solway mk6 spring trap

[trapperman 474]

A drowning line is not legal over here but they probaly have different laws to us in Ireland.

 

Also the company that make Springers, A.B Country Products are investing more money and resources into trap design and strength than Fenn & Co. I think when the new EU legislation comes in the killing time on all but a few traps will need improving.

which dealer do you order youre springers from

[120-2 8]

You can get them from various suppliers - here are a couple.

 

Patrick Pinker

 

Essex Environmental

[snareman 3]

I bought ten Solway Mk6s last year to try. The traps initially look OK and appear to compare well with Springer and Fenn traps in respect of the spring strength etc. However the design is slightly different and out of the first 6 rabbits I caught with these traps 5 were still alive in the trap!! I contacted Solway who were indifferent about the matter. The guy even stated that he would not personally use the traps himself to catch rabbits and that they were intended more for use on mink and they had had no complaints about them. He did say however that they were looking at modifying the traps though so I hope they have done that as the traps I have are totally inhumane. Did not offer to replace the traps I had bought though. Stick to Fenns and you know where you are with them.

All the best

AF

that was some statement to make, when you told him that thay did not kill rabbits , and they said that they were for mink, there is no way that they will kill big mink if they can,t kill a rabbit, fenn traps don,t even kill mink . as i have killed enough of them to know, some of these big mink are going up to 5 to 6 1/2 lbs. therefore its time the government started to get a grip and start testing all these spring traps , as they are not humane if they can,t do the job that they are designed for. and they should be jumping all over the importers of all these jimmy wong spring and mole traps , and prosecuting them. the canadian government lead the world in humane snaring and trapping, there biologists are also competant at trapping,the canadian government will not allow any trap that has not been passed by them to be sold . but in britain they are a joke, just look at these new best practises on snare heights, its most obvious that they severely lack practical experience , and they are advising the likes of us . the antis are going to have a field day , with all the non target species thats going to get caught . while we on hunting life are trying our best to avoid them being accidently caught , by setting far higher with a bigger noose , along with the use of breakaway snares , which is very effective in avoiding , non target species. and i for one will never ever be snaring rabbits with a silly 4 inch noose at 3 fingers high, or fox snares at 3 and 5 inches high. wisdom and pure common sense appears to be leaving this world, GOD help us.

[geordie 0]

I bought ten Solway Mk6s last year to try. The traps initially look OK and appear to compare well with Springer and Fenn traps in respect of the spring strength etc. However the design is slightly different and out of the first 6 rabbits I caught with these traps 5 were still alive in the trap!! I contacted Solway who were indifferent about the matter. The guy even stated that he would not personally use the traps himself to catch rabbits and that they were intended more for use on mink and they had had no complaints about them. He did say however that they were looking at modifying the traps though so I hope they have done that as the traps I have are totally inhumane. Did not offer to replace the traps I had bought though. Stick to Fenns and you know where you are with them.

All the best

AF

that was some statement to make, when you told him that thay did not kill rabbits , and they said that they were for mink, there is no way that they will kill big mink if they can,t kill a rabbit, fenn traps don,t even kill mink . as i have killed enough of them to know, some of these big mink are going up to 5 to 6 1/2 lbs. therefore its time the government started to get a grip and start testing all these spring traps , as they are not humane if they can,t do the job that they are designed for. and they should be jumping all over the importers of all these jimmy wong spring and mole traps , and prosecuting them. the canadian government lead the world in humane snaring and trapping, there biologists are also competant at trapping,the canadian government will not allow any trap that has not been passed by them to be sold . but in britain they are a joke, just look at these new best practises on snare heights, its most obvious that they severely lack practical experience , and they are advising the likes of us . the antis are going to have a field day , with all the non target species thats going to get caught . while we on hunting life are trying our best to avoid them being accidently caught , by setting far higher with a bigger noose , along with the use of breakaway snares , which is very effective in avoiding , non target species. and i for one will never ever be snaring rabbits with a silly 4 inch noose at 3 fingers high, or fox snares at 3 and 5 inches high. wisdom and pure common sense appears to be leaving this world, GOD help us.

This is whats wrong, well said Glen .Geordie.

