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Skunk vs .625 blowgun

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bjrogg:
I'm really getting curious now. I might have to try making one. Always was pretty good with a straw and a spit wade.
Bjrogg

BowEd:
Skunk hides always made me really good possible bags and hats in the past.A quiver would work great also.

DC:
We used to make them at work with(I think) 3/4" electrical conduit. We formed a cone of paper and pushed an artist paint brush (we used them for oiling) through it. drop it into the pipe and mark it and then cut it off. I had more hot air than anyone I guess but I could get well over 100' with it. My grandson and I made a small one out of a model sailboat mast( about 3/8" ID). I was getting just under a 100'. We made darts out of 1/8" bamboo skewers and a paper cone. At 15-20' they hit the target with authority. What really surprised me was how accurate you can be with very little practice.

GlisGlis:
 @dieselcheese
from what i read slingshot broadhead darts (coldsteel reviews) are far less accurate than regular one
is that your experience too?

Mesophilic:

--- Quote from: GlisGlis on August 20, 2018, 07:20:55 am --- @dieselcheese
from what i read slingshot broadhead darts (coldsteel reviews) are far less accurate than regular one
is that your experience too?

--- End quote ---

I'm not certain what a sl slingshot dart is.  I did a google search and saw images of short arrows shot from a slingshot?  I don't have any experience with these at all.

I took a half dozen shots at a gopher poking his hesd out of his hole the other day, almost point blank range, and missed horribly.  Going to keep an eye out for thistles next year as I think the thistle down darts may stay more centered in the blow gun.  My theory is that the cone on commercial darts doesn't hold the dart centered in the bore.  The tip exits facing whatever direction it wants to, but mostly point down scraping along the bore.   I'm only guessing here, but by the looks of the thistle down fletched darts I'm thinking it would help support the dart and keep it more aligned parallel with the bore. 

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