I can see how we've slipped into guns from photography -- but why? ÐÐ ÐÑÑ ÑÑÐ I've never heard of a .25 air rifle and rats will not get out of the way in time from either a .177 or .22 air rifle. Further discussion should be carried on off-list I think.
Don _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery See New Pages 'The Cement Company from HELL!' Updated: August 15, 2003 "Oh my God! They've killed Teddy!" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 12:53 PM Subject: Re: does anyone have experience with high speed freezing the action photograp... > Hi, > > > It's possible to get bullets that travel at subsonic velocity. They > > make less noise..... Even supersonic ones are not that fast, I think. > > 700 mph is quite fast! The reason I thought about it was that one of > my friends has discovered rats in her garden. I toyed with the idea of > getting a .25 air rifle and shooting them. However, I figured that if > the pellets are subsonic then Roland would hear it before it hit him, > and would get out of the way. > > Also, since the garden backs onto a tube line I didn't want someone > reporting a sniper, and finding myself stormed by the SAS. > > >> I would have thought a light or electric trigger would be better. > >> e.g. fit the trigger or the hammer of the gun with an electrical gizmo > >> to fire the flash. > > > I have heard of this type of trigger but it appears that most of the > > early experiments (and when someone's done this, who is going to do it > > again? only crazy hobbyists 8-p) were done with acoustic triggers. > > I'd have thought a fairly simple switch activated mechanically by the > movement of the trigger would be a lot easier. > > -- > Cheers, > Bob >
