Clay/skeet thrower options

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I'm becoming more convinced that for the 6 or 8 times a year that friends and I go clay shooting in the bush we "need" an electric clay thrower.

What would you recommend or advise we stay away from?

I want to go electric as opposed to anything manual.
We all have manual throwers and every one of us is thinking about going electric. I have a good agm deep cycle so that is not a problem.

I'm not looking to spend thousands on something professional but hopefully I can stay under $800

What would you recommend?

Thanks
Cam
 
Bought a Caldwell mechanical thrower this year, using a friends sold me on them. Once you adjust the spring tension correctly it works well. Well enough for the ammount of informal clay shooting I do, even more fun if you have two set up throwing multiple clays in two directions.

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So no issues with the champion electric throwers then?
That's probably what I'll do.
I have no use for another thrower that I have to reset manually every blinking time.
 
i use lawn tractor batteries, much smaller and easier to pack than a full size deep cycle. i'm now thinkin about making a long set of cables, so i can connect to my truck battery and not having to pack batteries with me.
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I have a Champion Workhorse for probably about 6 years. I run about 6-8 boxes of clays through it a year. I haven't had any issues. I have and highly recommend the wobbler base for it or else it can get pretty boring always throwing in the same place
 
DiMP said:
I have a Champion Workhorse for probably about 6 years. I run about 6-8 boxes of clays through it a year. I haven't had any issues. I have and highly recommend the wobbler base for it or else it can get pretty boring always throwing in the same place
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We run this same setup at our camp a few times a year and it has worked great. The wobbler base is a great addition as it got pretty boring before that.
 
Having an electronic release makes a huge difference, it allows you to throw incoming and broadside targets, which is what you normally encounter hunting waterfowl. And it doesn't get nearly as boring as having all targets going away from you.
 
Champion Wheelybird all the way. Have two of them, and have thrown thousands of clays. No issues, don't need a big battery to run it. The first one I bought years ago only had the foot pedal to operate it, so I bought the wireless remote kit. Second one came with the remote kit. A buddy bought the cheaper version of it without wheels and it works perfect to and it was about $100.00 cheaper.
 
Built my own from scratch. Basically copied a semi commercial one I stumbled across on the world wide interweb. It uses a cordless drill and a little gearbox. It’s currently wearing a Milwaukee battery adapter on it and will throw a whole box of clays on a 5ah m18 battery.
 
Champion workhorse with the wobble attachment is what I’ve been using for a few years.
No problems at all so far with occasional light use, I’d say 6-10 cases a year for the last 6 years? Still looks and functions as new
Seems like it goes on sale pretty often could be had way under your budget
But it’s pretty heavy some wheels might be nice
Maybe a ramp for the back of the truck
 
I have a champion with the remote control it has a built in timer that makes it easy when I’m alone , set it for 10 seconds , get ready shoot.
 
Someone just mentioned to me that the 90 box of clay targets is now $25 at Canadian tire. At that price, a round of trap or skeet costs the same at many ranges. And if you spend $800-900 on a thrower, that is about 6 years of memberships at our range. Throwing your own targets isn't a big savings these days, and you can't throw multiple targets from different directions, unless you have two machines.
 
stubblejumper said:
Someone just mentioned to me that the 90 box of clay targets is now $25 at Canadian tire. At that price, a round of trap or skeet costs the same at many ranges. And if you spend $800-900 on a thrower, that is about 6 years of memberships at our range. Throwing your own targets isn't a big savings these days, and you can't throw multiple targets from different directions, unless you have two machines.
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This ^^^ but then you can't brag about how you never miss a shot shooting "skeets" whereas at a club you have to learn to shoot "skeet" and suddenly you're not the shooter you've bragged to other's you are! ;)
 
the spank said:
This ^^^ but then you can't brag about how you never miss a shot shooting "skeets" whereas at a club you have to learn to shoot "skeet" and suddenly you're not the shooter you've bragged to other's you are! ;)
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As soon as someone mentions shooting "skeets" you can be pretty sure they have never shot skeet. But yes, we get those people claiming that they hit 9 out of 10 "skeets" and they often don't break 50% at skeet the first time out. Then you get the exception that has never shot at a clay target before that breaks 70+%, the first time out.
 
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