[120-2 8]

I am a big user and fan of the Victor Conibear 120-2 great trap, I also have a couple of LDL B120 Magnums from Canada that Snareman mentioned to me some time back - just for show of course but these traps are incredible. Our own spring traps in this country have a long way to go before coming anyway close to the LDL's

[snareman 3]

I am a big user and fan of the Victor Conibear 120-2 great trap, I also have a couple of LDL B120 Magnums from Canada that Snareman mentioned to me some time back - just for show of course but these traps are incredible. Our own spring traps in this country have a long way to go before coming anyway close to the LDL's

the LDL,traps are extremely powerfull , more powerfull than the 120 bodygrip, the problem was that even though they are the same size as the 120bodygrip , the power in those springs are awsome theywill wipe out mink and marten easy, the trappers out there were complaining to the government that they were dangerous , to the trappers themselves , if they they slipped and fired on cold hands catching your thumbs or fingers then you could have a problem , as they could damage bones and tendons , before you got it of , and also if way out far on a trapline alone , the 120 is fine and kill big dog mink with relative ease , in fact i killed an 18 pound fox that stuck its head into one on my mink line a number of years back , also LDL,S would wipe out a large dog otter should it put its head in one , as its not always the biggest trap that kills quickest as you can catch around the body like using the 220 , but the smaller LDL would make a perfect strike right at the back of the head and under the throat, then its lights out i,m afraid , like the small magnum 55 would be a better killing trap for squirrels than a 110 , due to the strike location, look at how deadly the modified victor rat trap is on accidental squirrel catches , also stoats, and rats.

[Holdaway 2]

Has anyone tried to import and get the 55 approved?

 

H

[stephen58 1]

Hi Holdaway , I think that you will find that they have been approved and the Magnum trap company sell them , best regards Steve

[Holdaway 2]

Cheers Steve will look into that

[120-2 8]

I like the 55 its a shame they are only approved for rats, like Snareman said they would be excellent on squirrels! There is also no difference in spring size to the 110.

[ianrob 2]

I am a big user and fan of the Victor Conibear 120-2 great trap, I also have a couple of LDL B120 Magnums from Canada that Snareman mentioned to me some time back - just for show of course but these traps are incredible. Our own spring traps in this country have a long way to go before coming anyway close to the LDL's

the LDL,traps are extremely powerfull , more powerfull than the 120 bodygrip, the problem was that even though they are the same size as the 120bodygrip , the power in those springs are awsome theywill wipe out mink and marten easy, the trappers out there were complaining to the government that they were dangerous , to the trappers themselves , if they they slipped and fired on cold hands catching your thumbs or fingers then you could have a problem , as they could damage bones and tendons , before you got it of , and also if way out far on a trapline alone , the 120 is fine and kill big dog mink with relative ease , in fact i killed an 18 pound fox that stuck its head into one on my mink line a number of years back , also LDL,S would wipe out a large dog otter should it put its head in one , as its not always the biggest trap that kills quickest as you can catch around the body like using the 220 , but the smaller LDL would make a perfect strike right at the back of the head and under the throat, then its lights out i,m afraid , like the small magnum 55 would be a better killing trap for squirrels than a 110 , due to the strike location, look at how deadly the modified victor rat trap is on accidental squirrel catches , also stoats, and rats.

 

 

These "LDL" traps, is it just a company that produces bodygrip traps, or is it a different type of trap?.

[120-2 8]

Its a canadian based company that produces extremely powerfull bodygrip traps often reffered to as the Cadillac of traps.

 

 

An interrsting read also.

 

Kill Trap Evaluation

[ianrob 2]

Its a canadian based company that produces extremely powerfull bodygrip traps often reffered to as the Cadillac of traps.

 

 

An interrsting read also.

 

Kill Trap Evaluation

 

Thanks for the info.

[TOMO 26,340]

is the bg 55 a smaller version of the 110, are the jaws 2 or 3 inch square?

 

if its the one im thinking of , i saw it at a pestex about 5 year back. and has anybody tried this trap on moles. ?

[fish 148]

is the bg 55 a smaller version of the 110, are the jaws 2 or 3 inch square?

 

if its the one im thinking of , i saw it at a pestex about 5 year back. and has anybody tried this trap on moles. ?

now that could be interesting for moles.