This weeks trap is a set gun trap civil war era . it was developed by Fredrick F Reuthes Hartford Connecticut, 1857 . three models were made a single barrel a double barrel and a double barrel with a pistol grip , removable. This unit was hung in a tree and the expandable spear shaft was pushed back into the slot between the barrels and when an animal jumped up to grab the bait in its mouth the spear would slide out and the split spear would grip in the mouth and fire the percussion into the head .
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