We know that a tranquilizer gun is basically a non-lethal air gun often used for incapacitating targets with darts that sport a hypodermic needle tip boasting a solution that is either sedative, comatosing or paralytic. Once injected, it temporarily impairs the target’s physical function to a level that allows it to be approached and handled in an unresisting and thus safe manner.
The Slow Mo Guys ― Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy ― photographed the process in stunning 3,000 fps slow motion. The dart, typically a .50 caliber, is essentially a ballistic syringe loaded with an immobilizing drug and hypodermic needle and is propelled from the gun by means of compressed gas. The dart is stabilized by a tailpiece during flight, while the needle itself may be plain or collared to assure that the full dose is administered.
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