Holdaway 2 Posted March 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 Whats wrong with compressing your spring arm, fitting the spring arm safety then setting/adjusting your dog trigger as required , after all its already fitted to a bodygrip for that purpose...once set fine, remove catch from spring arm... Nothing wrong with that at all Ian, but I remove the safety from the arm as I have had it catch a couple of times when the trap has fired. My own fault of course, but now this doesn't happen. Each to their own H Quote Link to post
RatSnatcher 0 Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 I prefer the safety clip myself, a lot less fiddly than the thing they come with, press down on the dog and a little flip and there set Quote Link to post
IanB 0 Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 If you want to tweak the dog/trigger so its nice and light, I could see them safety catches being a hinderance, not that I would know as I don't use them catches just an observation... As you say holdaway each to their own Quote Link to post
Holdaway 2 Posted March 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 I looked into ways of making these more sensitive Ian, to set the trap more sensitively you do have to take the safety off first. But one thing that does concern me is the amount of play in the trigger. I have found a way of curing this but it is very drastic and not to be undertaken lightly. I am keeping this to myself for now but may make a post on how to soon All the best H Quote Link to post
IanB 0 Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 Play in the trigger hasn't really affected anything too much for me anyway...The americans sometimes reduce play using these methods... To reduce the play, use a round file to deepen the grove in the dog (See Figure B ). File just enough metal away to allow the flats of the dog to come in contact with the bottom of the trigger notch (See Figure C). This eliminates the play in the trigger. Because the dog groove is deeper, the dog has to move farther upward to disengage from the jaw. This causes the trigger to have to travel even farther before the trap fires. To correct the excessive trigger travel, its necessary to do some more filing. Using a flat file, make a bevel on the forward side of the dog groove (See Figure B ). This will cause the dog to have to move less to disengage from the jaw. File a little at a time, testing the travel of the trigger frequently. Ideally, I like to have the trigger move about one to two inches for the trap to fire. This does not cause a hair trigger because it still takes the same amount of pressure to move the triggers, but they don't have to travel as far. Taken from american trap website.. To be fair I don't bother with any of this, as the triggers vary on different models of traps, I haven't had any real issue with excess trigger travel, using the lightest dog setting and tweaked as required... Quote Link to post
micky 3,325 Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 I looked into ways of making these more sensitive Ian, to set the trap more sensitively you do have to take the safety off first. But one thing that does concern me is the amount of play in the trigger. I have found a way of curing this but it is very drastic and not to be undertaken lightly. I am keeping this to myself for now but may make a post on how to soon All the best H Why do you need the trap to be more sensitive ? if its set right it will fire ,adjusting the trigger wires to suit the target species is more important The trap shown in Ian B sketch had been set for beaver ,the trapper had ,had a problem with them passing to far through before the trap fired,not a problem we will come up against in leicestershire Quote Link to post
Holdaway 2 Posted March 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 I simply like my traps to be sensitive, we can set a fenn on a hair, even some rat traps, but with the body grip there can be quite a lot of play in the trigger before firing, i would like to reduce the amount of travel needed. H Quote Link to post
RatSnatcher 0 Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 I looked into ways of making these more sensitive Ian, to set the trap more sensitively you do have to take the safety off first. But one thing that does concern me is the amount of play in the trigger. I have found a way of curing this but it is very drastic and not to be undertaken lightly. I am keeping this to myself for now but may make a post on how to soon All the best H Is this secret your keeping what I told you Quote Link to post
Holdaway 2 Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 I looked into ways of making these more sensitive Ian, to set the trap more sensitively you do have to take the safety off first. But one thing that does concern me is the amount of play in the trigger. I have found a way of curing this but it is very drastic and not to be undertaken lightly. I am keeping this to myself for now but may make a post on how to soon All the best H Is this secret your keeping what I told you No mate. Something completely different. They are not really any more sensiive as such, but there is hardly any travel before the trap goes off. :kiss: Quote Link to post
RatSnatcher 0 Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 I looked into ways of making these more sensitive Ian, to set the trap more sensitively you do have to take the safety off first. But one thing that does concern me is the amount of play in the trigger. I have found a way of curing this but it is very drastic and not to be undertaken lightly. I am keeping this to myself for now but may make a post on how to soon All the best H Is this secret your keeping what I told you No mate. Something completely different. They are not really any more sensiive as such, but there is hardly any travel before the trap goes off. :kiss: I awaite the picture via email, to prove you have done it :11: proof is in the pudding had a skin graft yet on your pinkies, keep at it Quote Link to post
Holdaway 2 Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 I looked into ways of making these more sensitive Ian, to set the trap more sensitively you do have to take the safety off first. But one thing that does concern me is the amount of play in the trigger. I have found a way of curing this but it is very drastic and not to be undertaken lightly. I am keeping this to myself for now but may make a post on how to soon All the best H Is this secret your keeping what I told you No mate. Something completely different. They are not really any more sensiive as such, but there is hardly any travel before the trap goes off. :kiss: I awaite the picture via email, to prove you have done it :11: proof is in the pudding had a skin graft yet on your pinkies, keep at it You want ye another freebie? Nah Can't go giving all my secrets away Quote Link to post
snareman 3 Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 I think the amount of vauxhall leaf green sold in this country must keep that paint company in business! It was a pretty fast catch, especially as I had not seen the little sod before hand - so much for Tom Cruise huh? Cheers all H thats correct david, and they should be sending me a share , as it was me who promoted using it a lot of years ago. Quote Link to post
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