WHY OWN SUPER STAR TRAP MACHINES?

1.   THEY WILL THROW LEGAL ATA TARGETS.

2.    NO MODIFICATION TO THE TRAP HOUSE.
        Automatic trap machine are expensive enough without having to rebuild and modify a existing trap house.

3.    ELECTRO MAGNETIC SOLENOID TARGET RELEASE.
        Similar to the hand set, the throwing arm is held back by magnetic solenoid but has no moving parts.  The GMV throwing arm is  waiting to be released by the solenoid, not the push of the cocking motor.  No need to change the timing to create a slow pull to keep the cocking motor trap from wind milling the trap by throwing an occasional un wanted extra target.

4.   560 TARGETS FIT INTO THE TURRET WHEN IT IS LEVEL FULL. 
       Shooting full squads of doubles, 50 pairs, 100 per trap, it is important that you have the larger target capacity.  If your voice release is left on, during changes, or if the shooters visit between post or shots, the trap will have more than enough extra targets to compete the event without running out of targets due to extra pairs thrown.   With the extra targets always remaining in the machine, loading on the go can begin with the following squad takes to the line.  No need to wait for a loader to refill between squads and delay the event due to the fact the machine ran empty.

5.    THE ENTIRE TRAP MACHINE IS ON THE PEDESTAL.
        If a rain storm should flood your trap houses or you have seasonal moisture issues, it is best that complete trap machine is above the floor.  Hydraulics and moisture do not mix.  With the entire machine on the pedestal it rests above the water line, broken targets, dirt, and card board from the clay bird boxes.

6.  THE GMV HAS A CENTER HOLE.
        There is a pin, or a bolt like the  Western old hand sets to "center hole" the machine for singles target setting and for doubles shooting.  For setting singles, the machine is center holed so the wind age can be set, to throw the targets level and straight out of the trap house.  When shooting doubles, the machine is center holed and cannot move from the center hole during operation.  Once the doubles fields are set they will remain set and the field will not shift due to heat or hydraulic seepage past a seal, or spool to valve body clearances.

7.     INFINITE HEIGHT ADJUSTMENTS.
        Similar to the old Western hand sets, the GMV uses a fine threaded height adjustment turn buckle for setting target height.  The GMV fine threaded turn buckle can be set and any adjustment for perfect target height and presentation where as the old hand sets where a half turn increments.

8.    THE GMV HAS AN ACTUAL TWO HOLE FOR SINGLES.
        Once the GMV is center holed for wind age, for a straight and level singles target flight, during target setting, the trap is then put into an actual two hole.  The machine will oscillate and interrupt.  The GMV oscillates all the time, not just while cocking.  Any official or club management can see that the traps are set in the two hole so flights and angles issues are all ended.  The two hole compliance can be seen with out having to climb in the trap house because the oscillation turret is visible at the front of the GMV.

9.    SHIMS ARE USED TO ADD TENSION TO THE MAIN SPRING FOR DOUBLES.
        Four sizes of horseshoe shaped shims are used to add spring main spring  for doubles targets.  Instead of cranking a spring, a lever is provided to add a shim for adding more power to the main spring.  The shim adding lever can be removed from the trap house and retained by club management to end any  unauthorized tampering with the machines by others.  From out side the trap house, club management, target setting can see what shim is being used with out counting turns on a crank.  This feature is a big help when multiples of target setters are used to change over the events from singles to doubles, because you can visually see how much power is added to the machines to keep all the fields even.  Shims are used under the valve springs of the most fine tuned engines on earth today for example, so  it is not a new idea or a new application.

10.    TARGET CAROUSEL CAN BE SPUN.
        If the machine is not being loaded on the go, the target carousel can be spun for easy filling from any position inside the trap house.  Full stacks of 15 targets can be slid in  to the carousel at once for a fast refill of the machine.

11.    WIND AGE ADJUSTMENT.
        Similar to the hand set trap machine the GMV uses a wind age adjustment device that is incorporated with the hole settings on the oscillation turret.  Simply pull up a spring loaded pin and choose one of 12 holes for setting the wind age.  This is twice as many selections as the old Western hand sets.  This can also be viewed with out climbing into the trap house another added benefit when keeping all your trap ranges set equally.  This wind age is used for both singles and doubles setting.
 

12.   ADJUSTABLE RAIL ELIMINATES THE FINGER.
        A crank adjustment moves the targets up and down the throwing arm for leveling doubles, for example.  Again this adjustment is infinite, instead of notches like on the Western hand set machines.

13.  ALL WEATHER OPERATION.   
        No preparations are required for summer to below zero operations.  No need to buy heaters, heat tape, insulation, or waist electricity for a warm up before operation.  Turn on a GMV and throw targets.

14.  NO EXTRA TARGETS THROWN.
        The GMV has a simple rotating plate is used  do determine if the machine is to throw singles, doubles or no targets.  The no target setting is for filling and rotating the target carousel.  In this position there is no hole open for a bird to get to the elevators.  For single targets the rotating plate has one hole open for the bird to be lowered down to the throwing arm.  Only one clay bird can fit through the hole.  For Doubles, the rotating plate is turn so two holes are exposed over the elevators.  Only while the GMV is set on doubles can two birds get to the throwing arms.  The GMV doesn't have to rely on springs, o-rings, levers and wheels to keep doubles being thrown while shooting singles.

15.  Safety.
        When ever the GMV is shut off, it will release the throwing arm to an un-cocked position.  This will also relieve tension off the main spring.

16.  Height
        The GMV trap as more height adjustment then the Western hand set trap.  During doubles setting of the Western hand set, usually the trap's height adjustment turn buckle was turned all the way up.  Some clubs added shims to the front of the hand sets to get more height.  If there was a strong tail wind the only way to get the doubles targets in the air was to add more spring to the hand set trap.  The GMV height adjustment has a lot more travel then the hand set so more spring is usually not needed to get the targets up to an acceptable height with a strong wind to your back.