Old traps

[bunnyboiler 1,054]

I’ve just been given these by the farmer I do moles for been hanging in his barn for as long as he can remember can anybody tell me anything about them I take it they are illegal to use atb BB

[Arry 23,380]

Yea as Joe said Gin Traps. My father and his father used them for rabbits. I found some smaller ones on a farm tip think they were for Rats I used to set them at the bottom of the garden, told that story before on here. The little brass trigger cleans up well as they are brass. I flogged a load to a Antique shop that I found on the same tip cleaned the rust of sprayed them mat black and polished the little brass triggers.

Cheers Arry

[bunnyboiler 1,054]

I’ve just read that they were outlawed in 1958 so are these traps Pre 1958 or did they keep making them atb BB ov just got the wire brush on one and it’s got plumb bob on the plate 

Edited October 1, 2020 by bunnyboiler

[j j m 6,596]

nice old traps them

[Ken's Deputy 4,460]

BB; They're Wire Spring's. That makes them about the most modern form of gin.

" Plumb Bob " was a common enough brand name. Made by the famous Henry Lane firm. Nice that it Has a name on it though. Let us know what might turn up on the other two.

If my memory serves me correctly? (And we Shouldn't rely on that!) I Think gin traps remained legal, in Scotland, for fox up until 1973, was it?

What ever. Go Here and have a look. Their catalogues were offering them to Scotland in 1972.

 

[OldPhil 5,899]

Useful and informative info KD...

 I only had a few seasons with the Gins,...and I can only say that they were a inhumane device for catching rabbits in the burrows,...but ,they have never been beaten, for efficiency.

[myersbg 1,385]

Clean em up and see if you can find something like this to mount them on, these are some i had over in my collection ,  put them up in the beaters cabin where i go

[bunnyboiler 1,054]

On 05/10/2020 at 18:45, myersbg said:

Clean em up and see if you can find something like this to mount them on, these are some i had over in my collection ,  put them up in the beaters cabin where i go

They look awesome mate what did you use to clean them up with 

[myersbg 1,385]

Wire brush , then black hammerite, dont over do the wire brushing.

[gazjon5 878]

You could make a redneck doorbell from one