Pellet Bow

SMJ · Post by **SMJ** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:14 pm

Plinking of a different kind! Incidentally something similar was used by Jim Corbett as well.

sohampaul11 · Post by **sohampaul11** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 10:51 pm

And here's the modern avatar of the pellet bow...also called the Airow Gun!

aadhaulya · Post by **aadhaulya** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 11:48 pm

What does it shoot?? Wasn't clear to me in the video.

Atul

sohampaul11 · Post by **sohampaul11** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 8:22 am

The Airow gun has two versions- the .22 cal and the paintball version.

aadhaulya · Post by **aadhaulya** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:20 am

From where is it loaded?? It seems to be loaded from the front end. But in that case the way the guy was handling it, the pellet would easily fall off. Besides to get some sort of velocity or power the pellet needs to have a proper seat to seal the pressure being developed in the barrel before it discharges.

Atul

SMJ · Post by **SMJ** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 1:51 pm

Atulji, some research on google shows that it fires at less than 200 fps. Effective at very short distances.

Commonwealth_of_PA · Post by **Commonwealth_of_PA** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 5:39 pm

SMJ wrote:Plinking of a different kind! Incidentally something similar was used by Jim Corbett as well.

That guy is a great shot!

Unless there is somebody just off camera shooting the cans with a BB gun

SMJ · Post by **SMJ** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 7:38 pm

[/quote]That guy is a great shot!

Unless there is somebody just off camera shooting the cans with a BB gun

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That's what I thought too at first

He seems to be using decent sized pebbles/stones from the way the cans seem to go flying!'

kshitij · Post by **kshitij** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:44 pm

Looks like a fun little thing. Does the deal wood test apply to this too

aadhaulya · Post by **aadhaulya** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:47 pm

I would rather stick to regular air guns.

Atul

ckkalyan · Post by **ckkalyan** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 10:14 am

The pellet bow is quite ancient, I think it could be the predecessor of the Sling Shot.

I am just wondering how the pellet / pebble / BB clears the hand and bow area (vis a vis the arrow)!

brihacharan · Post by **brihacharan** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 11:00 am

kshitij wrote:Looks like a fun little thing. Does the deal wood test apply to this too

Does the deal wood test apply to this too???

Briha

SMJ · Post by **SMJ** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 11:48 am

@Kshitij - of course, in India it probably does! You would have to get the stones/pebbles pre approved- anything other than specified stone size would need a license

@Ck kalyanji- yes it probably was a predecessor to the sling shot! According to Jim Corbbett the thumb had to be moved out of the way at exactly the right time after release or else it could cause a very serious injury to the thumb!!

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