Champion Range and Target 40901 Champion High FlyString Release Manual Trap, Multi

Most of these throwers are basically the same, if you put it together right and set it up right they work fine, if you don't, you are in for a bad time. It took about 5 minutes to assemble properly (yup, even with directions and pictures I managed to put one of the parts on backwards and used the wrong bolt inside the spring). The main thing I can say is the unit needs to be stable to do its best work. I was using it alone with my foot on the back for stability which didn't work well at first, the unit jumped every time I pulled the cord and how much it moved dictated how bad the clay flight was. Then I moved over so that the front legs were hooked on a concrete parking barrier and I was standing with my foot on the back leg. Not only did it start working flawlessly. In fact, with every throw the legs dug themselves a little deeper into the gravel parking lot that I had been unable to stomp them down into at all making the unit more accurate and more consistent. After the first few awkward pulls of the cord with my hand I started standing on a fairly taught cord with my right foot and using my left foot that i had on the back of the thrower for stability to step on the string between the eyelet and trigger to release the clay. After a few minutes of that, I decided the foot 'pull' was the way to go so (as you can see in the pictures) i wrapped the string around the angle iron and now it works like a pedal. It threw consistent singles and doubles all day. The only clay it broke was one that slid out the back when I put my foot on the thrower before the legs properly set into the gound (I was using the highest angle)

If you are looking for a competition grade fully assembled thrower, this ain't it. If you want something super affordable and are willing to assemble and mount your thrower this thing packs a punch. Our 1st time out with this thing we mounted it to a spair tire and threw 400 clay in an afternoon. Most of the bolts came loose. I applied a little loktite to most bolts and cranked down on the locking washers. The next time out we spent a whole day with 15 of us shooting clay off this thing. We threw a 1000+ pigeon and only lost the eye bolt for the pull string. Everything else stayed right and tight. 3rd time out I had tacked a small pipe to the frame for the pull string and mounted it to a larger wheel. With some strategic crimping on the throwing arm we got that sucker throwing doubles like a dream. It's going to break at some point but I have already gotten my money's worth.

We put about 200 clays down range. Instructions are meh at best. The stake feature in the ground doesn’t work. Well it does but the guy pulling the string needs to stand on it. Won’t launch two shells that can be shot. But if you’re going one at a time in the back yard. This will work for your needs. We had a good afternoon of shooting clays and the .22.

Had one years ago. This feels just as sturdy. Kids unwrapped it Christmas morning, along with their new .410 semi-auto. Took about 15 minutes to assemble thrower. No issues. We went outside and within two or three shots, the kids were turning those clay pigeons into so much dust. The thrower is consistent, which is important when teaching new trap shooters. You want to know where that clay is going so the shooter can predict its flight path. As i set the clay in the arm, i knew exactly where i was about to send it. That condistency is key. It throws doubles just as well. Just put a few more turns into the spring to account for the added weight. Path and separation very consistent. After a couple doubles, the kids were asking for two every time and they were busting them. Im really happy with this thrower.

I bought the Champion Clay Thrower to use with my sons. I have hand throwers that I've used since I was a kid but wanted to try something different and theoretically easier. Better think again. Assembly wasn't easy but wasn't terrible. The instructions aren't the greatest because most of the instructions are in words and no real pictures, just bad diagrams. The reason it wasn't hard for me is because I have a mechanical background and plenty of tools. In use, the thrower latch mechanism is horrible. Where it latches, both surfaces are painted and tend to be slippery. This is where the leg breaker comes from on my title. The main spring is very strong and consequently makes it hard to cock. Because of the stiff spring, you have to get close to cock it but beware that you not have anything in front of or on the side of the thrower. The latch failed once on me and once on my son, striking us in the leg. It will throw 2 clays at once but not very well. Throwing one clay, we had pretty good success and used it for 50+ clays on our first outing. All-in-all, I wouldn't recommend this thrower. It is poorly constructed and the materials are questionable. The trigger string was frayed after our first outing and the latch mechanism bends and moves because of the poor design and cheap materials. China strikes again!

So a buddy of mine bought a similar product from an outdoor store for $30. We threw it together and started shooting, its nice but had some flaws. Its very hard to pull back to load, the cheap string broke within 2 pulls, it rattles ALOT and is very violent when you pull, and it can only hold one clay. So i decided to pick this one up due to the price. So for the review: Got this in the mail, pulled it out of the box and started assembly (as a heads up, grab a 9/16" socket wrench and wrench, a cresent wrench, and a phillips head screw driver). Easy enough to put together, easy to adjust the pitch and spring tension. Directions are a little hard to follow, but they include pictures. Once put together went to the field and started launching skeet. This product is great, i replaced the included string with 1000lb pull cord. The clay pidgeons FLY with this, easily doubleing the height and distance my buddies covered. No rattle, no violent movement, and i got it to hold three, granted the spread was huge. But it does th job. I would buy this again, but i dont think ill need to. Seems very solid.

It took about 10 to 15 clays to get this thing dialed in (spring tension, throwing arm retention, and throwing arm angle). Had issues with them breaking but discovered it was due to the trap not being secured well enough (staked it in the ground then stood on the left and center leg, you could also put a weight on the legs or even bigger stakes to hold it securely Don't listen to all the bad reviews there are no issues other than the quality of written directions and how flimsy the pull string is. Thankfully there's plenty of pictures to look at which made assembly easy and fairly quick (5 min or less) and putting on a better string is easy enough. We have put over 300 clays through this since I bought it throwing at least 50 of those as doubles. It throws doubles easy enough once you get the hang of loading them in the correct spots. All in all its a very great loader for the 40 bucks. I've bought 3 more 2 as gifts and another so we can set up more than 1 thrower in the future.

Me and a buddy from work got new shotguns and wanted to try them out shooting some clays. There isnt really anything local for us to try were we live so I ordered one of these launchers. It was not too hard to put together the instructions were ok, maybe needs a little improvement but ultimately were able to put them together. You can put up to two clays at the same time but they tend to slide down and not stay in place very well. The dimples it has for grip are not very good. I ended up putting some grip tape on it and it works pretty good. The string it comes with is short like really short but easy to fix. Another complain is the spring its kinda weak and had to tighten it up almost completely to launch the clays a decent distance. But because of that i had to hammer it into the ground because its really light and the force of the spring make it jump like crazy. Other than that it works well and at 40 bucks its a winner in my book.

Again it arrived in time and did everything it said it would.

For the price, it does exactly what it should. When launching 2 at a time, it is a little less reliable. The 2 clays go completely different trajectories, but still launch well enough you can hit both if you are quick enough.

Pretty good for the price definitely can tell the material is a bit cheap

Easy to build and use.

In terms of functionality and build quality, I can confidently say that it is definitely solid with the exception of making sure every screw is as tight as possible. As fart as launching the clay targets goes, for every 5 targets launched, 2 shatter. I have tried to seat the clay targets in various locations in the launcher however the results remain the same. For a cost effective launcher, I would say its worth the money however, there are better alternatives for a slightly higher price tag. When mounting in the dirt, I recommend stepping on the rear as well as the left side because the launcher's recoil does lift it out of the ground. I can confidently say that this will function better and deliver more consistency than using the manual hand launcher