperature dependent.
You got guts shooting yellow jackets at 2 feet.
Yeah, my 2.5 pump BaS is good for around 1 foot on flies using salt, and only 6 inches using sand. A Shredder with sand looks like it could blow the rust off the fenders down to bare metal on a warm day.

 

[maxtrouble]

Quick question, about what was the ambient temperature during this smallest game safari? CO2 power is temperature dependent.
You got guts shooting yellow jackets at 2 feet.
Yeah, my 2.5 pump BaS is good for around 1 foot on flies using salt, and only 6 inches using sand. A Shredder with sand looks like it could blow the rust off the fenders down to bare metal on a warm day.

It was in the 60's when I started. Shot for the last two hours of the shoot. Went through two magazines.

I used half an apple for bait. The shredder would move it a bit but couldn't launch it off the deck.

All bugs I shot were DRT and I managed to shoot a couple of yellow jackets mid air. Very satisfying.

Two feet is probably the optimum shooting distance. Tight pattern with a lot of power. Shoots bugs a few feet with the salt impact.

It is surprisingly quiet but I would not shoot it indoors. Might mar wood or a counter top. More practice needed on the deck first.

A towel would make a good backstop.

I would purchase again. Will make a great Christmas present. Buy extra ammo, you are going to need it.

Besides, pistols don't count.