I just picked up a dozen of these and they are STOUT. Gonna run em along side my Bridger #9’s and Duke 850’s. They ought to be hammers.

Question - they’re powder coated but I’ll still need to dye my chain and drags. All good just to toss em in the witches brew?

I bought some for this season also. They are very well made. I dipped my chains in a mixture of 1/2 acetone and 1/2 rustoleum. I plan to boil them when the time comes. Water boils at 212 F. The powder coating is cured at a much high temp, therefore I do not think there will be an issue with them in boiling water.

I have some of the No BS traps that are coated. They go into the dye boil and get waxed. Scraping and burning the wax off of the pan/jaw engagement points is mandatory.

Did you get them with the bigger springs. I have both the regular ones and the ones with bigger springs. The bigger springs are way stronger then the little ones . Especially for coming up through the snow . I use a ton of Ak 9 but the bs traps are pretty nice I feel the pan is a little to big and might cut mine down some . Will post a pic of difference tomorrow.