Help With Hand Throwers for Clay Pigeons
jwc
pigeons that I got from my dad. I remember when I was younger that these
worked fine and they still seem to be in great shape, but when I tried them
last weekend, almost all the clay pigeons that I threw broke coming out of
the hand trap. I am not sure of the make or model of these things, but they
are the kind of hand thrower that is spring loaded and you cock the "V"
shaped metal piece back to meet the wood handle and then throw it.
Anyone got any suggestions as to how to make these throwers work properly?
The spring tension and the spring tension on the "V" that grips the clay
pigeon seems to be fine (that is, it doesn't seem to be holding it too
tightly and/or the clay pigeon is not dropping out because it is too
loose...). Is it that the modern composition of clay pigeons is so
different that they no longer work in these type of throwers?
Finally, anyone have experience with the red plastic hand throwers? When I
couldn't get the old ones to work, I bought one of these and it seems to
grip the clay pigeons very tightly. It says on the material that came with
it that you can bend the plastic some, but I wondered if anyone had any tips
or experience with these...
Thanks in advance for any help.
John Canady
john-...@uiowa.edu
Messer
> I have a couple of old (20-25 year old) hand traps designed to throw clay
> pigeons that I got from my dad. I remember when I was younger that these
> worked fine and they still seem to be in great shape, but when I tried them
> last weekend, almost all the clay pigeons that I threw broke coming out of
> the hand trap. I am not sure of the make or model of these things, but they
> are the kind of hand thrower that is spring loaded and you cock the "V"
> shaped metal piece back to meet the wood handle and then throw it.
>
> Anyone got any suggestions as to how to make these throwers work properly?
It's been about 30 years since I played with one of these - but I seem to
remember that you *don't* cock the arm back to the handle - you just let
the bird use the spring/whip action to get going. Give it a try - it can't
be worse ;^>
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Dick F.
> I have a couple of old (20-25 year old) hand traps designed to throw clay
> pigeons that I got from my dad. I remember when I was younger that these
> worked fine and they still seem to be in great shape, but when I tried them
> last weekend, almost all the clay pigeons that I threw broke coming out of
> the hand trap. I am not sure of the make or model of these things, but they
> are the kind of hand thrower that is spring loaded and you cock the "V"
> shaped metal piece back to meet the wood handle and then throw it.
>
> John Canady
> john-...@uiowa.edu
Don't 'cock' it back. Just let the springy handle whip as you throw.
You're putting more stress on the bird than it can handle.
Dick
G-Man
always "cocked" the arm back to the handle to toss the birds. There is a
threaded rod about 2 or 3 inches long on the metal "jaws" that adjusts the
tension when a clay bird is inserted in the thrower. Try tightning or
loosening the adjusting nut and see what happens then. As to the plastic
thrower,,,, toss it up in the air and give it a load of shot !! Good luck!\
G-Man
"Messer" <rj...@virginia.edu> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, jwc wrote:
>
> > I have a couple of old (20-25 year old) hand traps designed to throw
clay
> > pigeons that I got from my dad. I remember when I was younger that
these
> > worked fine and they still seem to be in great shape, but when I tried
them
> > last weekend, almost all the clay pigeons that I threw broke coming out
of
> > the hand trap. I am not sure of the make or model of these things, but
they
> > are the kind of hand thrower that is spring loaded and you cock the "V"
> > shaped metal piece back to meet the wood handle and then throw it.
> >
> > Anyone got any suggestions as to how to make these throwers work
properly?
>
Young
news:v044jd3...@corp.supernews.com...
> I have one of the old clay pigeon throwers that you are talking about and
we
> always "cocked" the arm back to the handle to toss the birds. There is a
> threaded rod about 2 or 3 inches long on the metal "jaws" that adjusts the
> tension when a clay bird is inserted in the thrower. Try tightning or
> loosening the adjusting nut and see what happens then. As to the plastic
> thrower,,,, toss it up in the air and give it a load of shot !! Good
luck!\
>
> G-Man
I prefer the plastic hand thrower. If you are shooting with a friend then
you get faster and more variety in flight of the clays than when you use the
machine. I use the hand thrower by myself and it is a real challenge to
throw and then shoulder and shoot.
Scott
D. Humphrey
dsyN...@ipa.net says...
>
>Throw the plastic thrower away. If it's cold they stiffen up
and make it very difficult to load a bird without breaking it.
As far as the spring loaded mechanical type that you have,
make sure that the rubber stop is still intact. Since you
have an old one it may have rotted off. Finally, adjust the
spring loaded tension with the adjusting screw. It takes a few
tries to get it right.
Evan
Talk about a challenge.
Young
news:20021220103438...@mb-fe.aol.com...
> Have you ever used the plastic hand thrower with a 4' fiberglass whip on
it?
>
> Talk about a challenge.
no. I have not seen that. I can suspect that it will generate speeds
faster than a load of number 8s. I have to look for one next time.
Joe
I have used both the old wood handled thrower as well as the new
plastic ones. I still have one of the old wood-handled spring loaded
type, and my experience has been that they are much easier on the clay
targets than the plastic kind. As some of the other people have
responded, you don't really cock the thrower. I've always just laid
the edge of the clay target against the rubber disc on one side of the
"V" and slide the skeet into the other side. I have had the breakage
problem with the red plastic type. I have also found that different
brands of skeet seem to hold up better in hand throwers. Maybe you
just got a bad case of clay targets? By the way, I "borrowed" the
wood-handled thrower from my dad years ago and he still gripes about
having to use the red plastic model. I guess I should return it with
some Nash Buckingham books, duck calls, and other various and sundry
items....LOL..... Have fun! Joe