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Originally Posted by Kevin McCormack
What is a "Pat Trap" and where does that name come from?
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Kevin,
As Bill Murphy noted, it was a clay target throwing machine specifically made for Trap shooting. It holds 400+ targets in a turret, throws either doubles or single targets at random angles with minimal changeover. Most importantly, it allowed the removal of a target setter from the trap house. The old Winchester hand-set machines had seen many "stung" fingers and numerous injuries to the setters and it was just a matter of time before there would be an OSHA-type mandate disallowing a young person being subject to such 'danger'.
I would venture a guess that at least 90% of the current Trap-shooting clubs use the PAT trap today.