Electric or Hand Thrower?

I had a spring loaded thrower and used it a few times until a shooting buddy found a whicked deal on an electric thrower. The mechanical one didn't come ever since. Yes the electric one is more cumbersome to move and transport but worth it in my mind. Very nice to use and if your running the pedal its easy to shoot at the same time. Usually we play a game, I run the pedal, he shoots if he misses I shoot.
The only hiccup we had was the thrower should have been set up farther ahead, a clay broke and got him in the hand and cut open his pinky pretty bad. That was the end of our day. So you have to respect them, make sure you know how they operate and how to use the safety devices.
 
We use both the small red plastic hand thrower that pivots and the super long red hand thrower on a white rod.

Pretty versatile combo, we can make the clays do weird turns and set them on challenging trajectories, get them to go slow or super fast, thow them on super easy trajectories for those who struggle, I often get the clays to rise sharply into the sky midflight with the long thrower, get them to take sharp turns, which is a lot of fun and a good shooting challenge.
 
Dr.Islay said:
I'd be interested to know if any CGNers have experience with this Trius One Step thrower. I really like the Birchwood Casey 'Ultimate hand thrower, but spouse and some younger gents have had difficulty.
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I have a Trius and I think its awesome for the price.
 
A trius one step is on my list. I've got the hand throwers, and I've got a cheap $40 trap machine, the cheap champion one maybe? We bought it a few years ago. It kinda sucks. Doesn't throw particularly far, breaks clays, not the easiest to reset... Hand throwers get used more often, but they take some getting used to.

When I was looking into this sort of thing a few years ago, the One Step had rave reviews from those that had em here on CGN. The fact that it's easily operated by one person makes it particularly appealing to me.

Anyone have a chance to try the Clay Cannon from Do All Outdoors yet?

 
Bought the champion workhorse after the last time we went to shoot clay.
I threw over 250 clays (Because the others with me suck at throwing) my arm was sooooo sore the next day, I couldn’t barely wipe my a$$.
I have an old fashioned plastic hand thrower and the “Wing-One” hand thrower.
Both work fine, but nothing is better than having an electric thrower.
The Champion Workhorse is pretty compact and works flawlessly.
 
Suther said:
A trius one step is on my list. I've got the hand throwers, and I've got a cheap $40 trap machine, the cheap champion one maybe? We bought it a few years ago. It kinda sucks. Doesn't throw particularly far, breaks clays, not the easiest to reset... Hand throwers get used more often, but they take some getting used to.

When I was looking into this sort of thing a few years ago, the One Step had rave reviews from those that had em here on CGN. The fact that it's easily operated by one person makes it particularly appealing to me.

Anyone have a chance to try the Clay Cannon from Do All Outdoors yet?

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My cousin just bought it.
Waiting for this covid stuff to be over, so we can go try it.
I’ll keep you posted.
 
ADRBOS said:
Bought the champion workhorse after the last time we went to shoot clay.
I threw over 250 clays (Because the others with me suck at throwing) my arm was sooooo sore the next day, I couldn’t barely wipe my a$$.
I have an old fashioned plastic hand thrower and the “Wing-One” hand thrower.
Both work fine, but nothing is better than having an electric thrower.
The Champion Workhorse is pretty compact and works flawlessly.
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X2 on the workhorse $350 Can plus tax and as stated flawless.
 
I've got a wheelybird 2.0 with wobbler...absolutely no comparison, electric every time. In maybe 800(?) clays, I could probably count on one hand how many have broke. Also nice because I can use it solo with the timed delay. IMO the only reason to ask the question is price...electrics are $$$$...but the portability of a hand thrower is a perk I guess.

Would love to get an rabbit thrower too but haven't found one that isn't ridiculously expensive yet.
 
Love my WheelyBird 2.0. Was going to buy the wobbler but a little afraid to spend right now. The delay is a nice feature as a person can walk along and practice when the unit fires somewhat unexpectedly.
 
I built a homemade clay tosser that can fire off two clays at a time. It's nothing fancy but it makes it pretty fun for the guy tossing and the guy shooting. There's enough leverage that the clays can be thrown fairly aggressively, or they can be tossed gently as with a regular hand tosser:

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The two plastic hand throwers were intentionally offset so that both clays don't follow the exact same trajectory, just to make it a little more sporting.
 
I have an electric (white wing) a string triggered model and a hand thrower. The electric takes longer to set up but is all we use. Can trigger it by yourself if needed. Worth the money, much more fun and better consistency.
 
We use a range of throwers from electric to hand to Lincoln manuals. They are all good if you buy a quality machine from a company who stands behind their product. My newest purchase is the Do All Clay Cannon. For $100 its a lot of fun when you just want to hit a few targets with buddies or try out a new gun setup without dragging a big machine out.
 
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