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Dunno, BUT,  I bet they were NOT all moaning about the guy with the semi-auto   !     :lol:

The trap looks like the old Eley plus trap. We inherited one when we took over the running of a local clay ground. The trapper stood behind the line, cocking and firing the trap by use of the long lever. The cocking rod then ran underground to the trap. The 'Trapper' sitting in the trap house, had very little time to plonk a clay on the trap arm and get his hand clear before the trap was fired again. An absolute 'Health and Safety' nightmare. We did not keep it for long before putting in a Farey auto trap.

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The origins of 'Down the Line' are from the days of live pigeon shooting.

There were, I think, five cages,or 'traps', with a live pigeon in each. The trap door to each had a cord or 'line' attached to it going back to a'trapper'. The shooter called 'pull' and the trapper 'pulled' a line to release a pigeon.Hence 'shooting down the line'.

Vic.

 

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40 minutes ago, VicW said:

The origins of 'Down the Line' are from the days of live pigeon shooting.

There were, I think, five cages,or 'traps', with a live pigeon in each. The trap door to each had a cord or 'line' attached to it going back to a'trapper'. The shooter called 'pull' and the trapper 'pulled' a line to release a pigeon.Hence 'shooting down the line'.

Vic.

 

Yes you are correct  the first traps were old top hats  These shoots began in the early percussion period and reached their height in the  late 1800,s in the breech loading period  with the law passed by parliament  live  pigeon shooting from traps became illegal in 1924 Enclosed is a image of a pigeon shoot notice the umpire  situated  above the crowd so he good see everything 

Feltwad 

 

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