Got out of closet, Amazon sells for 50.00 , I can't remember ever putting salt in it but it was apparantly removed at some time and probably tried out? Anyway I pumped it once and it shot it to make sure it worked and it pumped and shot strongly so I believe it will work fine, shoot Spiders!!! any Bug!! Fun! I will have some salt on hand if you want to try it out? What more can you want?