I'm quite familiar with them. I made my own but it was not trigger operated.
It had a handle that you pulled back for the suction affect. They are called slurp
guns and are great to use. I collect on shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. If you want
plans or more information e-mail me off list.
R3
Mark Otnes wrote:
> I'm wondering if any of you NANFA people have ever seen or heard of anything
> like this; I swear that back when I was a kid a saw a picture of a skin
> diver who had what I can only describe as a suction gun, that he was using
> to collect fish. It consisted of a transparent cylinder attached to a
> vacuum chamber that you would point at the fish. Then there was a trigger
> that when pulled would cause the chamber to expand and the fish and its
> surrounding water would be sucked into the chamber.
>
> Is there such a thing? Was I dreaming or on drugs (it was 70's)?
>
> Mark Otnes
> Fargo ND
>
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