Automatic clay thrower

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QuickDraw16

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Hello all,

I’m in the market for an automatic clay thrower for around $400. Right now I’m lucky if I go through 750 clays in a year using the hand thrower and Canadian tire special manual thrower. A family membership to the local club would cost me ~300 plus the cost of each game. So it seems like a clay thrower would be worthwhile.
There are a few options available in the $400-600 range but I wonder if it would be better to just stick with a cheap manual champion or a one step.

Cabelas has a the Do-All Firefly on sale right now for $300.
Does anyone have any experience with the Firefly? At the price I’m pretty tempted.

I was also looking at the Do-All Raven, champion wheely bird and the Do-All fowl play...
What do you have to say about these machines? Are they worth it for small volume use? Or just buy a manual thrower and save up for an Atlas?
 
I stay away from Do-All. Look at the parts in boxes before you purchase. I have noticed rusty parts covered in light machine oil before I did not purchase their products. Buyer Beware.
 
Just bought the last Wheelybird at Wholesale Sports in West Kelowna on the weekend .
sticker price was $499. (same as Cabalas on line) after closeout discount came to $299.
Put it together today & seems to be a pretty solid unit .
Might be worth checking out your local wholesale store before they are gone.
 
I am a member of local clubs and love there machines but when out practicing with dad we use a champion wheelie bird style thrower. We added the do all outdoors key fob remote to it which is a must because the pedal will not work well in the snow and will just keep throwing them. Believe he got it for half price around this time of year for about $250 and the remote kit for $40 or so.
 
I have two Champion Wheelybird machines. I think they throw birds well, and can provide a lot of fun at pasture trap. I was able to buy them much cheaper than list price on sale.
I made aluminum parts to replace the plastic "C" at the top of the stack loader because I thought it vulnerable to breakage. I bumped a toggle switch and broke it - so the control face is a little vulnerable.
You can splice in extension cords to make the trigger pedal longer for more interesting throw layout, like sporting clays. Or as previous poster did, invest in a wireless remote. You can find instructions on-line to wire in a cheap Chinese remote control ordered from the Internet. We had a shoot day that developed into pouring rain and one machine with a slight angle started breaking birds.
If you are handy with tools to fiddle with adjustment, the Wheelybird is a good home clay thrower.
 
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