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https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl General >> Other Primitive Weapons >> Super Blow Gun https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1632525637 Message started by timpa on Sep 24^th, 2021 at 7:20pm

Title: Super Blow Gun
Post by timpa on Sep 24^th, 2021 at 7:20pm

I have had to try this for a long time. Finally:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs-CE8qP6As

Title: Re: Super Blow Gun
Post by Sassa on Sep 25^th, 2021 at 9:34am

I love you channel even before joining the forum I was blessed with the opportunity of living for a few years in Ecuador, during my stay I spent 2 years in the rain forest region and those blowguns are mad of wood about 1.6-1.8 meter and they use a split and glue technique very effective ;)

Title: Re: Super Blow Gun
Post by timpa on Sep 28^th, 2021 at 7:04pm

Thanks Sassa! Nice to hear!
I have seen very long blowpipes on pygmies. (on film)

Title: Re: Super Blow Gun
Post by Slyngorm on Oct 2^nd, 2021 at 11:35am

That is an ingenous way to make it both long and compact.
Maybe it is the material of the hose that makes it ineffective?

Title: Re: Super Blow Gun
Post by NooneOfConsequence on Oct 23^rd, 2021 at 5:44pm

By coiling the tube you are losing momentum in the ammo. It might work better if it were straight