Steel Traps

importance to successful trapping is the poss

has held its own in the estimation of the professional trappers for sixty years, and then we will endeavor to poin

ng is made of a properly compounded steel and is of the right form and proportion a

f the steel has a surplus of carbon, or is deficient in that element, it will not take a proper temper and consequently i

es that it is properly tapered so as to bring a uniform strain on the steel. The l

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t when set, and the temper must be so moderated as not to be brittle or "high", otherwise they may break if sprung without anything betw

ively stiff spring is more apt to break the leg bone of the animal and increase the liability of "legging" as the trap

bad tempered wife, a worse than useless encumbrance. And do not let the tyro imagine that it is easy to temper a trap spring, for it

as to do its work, and it is safe to say that no mechanical contrivance perform

tween 70 and 80 lbs., and one of these has been known to remain under str

o follow. Anything like a sharp cutting edge or a saw tooth is especially objectionable, for our object in catching an animal is to obtain its fur and not to amputate its limbs. As a prevention of "legging" the Nos. 81, 91, 91 1/2

revent it from being sprung or bent enough to throw it out

ater majority, especially among the old and experienced trappers, prefer the smaller sizes, and for obvious reasons. When an animal steps on a small pan he is caught to stay, but with a large on

rusting increases the size of a piece of iron and as there are

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5 and no part had given way

a good

to the size of the animal trapped for. This is a nice point for each trapper to decide for himself and it is this susceptibility to adjustment by curving or straightening the dog that makes this old "trigger arrangement" superior to any

nough to hold any animal for

eliable ring and wedge for fastening, and the "S" Hook sometimes furnished