Is there another name for an Orchard Gun?
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April 20th, 2011
My dad had something he called an “Orchard Gun.” We used it to scare away birds and such. Is there another name for this?
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They call them propane guns around here.
I dont think it used gas of any kind. It looked like gun powder, I can remember loading it. It also had ammunition called “screamers” which sounded like the screaming bottle rockets on steroids. Thoughts?
I thought you meant a potato gun, which is like a small cannon that shoots potatoes or apples.
No this thing was actually about the size of a handgun, and resembled one as well. Thoughts?
They also make ammunition for shotguns that is designed to scare wildlife, particularly birds, without harming them.
It’s a shotgun with bird pellets. (Edited) Bird shot. Very scattered and small shots or bb type projectiles.
According to this, it’s special ammunition [Bird bangers (Bird BombsĀ®), screamer sirens (racket bombs), and whistle cartridges] used with a .22 or a flare gun.
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@crisw That is too big. But it looks like it had a similar function.
@bkcunningham it definitally wasnt a shotgun.. thats too big.
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