Guys with a raise up time outside Dhaka,
please name some of the inseparable toys of our boy-hood.
Yes !, I am talking about this
Handmade, Bean Pumped single shot Pipe Gun..”..The Neta Gun/Sniper”......
..............Marbles , Wooden Tops , Tennis Ball, Rolling
Rings, Yio-Yio and the list goes on .......
But do we remember the unforgettable
weapon of that time that used to be a toy of showing cool skills ,having fun ..(and
making troubles….!!)..?
Reminds me of my Boy-Hood...!! Used
to hang around all the day with this Single Shot Air Gun made of thin Bamboo
cane/pipe as it's barrel (just thick enough to be filled up with a standard-sized bean) and special beans ("Neta") as it's bullets. It requires to load two of those beans
at a time to make each shot. One at the front end of the pipe and another one
at the back. The one at the top of the barrel is the striking bean and
the other one at the back is used to pump the barrel. Another thin bamboo
cane with a thick wrist-grip is used as the 'Firing Pin'. This pin needs to
be cut about a centimeter shorter than the length of the barrel. So that, after
making a shot the pumping bean at the back is automatically pushed to the top
of the barrel turning into the striking bean.
..And trust me....if the gun is immaculately crafted, the beans are perfectly chosen and if the shot is taken by a skilled
pair of hands...(...really cool hands..!!) then the target (not always birds), I am afraid is
really in painful trouble if it hits....in a close range. Because it really is an effective short-range Non-Lethal Sniper....
