Pneumatic fly swatter - calling out to subscriber!

I am hoping Subscriber chimes in on this...

A fly has been getting too much of my attention today and evaded my efforts to get it with conventional weapons (half-assed attempts to swat it while trying to focus on my work, that is). After too many hours of cursing and swatting at the thing, I solved the problem with one judiciously timed dry fire of the pp700.

Using an air burst to swat a fly brought some experiences to mind one from a visit to the children's science and industry museum and one with a gizmo in my classroom.

At the museum they had what was more or less an aimable barrel in some kind of support structure with a large elastic membrane at one end and a specially designed lip at the other. They had a fog generator as well and you could fill the barrel with fog, pull back the membrane via a handle, and release it to blow a perfect smoke ring that traveled very long distances while retaining its structure. It enabled you to hit someone with a blast of air at comical distances.

I got a small one for my classroom - you could shoot it at one end, and a second or so later the blinds would be hit by a small focused vortex of surprising intensity.

The ring made visible by the smoke is called a torroidal vortex as I understand it and my question to subscriber (and any who know of such things) is: is it possible to / can you help me conceive of a muzzle device that could turn an airgun into a precision fly-stunning vortex launcher? Starting small - say a pp700 with a .177 barrel. This is NOT about silencing anything (other than flies) so honorable moderators, please allow this thread to fly.
 
I am hoping Subscriber chimes in on this...

A fly has been getting too much of my attention today and evaded my efforts to get it with conventional weapons (half-assed attempts to swat it while trying to focus on my work, that is). After too many hours of cursing and swatting at the thing, I solved the problem with one judiciously timed dry fire of the pp700.

Using an air burst to swat a fly brought some experiences to mind one from a visit to the children's science and industry museum and one with a gizmo in my classroom.

At the museum they had what was more or less an aimable barrel in some kind of support structure with a large elastic membrane at one end and a specially designed lip at the other. They had a fog generator as well and you could fill the barrel with fog, pull back the membrane via a handle, and release it to blow a perfect smoke ring that traveled very long distances while retaining its structure. It enabled you to hit someone with a blast of air at comical distances.

I got a small one for my classroom - you could shoot it at one end, and a second or so later the blinds would be hit by a small focused vortex of surprising intensity.

The ring made visible by the smoke is called a torroidal vortex as I understand it and my question to subscriber (and any who know of such things) is: is it possible to / can you help me conceive of a muzzle device that could turn an airgun into a precision fly-stunning vortex launcher? Starting small - say a pp700 with a .177 barrel. This is NOT about silencing anything (other than flies) so honorable moderators, please allow this thread to fly.

We are totally overrun with flies, your post could not have come at a more perfect time as I have dedicated my Notos pistol to fly killing this fall. 32 fills so far, 30 shots per fill?

It works great, kills flies at close quarters.
 
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We are totally overrun with flies, your post could not have come at a more perfect time as I have dedicated my Notos pistol to fly killing this fall. 32 fills so far, 30 shots per fill?

It works great, kills flies at close quarters

i am guess (like when blowing a smoke ring) the air can't just be rocketing out at any speed for it to work so it may not be possible. Would be cool though if a properly contoured end cap to a shroud or muzzle device could direct air in a similar fashion.
 
I am hoping Subscriber chimes in on this...

A fly has been getting too much of my attention today and evaded my efforts to get it with conventional weapons (half-assed attempts to swat it while trying to focus on my work, that is). After too many hours of cursing and swatting at the thing, I solved the problem with one judiciously timed dry fire of the pp700.

Using an air burst to swat a fly brought some experiences to mind one from a visit to the children's science and industry museum and one with a gizmo in my classroom.

At the museum they had what was more or less an aimable barrel in some kind of support structure with a large elastic membrane at one end and a specially designed lip at the other. They had a fog generator as well and you could fill the barrel with fog, pull back the membrane via a handle, and release it to blow a perfect smoke ring that traveled very long distances while retaining its structure. It enabled you to hit someone with a blast of air at comical distances.

I got a small one for my classroom - you could shoot it at one end, and a second or so later the blinds would be hit by a small focused vortex of surprising intensity.

The ring made visible by the smoke is called a torroidal vortex as I understand it and my question to subscriber (and any who know of such things) is: is it possible to / can you help me conceive of a muzzle device that could turn an airgun into a precision fly-stunning vortex launcher? Starting small - say a pp700 with a .177 barrel. This is NOT about silencing anything (other than flies) so honorable moderators, please allow this thread to fly.
Have you heard of Bug-a-Salt guns? They're spring-loaded, pump action shotguns that shoot a spray of table salt to very effectively kill flies & other annoying, flying bugs!
 
You can make a vortex cannon from a cylindrical oatmeal carton, a latex glove and some duct tape. They will alter the fight-path of a fly. You just have to time it right. Thinking that sticking one (or a large can) on the barrel of a 760 might yield interesting results. I'm sure that youtube has something...

Cheers,

J~
 
Have you heard of Bug-a-Salt guns? They're spring-loaded, pump action shotguns that shoot a spray of table salt to very effectively kill flies & other annoying, flying bugs!
Yes! A great idea... I tried one of those, works pretty well for soft-bodied insects like fruit flies or houseflies if you can get close, but it wouldn't handle the things I had hoped it would. I had high ceilings at the time…
 
Well these are mouse loads, but the shells can easily be loaded with shot (salt) for bugs.

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Have you heard of Bug-a-Salt guns? They're spring-loaded, pump action shotguns that shoot a spray of table salt to very effectively kill flies & other annoying, flying bugs!
What I've been wondering is if one could just fashion .177 or .22 salt shells? It makes a lot more sense to load up a 1322 or something similar with salt than it does to buy a plastic novelty gun to do the same.
 
They also make a co2 version of the bug a salt gun. https://www.bugasalt.com/products/s...jNO0gYlfla98O1MdxNZ9C-8kzm_dWXjgaAl7EEALw_wcB
Also a much cheaper alternative is to buy a crosman vigilante and then buy the salt speed loaders, then just reload them yourself. The base bun is basically the same with just different barrel and color. I use it to shoot fly's and wasps in the back yard in the supper and other bugs around the house year round. its fun.
and also for the crosman 2240series
 
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Wammo toy company used to make one a long time ago when I was a kid.
I remember those. The commercial showed kid’s knocking over stacks of plastic cups from across the room. They didn’t have quite the range my Cap’n Crunch and Saturday morning cartoon fueled imagination had hoped for.
 
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