I've used waxed belisle 120s with no problems. Do waxed belisle 280 and 330 work ok or do they fire on their own? I'm a little leery!

I'm a LOT leery! I speed dip mine. They fire just fine.

Any coni's that I've ever waxed would NEVER set. Be careful!

Sounds like alot of extreme self inflicted pain

Sounds like alot of extreme self inflicted pain

Hit the notch and dog with a propane torch to burn off any wax, otherwise your just asking for it!

Wax the springs and the ends no need to do the cross fames.

I don't check to see if there is any gas left in a gas tank with a match either. Get bit by any size Belisle and you will understand.

No waxing necessary, but if you do wax just scrape the dog and bar your latching to with a pocket knife before setting and be careful.

Waxing Belisles in my humble opinion is no more dangerous than waxing any other body grip.
They have some of the best spring safety's in the business.
Like tomcat says scrape the wax off.
Zim

If I were to wax any bodygrips it would be the Belisles. At least if they go off the safeties won't fall off and catch you. They are by far the safest bodygripping trap out there IMO.

There's Just No Need!

drasselt, quit causing problems. He knows more about trapping than most on here realize.

Listen to this guy ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I've done this to my body grips and I like it. It lubricates the trap and it fires like lightening. I painted the jaws and did just like Law Dog said. Works great and no more dangerous than an unwaxed body grip.

Seems like a waste of wax.

I think of Marty Harmon when I hear the words wax and conni's

I wasn't trying to stir the pot but what the hey lol.

I've always speed dipped my body grippers and that was ok but I was looking for something better. Maybe it was Boco, or somebody else, but there was some discussion that waxed belisles did not misperform like other body grippers so I waxed one of my belisle 120s to test it and it worked just fine, no dry firing, so I waxed them all and used them with no problems. I guess it has to do with the thin dog, etc? I don't know. I got 2 good seasons out of the wax job and winged it last year but I'm going to rewax the 120's this year they're getting a little rusty now.
But now I'm looking at the bigger belisles and wondering about waxing them too. The main reason is to prevent rust stained fur but also enhanced performance. I like Paul's suggestion to paint the jaws and wax just the moving parts.

Not if you want a body grip that closes super fast on those speedy otters.

I caught 82 otter one year and they were all caught In un waxed Duke 330s. I'm sure glad I didn't have them waxed. LOL