Abstract: Net launching gun apparatus includes a receiver for firing a cartridge having therein a gas propellant, a stock connected to one end of the action and including recoil absorbing elements therein, and a barrel assembly connected to the opposite end of the action which receives the gas propellant and directs the gas propellant to an appropriate barrel assembly in which is disposed weights which are connected to a net. The barrel assembly preferably includes four separate barrels, each of which receives a weight connected to one corner of a four cornered net disposed between the four barrels.