I went to the pub tonight ( yippeee ) and during the evening I collared a bloke in there who I don't know very well but has a reputation as a good welder - more codes than James Bond etc etc.

Anyway once I told him I wanted some welding doing on a rifle, we got talking about guns in general and he told me about a bloke he knew called Joe Wilkins who invented a 'pump up gun'

Apparently Mr Wilkins senior wasn't just an excellent engineer, but he was also a bit good at fieldcraft and had a party trick of circling around a rabbit, closing in slowly and then grabbing it with his bare hands. Sounds a bit far fetched, but nice if it's true.