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Description: | An iron gin trap with base plate 'trigger' mechanism attached to the stock bar via the bridge (the trigger element adjacent to plate is made of Brass, allowing more sensitive triggering as their is less friction between the brass elements than iron ones, they are also less prone to corrosion and subsequent loss of sensitivity), bow spring lever and toothed jaws; The jaws are closed upon activation by the movement of the spring eye upward over the standards of the opposing jaws (which the eye encompassess) trapping the animal (fox due to size of trap) by the leg; Marked '200B' on the brass elements. | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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