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[peter fels]

On Apr 19, 2011, at 11:19 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:

> 
> pf quoth:
> 
>> Was gonna suggest just shooting the silly damn thing;
>> But then you'd have to make the gun.
> 
> 
> The pushrods from 36HP Volswagen engines (1960 and before) are just
> the right size for making .22 zip gun barrels.
> 
> I knew you wanted to know that.

Don't wanna bore you Mike...But you are probably 
gonna want  more than 4, .22 zip guns to confront a boar.
Probably. 
That spear stuff sounds kinda iffy to me too.
I'll vote for something that makes big holes at a comfy distance, please.
> 
> If I were going to make a boar spear, I'd probably use an offcut from
> the truck-spring shop (i.e. new stock, not old, possibly cracked
> springs.)   Used that to make a tine for my TroyBilt roto-tiller and
> it's lasted for several years.
> 
> - Mike
> 
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