Thread: What is this monstrosity?

Any ideas ?
Can’t see what the ‘other barrels’ function is ?

The ‘paxarms’ stamp on top makes me think it’s likely a tranquiliser gun or similar. Possibly one dart loaded in each side, may be able to fire each independently?

Movie prop ?

Looks like a Paxarms dart gun that they trialed back in the 80's - two darts trailing electrical wires and zapped 'em. They also trialed darts containing tiny radio trackers, but it appears that didn't work too well either. I think Paxarms is still manufacturing dart guns for export, somewhere in South Canterbury.

Cheers guys, never seen anything like it before

???Gundoc can enlighten us.

Its for going shooting when you are so drunk, you see two of everything

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

I'd say for firing two electrical wires/darts from a helicopter into deer to immobilise them.

An analogue Taser? Impressive!

did they trial a 2 barrel net gun??? barrels too straight for that so ,as others have said,probably for the electrical circiut type of capture...
someone with copy of the "chopper boys" by Rex Forrester will probably be able to see if its in there....or the helicopter hunters by same author...I seem to recal they had most methods shown.

Phone Paxarms and ask them

It did indeed fire two darts with trailing wires and an electrical impulse sent to immobilise the animal for live capture. They had a few deaths with deer (they have a very sensitive nervous system) and the system faded away. Colin Murdoch invented many ingenious things apart from the Paxarms system, one of which was a childproof pill bottle that saw limited success. I knew him quite well in the '70's and spent some time is his factory in Timaru whilst deciding whether to accept his offer to manage the outfit and utilise my action design. I chose to stick with my own business.

So basically a Tazer for Deer

Originally Posted by viper

So basically a Tazer for Deer

Or annoying people