Trap Thrower

  • deerdragger
    Posts: 346
    February 9, 2013 at 10:16 pm #207730

    My boys (aka: The Men) received a trap thrower for Christmas from their grandpa. Santa had gifted them a pair of 870 Express shotguns and grandpa figured they needed something to practice with. I decided to fab up a stury box to mount the thrower to – it serves two purposes. It makes it very, very portable – and can be used in the winter when the ground is frozen which makes staking it down impossible, and it serves as a storage box for the clays. I made it so it perfectly fits two cases of clays.

    It works well – and Grant (my 12 year-old) broke the bird on his first attempt.

    Note in the last photo how Bella is “looking for the birds.”


    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22456
    February 9, 2013 at 11:28 pm #129374

    Very cool !!!! PULL !!!

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
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    February 10, 2013 at 12:46 am #129375

    Nice!

    johnee
    Posts: 731
    February 10, 2013 at 9:09 pm #129379

    Nice idea. I, too, get tired of trying to pound the thrower into hard ground only to have it work its way loose.

    Question: Is the whole outfit heavy enough so that the thrower doesn’t move the box too much on each throw?

    What’s it made out of? 2X6?

    Nice idea.

    Grouse

    deerdragger
    Posts: 346
    February 10, 2013 at 10:03 pm #129380

    It’s heavy. The base and the lid are made of 2×6’s and the sides are 2×4’s and 1/2″ plywood. The rope handles make it a little easier to carry – otherwise it’s a beast to lug around.

    It’ll shimmy around a little bit in the snow, but not enough to be a problem.

    My dad had one when I was growing up that he’d made out of an Army crate intended for mortor shells.

    stillakid2
    Roberts, WI
    Posts: 4603
    February 11, 2013 at 3:52 pm #129386

    What a great set up! Makes me wish I had some storage space! Oh well….. I guess I’ll just keep standing on the back leg to keep it down!

    johnee
    Posts: 731
    February 11, 2013 at 3:55 pm #129387

    Quote:

    What a great set up! Makes me wish I had some storage space! Oh well….. I guess I’ll just keep standing on the back leg to keep it down!

    I got tired of standing on the back leg, so I took some scrap treated deck lumber and built a “Rock Box”. The trip is bolted to a T brace on top and the box is filled with rocks.

    The problem is unlike the nifty box, it’s not really portable. I can dump the rocks out and move it, but where ever I move it to, I need to then find a supply of rock to give it weight again.

    Grouse

    prieser
    Byron, MN
    Posts: 2274
    February 11, 2013 at 4:26 pm #129390

    Nice pigeon launcher.

    prieser
    Byron, MN
    Posts: 2274
    February 11, 2013 at 7:02 pm #129397

    Here’s one we had made. Wife liked loading and pulling the launcher string

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18621
    February 11, 2013 at 7:27 pm #129400

    I still dont get how you can reset that thing without the box moving too much?

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