Maplin Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 Can anyone shed any light on a new design of clay trap I read about (Shooting Times I think about 2 months ago)which uses a spinning disc instead of an arm to throw the clay? We are looking for a trap to throw 200 yds+ to simulate driven partridges and the designer of this new trap mentioned it was intended to throw longer distances - which is a problem for arm based designs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 no idea try contacting shooting times, but bowman claim to get 150m out of the super match 8 trap with standard clays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maplin Posted December 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 Thanks mate - I'll look at Bowman. Tried the Shooting Times website but it doesn't feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diceman Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 James Marchington covered this on his blog a few months ago, there was quite a good video of it in action and a bit of chat with the inventor - http://jamesmarchington.blogspot.com/2010/09/exploding-rabbits-and-revolutionary-new.html. Very interesting design and worth keeping an eye on, but the one on show was a bit of a garden shed affair, not yet in production so I doubt they are commercially available. We have two Supermatch 8 Bowman traps at the club, one with with midi inserts, they were about £1500 each late last year. They are incredibly powerful - with the spring wound up and a 45 degree angle the midi chucks clays at least 200 yards, probably more, I think the Bowman blurb undersells the range considerably. In fact we wound it down to minimum as we were having to drag it too far out into the field. Give Bowman a call, they are incredibly helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diceman Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 James Marchington covered this on his blog a few months ago, there was quite a good video of it in action and a bit of chat with the inventor - http://jamesmarchington.blogspot.com/2010/09/exploding-rabbits-and-revolutionary-new.html. Very interesting design and worth keeping an eye on, but the one on show was a bit of a garden shed affair, not yet in production so I doubt they are commercially available. We have two Supermatch 8 Bowman traps at the club, one with with midi inserts, they were about £1500 each late last year. They are incredibly powerful - with the spring wound up and a 45 degree angle the midi chucks clays at least 200 yards, probably more, I think the Bowman blurb undersells the range considerably. In fact we wound it down to minimum as we were having to drag it too far out into the field. Give Bowman a call, they are incredibly helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maplin Posted December 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Many thanks Diceman - this is exactly the piece I was looking for! I've watched the video and while it is still 'work in progress', this trap design seems to have a very rapid recycle rate as well as a long throw which would be a big advantage for simulated game. We'll try to get hold of Ferris to find out the latest. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillmouse Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 We used one, the original working prototype,manned by its creator at the top of a very, very, high cherry picker, at one of our charity events. Throws clays a fantastic distance and can put several clays in the air simultaneously which was ideal for the high flush. It seemed to do the job very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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