'Spider Shot'?

[ZombiesAhead]

Welcome to Ohio. I live in the North East of the state and you will find plenty of Wolf spiders here which look scary but are harmless. Do watch out for brown recluse although I only see them rarely.

On topic, I am a little ashamed to say I have been bored enough to shoot bugs with .22 CB Long cartridges.

But there's no good reason to be shooting spiders. Usually they are just feeding on more annoying insects.

 

[renegade1alpha]

And my thread about zombies got locked?

 

[wrc376]

let it go idaho, you're not gonna win

 

[ZombiesAhead]

Spiders are real. Zombies are not.

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

use blinks, at close range if the pressure won't kill them it should scare them away atleast, spiders are not worth a hole in my wall

 

[Bearhands]

Just get a cat, a big damn hungry cat = "spider gun".

 

[Gary A]

use blinks, at close range if the pressure won't kill them it should scare them away atleast

I kept blinking like crazy at the last big spider I saw but nothing happened except I think the Spider winked at me and nodded.

It was a sort of blinkin', winkin' and nod moment.

 

[highorder]

I use a dustbuster hand vacuum. They cant get away, and it has great reach.

 

[liljohn]

Use brake cleaner

Non-chlorine brake cleaner, specifically. Brakleen sells it in a green can, but it's the same as Wal-Marts own brand. It will kill spiders in a second or two.

I use it indoors. It'll squirt 10 feet, spreads out a little like a shotgun, and leaves no residue when it dries. Just make sure you don't get it on styrofoam.

 

[gregj]

Try an airsoft pistol. Or for a shotgun type affect, you might try this:
http://www.airsplat.com/Items/AR-DE-M56AL.htm

 

[rcmodel]

Geeeze Louise!
I'd hate to see the walls in your house.

Maybe all those holes are how the spiders are getting in?

Anyway, unless they grow spiders way bigger in Ohio then they do in Kansas, there is no need to shoot them.

I did shoot a jumping Tarantula in my house in Colorado with a .22 Shotshell one time, but thats another story.

Anyway, Sticky Spider Traps will clear a house of them in just a few days.

http://www.ghorganics.com/Posion Free Spider Trap.html

BTW: Shooting sand & salt handloads through a gun would very quickly ruin it.

rc

 

[Navy_Guns]

Yikes.

 

[orionhawk]

Simple Green works, too.

for that matter, a spray bottle with dish soap and water will kill most bugs, although it's slow.

 

[2FNSLO]

insecticides

There are plenty of insecticides that you should never have to shoot spiders in your house. There is some of it that you can sprinkle around the perimeter of your yard that will even keep them out of it. Call an exterminator and get a can of spray pest killer. Don't risk shooting in your house. I live in Ohio, the spiders are not that bad.

 

[CWL]

Dustbuster.

There's even a specific bug vacuum you can buy at Walmart.

Either would be better than shooting any sort of crap inside your home.

 

[SrDedosRapidos]

.700 Nitro Express.

 

[theboondocksaints22]

how about a blowgun with stun darts they are fun to shoot at any annoying critter

 

[SouthShoreTJ]

why would you want to discharge any kind of firearm in your house when a good insecticide will do the job better? you can buy long-range aerosol insecticides designed for wasp nests or use brakleeen with the little plastic hose on the can. don't get gun powder residue all over your house or get in the habbit of firing your gun in your house just to kill spiders. one day you'll have real rounds in it and blow a hole in your wall (if it happens i hope the wall is all you hit)

 

[pmeisel]

Spiders are real. Zombies are not.

That's what my therapist said. Maybe he's on to something.

About spiders.... my dogs usually kill bugs and mice before I can, but in the house, I have used WD40. Outside or in the barn, .22 shot rounds.....

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

A .22 blank would practically vaporize them if you get close enough.

I don't know if they are the right size to fit in the chamber of a firearm, but rimfire blanks are often used to set rivets into concrete.

 

[abuelo]

Possibly the safest solution is an unloaded CO2 pistol or paint ball gun with just air and no projectiles in the house at all. If getting close is a problem, use a CO2 rifle, semi-auto maybe. This would also avoid spraying smelly chemical or oils around the house with pets and humans inside.

 

[wrc376]

.22 primers i say

 

[steak-knife]

Dracula's Side-Kick

What about getting Dracula's side-kick Renfield? He has a voracious appetite for bugs doesn't he?

...also, zombies aren't real?

 

[wrc376]

dont tell me zombies arent real! i have seen em!

 

[jk2008]

I just use a Mapp gas tourch, can get'm at wal-mart.

Same here, except for two things...

1) I use it on the flies that try to make my front porch unusable in the summertime--it turns them into "walks" that the ants take care of. As an added bonus, I don't have squished bug guts all over my house like I would if I used a flyswatter.

2) I use propane rather than Mapp gas because it's cooler and still gets the job done without sorching the paint. Use short, fraction-of-a-second pulses and keep the flame far away from anything easily combustible and you should be OK.

For spiders, I let my cat take care of them. He seems to have acquired a taste for them.