Re: New MB 550 Mod
[Re: kinley31]
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09/25/21 04:31 PM
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Re: New MB 550 Mod
[Re: kinley31]
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09/26/21 11:43 AM
09/26/21 11:43 AM
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Haven't seen them yet. Wonder if its only closed jaw?
Ya can't miss fur if yur traps are out somewhere. Or so I've been told.
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Re: New MB 550 Mod
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09/30/21 10:42 AM
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Yes sir
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I asked about this back in August on in Trap Talk. I bought a dozen and did a double take when I got them out to degrease.
1 - I didn't know that shoulder was a problem 2 - Whoever did the welding/design of the fix may want to keep working on it. Looks like I welded it, and I am no welder. I would have sent them back. Those aren't up to the quality of MB 550s. And EVERYONE knows it.
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Re: New MB 550 Mod
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09/30/21 12:05 PM
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I got a batch of them that the levers where cracking/ripping in the corners. They blamed it on dry firing. Some of them were that way out of the box. At the price they sell, there is no excuse for poor steel. If I got a response like back from a trap manufacturer then I would switch entirely to a new brand of traps.
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Re: New MB 550 Mod
[Re: The hammer]
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09/30/21 03:03 PM
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I got a batch of them that the levers where cracking/ripping in the corners. They blamed it on dry firing. Some of them were that way out of the box. At the price they sell, there is no excuse for poor steel. If I got a response like back from a trap manufacturer then I would switch entirely to a new brand of traps. They did make those traps right. But it is evident that they haven’t fixed the problem. Shame because they have an excellent product but it won’t take very long with this kind of rigging to ruin it.
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Re: New MB 550 Mod
[Re: ~ADC~]
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10/01/21 08:57 AM
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I bet they added them beads of weld to the closed jaw traps because the lugs don't hold open the jaws as wide as the offset version. Narrower jaws allowed the lever to slip past the bumps forged onto the outside of the jaws. That was my thought. Never noticed a problem with my other ones, but maybe it they are fired enough or when dryfired, it wears down the lever and lets it slip past the shoulder on the jaw. Like I said, kinda nitpicky, but just didn't seem up to normal MTP quality.
Erik Johnson
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