If you don't have to modify them to make em legal in your state, cast is the way to go... Unless you get a bad casting which happens on the odd trap do anything else that's cast really.

Regular jaws if you need to shrink the jaw spread down

I trapped with the cast and the double laminated and loved them both. If both were same price Id pick cast but since I laminate my own I usually buy plain jaw. Im gonna pick up a few cast this season though. Great traps

Thanks for all the input guys. I’m leaning towards just shelling out the extra $53 for cast jaws (Sterling Fur prices, they seem to have some of the cheapest retail prices around). I don’t think I will regret it. 550s are not even on the table, they’re an awesome trap I agree, but I absolutely love the dual jaw hold down on the 650, and I like the bigger kill area and the lack of a traditional loose dog. I catch very few foxes, so target animals are all bigger. Cat Trapper’s comment on weight got me wondering, so I weighed one each 550 (4-coil) and 650, both with cast offset jaws, and the figures I came up with show the 650 to weigh only 3.5 pounds more per dozen- not as much difference as I would have thought. I know every ounce makes a difference when you have it on your back, but I’m not going far from the truck and rarely carry more than 3-4 traps at a time away from the truck. I am also a very short-liner, rarely have 2 dozen land sets out at a time.

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