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<blockquote data-quote="stocky" data-source="post: 462739" data-attributes="member: 1150"><p>Football, The reusable darts have to have better care than we give them. You have to clean all the parts real well each time and you have to put them together and put the charge in to make them fire. You have to carry all the parts and cleaning supplies with you so they stay clean. It is a complicated process until you have learned to do it and then it is just time consuming. With reusable, you may have to wait an hour or more for the dart to fall out, and if you are doctoring a few animals, that is very unhandy. Draxxin, Micatil, Drexel, Baytril, any of those thin medicines that dont require 30-50 ccs go through the gun real easy. I would get the darts with the gel collar, they hold the dart in for all the medicine to go into the animal. If you are in freezing weather, it is advisable to warm the medicine enough to keep it from jelling and being too thick. I have never picked up a dart that has medicine left in it and I havent seen the medicine shot outside the animal, so I havent seen any waste. The dart has a charge in it and when it hits the animal, the medicine is shot into the animal by the charge. With reusable, you load the charge, with disposable, it is built in. My gun is powered by CO2 cartridges and it lasts about 30-40 shots before replacing cartridges. PM me if you have any more questions, I will help if I can</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stocky, post: 462739, member: 1150"] Football, The reusable darts have to have better care than we give them. You have to clean all the parts real well each time and you have to put them together and put the charge in to make them fire. You have to carry all the parts and cleaning supplies with you so they stay clean. It is a complicated process until you have learned to do it and then it is just time consuming. With reusable, you may have to wait an hour or more for the dart to fall out, and if you are doctoring a few animals, that is very unhandy. Draxxin, Micatil, Drexel, Baytril, any of those thin medicines that dont require 30-50 ccs go through the gun real easy. I would get the darts with the gel collar, they hold the dart in for all the medicine to go into the animal. If you are in freezing weather, it is advisable to warm the medicine enough to keep it from jelling and being too thick. I have never picked up a dart that has medicine left in it and I havent seen the medicine shot outside the animal, so I havent seen any waste. The dart has a charge in it and when it hits the animal, the medicine is shot into the animal by the charge. With reusable, you load the charge, with disposable, it is built in. My gun is powered by CO2 cartridges and it lasts about 30-40 shots before replacing cartridges. PM me if you have any more questions, I will help if I can [/QUOTE]
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