My club is discussing the option of switching to coin or card operated practice traps. Our current system utilizes purchasing practice tickets from the clubhouse and paying trap kids to load targets and score. Some of the problems we have with our current system is that our trap help is variable so there are times when we don’t have enough help to run the voice calls and to score, so we sometimes send a squad out to shoot without a scorekeeper. Without a trap kid out there we run into the situation of naive shooters moving voice calls around or talking between shots so all the while the machine is throwing targets. Obviously the cost of the coin or card operated systems isn’t cheap and it would take a fair bit of targets to eventually recoup the cost of said system.
For those clubs who have switched to a coin or card operated system, which one did you end up going with and are you happy with it? Are there any systems to avoid because of unreliability or servicing issues? Any other thoughts?
Thank you for any input!
For those clubs who have switched to a coin or card operated system, which one did you end up going with and are you happy with it? Are there any systems to avoid because of unreliability or servicing issues? Any other thoughts?
Thank you for any input!
