Winchester clay thrower

[travisd]

Saw one the other day at walmart. Was only $30 and you usually get what you pay for but are they any good? Me and my dad wanted to start shooting shotguns more so I was going to get a thrower and some clays with my next paycheck. Is it decent or is there something else fairly cheap?

 

[JohnM]

I'd be a little leery, it's going to be a cheap Chinese knockoff.
A hand trap has to be well made to hold up, but it's cheap enough.
Maybe it'll last long enough to get your moneys worth.

 

[rcmodel]

Are you talking about this one?
http://www.cabelas.com/clay-shooting-winchester-clay-target-thrower.shtml

My experience with any of the small & light mechanical throwers is, they are a lot of work.

A great deal of effort is required to cock them each time.
And they want to come unstuck from the ground every time you throw a target.

I generally gravitate to a hand thrower and leave the mechanicals to a real one at a skeet range that costs several grand and is cocked by a motor.

This works well if you have a friend to throw for you.
http://www.google.com/products/cata...i=toh7Tv_wOIqXtwfmy-gQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDwQ8wIwBA#

rc

 

[basicblur]

Don't know nuttin' 'bout shooting clays, but thought you might be interested in last week's Guns and Gear segment on Fun With Sporting Clays?
I noticed the hand thrower he was using.

 

[travisd]

Yeah I think that was it although i didn't look at it alot. They had the hand ones for only a couple bucks but we were thinking a mechanical would be easier on us. I'm sure I could cock one fairly easy and if it was pulling out of the ground I could probably weld it to some kind of heavy metal. What are good ones for fairly cheap? I'll be looking around at a couple more stores to see what all they have before I buy anything.

 

[rcmodel]

The last one I had was welded to an old tractor wheel weight.

I'm here to tell you I could be out to the range, shoot a box of clays with a hand thrower, and be back home while I was loading and unloading the mechanical with the 100 pound wheel weight added in my truck.

If you have a place to shoot where you can leave it in place, I suppose it would work out better.

rc

 

[JohnM]

I got a friend with a mechanical that goes into a 2" receiver on the back of a pick up.
Nice rig, but I have no idea what he paid for it.

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

Save your money and get a Trius One Step. We did that several years ago and now our cheap thrower gathers dust in the barn. If you have several people shooting, someone using a hand thrower along with the Trius makes for some interesting shooting.

 

[451 Detonics]

We are using 3 of these at our club. Being mount up at waist level makes cocking and loading very fast...and they recock 75% themselves, it is a very short reset for the guy loading it. We have no problem throw a clay every 2-3 seconds with these once you get used to them. Throws hard and fast (will throw a singe about 100 yards) and stays in place if you set the post well.

http://www.traphappens.com/product/DAO-PM134 you can find them much cheaper than at the link i posted but it is the best pic i could find...expect to pay 80-85...