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It is very interesting to see that so many people here are catching rabbits with the Mk6. In my area the rabbit population had been hit hard in the past 5-6 years with disease. Now they are returning in some numbers I feel confident that one or two being caught will do no harm to the population. So I will set about catching some. Thanks for advice (in private) by Snareman on a successful method for catching them.

Hi All, I have been away for a while and a kind person emailed me about this topic. I have just finished reading it and will have another read through later. I can answer a few questions but I dont want to get involved in a discussion titled 'my traps are the best' that is silly and nothing can be learned from that. Made in Taiwan = good quality, because the most accurate wire form machines are made in Taiwan now. The country has an excellent metal pressing and forming history. Our wireforms and springs are made on CNC formers so should be accurate to 1000th of an inch. I think

Hi, Thats an interesting box. We were experimenting with a plastic version we could mass produce and make cheap (with good design and material quality of course). After testing I was unsure if it worked better than a run through tunnel, but it caught squirrel. hmmmm To DS - I have noted about Fenn. I will send them another letter.

Hi All, The Solway traps have nothing on the plate to identify them at the moment, although the spring, action and parts should be sound and true. The new batch will have Solway Mk4 and Solway Mk6 marked on them, we keep records of each sale so we can trace a purchase. Traps not listed on the spring traps approval order are sold as Fen (1 x N) or Vermin traps. There are also Magnum trap copies being sold (not by us) these have very poor wire forms and the spring is very crooked. Hope this helps... regards Andrew

I agree about the poor quality of spring traps from China and the poor attitude by a certain gentleman living near Stratford market. It was a huge error not to get our name/model on the plate as we had spent a lot of effort making the trap work well enough for us to label it Solway. I am a fan of Mr Fenn also. I cannot speak about all our invlovements and any offers that were made by us to A Fenn & co in the past few years. Needless to say it was dissapointing that we could not acquire the name and brand all our traps Fenn with a view to getting a whole range of traps made to a certain

Hi, I am the MD at Solway Feeders. I was searching on google and found this forum. We were interested in setting up a forum on our website so that such concerns about our products can be voiced. But we are a small company who is getting busier every month. We are about to order our second batch of traps (from Taiwan NOT China) with our name stamped onto the plate with the relevant MK4 or MK6. The plate was set at the wrong angle and with slight adjustment the plate can be raised. The factory we use is in Taiwan, they supply us with many parts and products that are built to a high sta