Different conibear trigger system
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09/20/19 03:35 PM
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Re: Different conibear trigger system
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09/20/19 03:57 PM
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There was nothing good about that idea Victor had out for a short time. I would replace the wishbone trigger rather than use it. They are known for being gone when you go to reset the trap. Open the cotter pin up so that trap isn't useless when it falls out on you too.
"Not Really, Not Really" Mark J Monti "MJM you're a jerk."
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Re: Different conibear trigger system
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09/20/19 04:12 PM
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Wishbone AKA the fly "away trigger" nothing like hiking a few miles in the winter chopping a hole in the ice and setting off a trap to have the trigger fly off. The other filler part is a safety so allow the release of the spring if you get caught in the trap. Pull the cotter pins and slide the spacer off and pop the spring off of the frame.
I would either replace the trigger or put a wire from one of the long wires over the jaw to the V part to help keep it on the trap.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Different conibear trigger system
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09/20/19 04:17 PM
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Wissmiss would know far better than me but my understanding was those triggers were a REPLACEMENT meant to be carried with the trapper in the field. If the original trigger was broken due to a catch these triggers could be put on with a pair of pliers instead of having to replace the whole trap.
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Re: Different conibear trigger system
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09/20/19 04:32 PM
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Yep they came with those triggers from the factory they did not fly with the trappers. If they were sold to be changeable I don't remember them ever being offered by dealers back then unless they were listed in the general parts listings. Good intentions but a bad idea all around.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Different conibear trigger system
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09/20/19 05:17 PM
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I’ve not heard that but I suppose it could be true.
I do know that the wishbone triggers were factory original on larger conibear traps for at least the first year the humped corner traps were in production. They were listed as Series 2 traps. 220-2 and 330-2
I will look through some old advertising literature to see if what 160user says is true. I know north woods marketed a similar field replacement trigger system. I have a dozen of them new in the package somewhere still on the cardboard package. These replacements were a great idea just poorly designed.
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Re: Different conibear trigger system
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09/20/19 06:02 PM
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I had got some used 160 with the wishbones and I replace them all with regular triggers. and did not look back .
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Re: Different conibear trigger system
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09/20/19 09:28 PM
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You can make them into users with a bolt on wire trigger and standard dogs. Jim
Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
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Re: Different conibear trigger system
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09/20/19 10:05 PM
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I’ve not heard that but I suppose it could be true.
I do know that the wishbone triggers were factory original on larger conibear traps for at least the first year the humped corner traps were in production. They were listed as Series 2 traps. 220-2 and 330-2
I will look through some old advertising literature to see if what 160user says is true. I know north woods marketed a similar field replacement trigger system. I have a dozen of them new in the package somewhere still on the cardboard package. These replacements were a great idea just poorly designed. I had them before, you just crimp them on. It was a flat one piece of wide steel- good for 'rats, not so much for mink. Kind of like a popsicle stick hanging down.
Last edited by lumberjack391; 09/20/19 10:06 PM.
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