We are very pleased to release the new Senneker-Shock Lock! This lock is very well built and is designed around a brand new locking concept.
We have begun by stamping this lock from steel sheet metal and were able to create a stamped steel product with sharp locking teeth. Because of the stamped sheet, the wedge is very tough. It's predecessor, the Lightning Lock was made of a composite steel that although had superb detail, as in sharp teeth, was brittle and would break occasionally.
The Senneker-Shock Lock has only two locking teeth and a short contact point on the cable. Because of this new feature, the wedge arm of the lock will pivot 180+ degrees plus when no cable is inserted, whereas the Camlock and Lightning Lock's wedge-arms both could only travel 90 degrees +/- and this enables the Senneker-Shock Lock to both lock on the cable in a traditional sense, but also to wedge into the cable when negative travel of the lock is attempted, meaning if the lock attempts to travel backwards/slide, the wedge rolls into the cable and bites even harder, double-ly preventing slippage. As well, when spring pressure is applied, this creates negative pressure on the lock, so as if the lock would slip at all such as with a lock with no teeth or soft steel filed teeth that distort, or poorly manufactured teeth, the spring creates a dynamic force that blows the lock backwards - negative direction, until the lock binds, in varying degrees dependent upon the physical character of the gripping teeth.
User Be Aware: As the wedge/arm of the lock is able to pivot 180 degrees, there is a correct way to install the lock during construction, as well as an incorrect way. The wedge/arm has a directional arrow stamped on the arm and the snare is to be constructed so that the lock travels/closes the direction the arrow points. The snare is to be constructed with the arrow pointing toward the snare loop. By doing so the lock will utilize both gripping teeth during lock up. If the lock is positioned incorrectly, only one tooth will engage, and that tooth will be positioned at a less than ideal angle for proper lock up. The lock seems to lock both ways, in the unlikley event that the user constructs the snare with lock backwards, but without a doubt the lock will perform best if constructed/positioned as intended. With the 5/64" and 3/32" models, we have also stamped a reference mark on the outside of the wedge/arm to create a reference that is more easily seen at a glance. We plan to modify the 1/16" lock to include this mark on the next production run.
The snare lock has been the weak link in the snare equation in the modernized Senneker/Alberta Powersnare System and has been one of the main factors in success/failure, and the problem is easily identified as lock slippage by the very limited number of people who currently understand the mechanics of this modernized snare. A smooth camlock with hand filed teeth is prone to teeth wear even during capture due to the nature of the soft steel of the smooth camlock. Other locks, including camlocks have attempted stamped teeth, but generally the teeth are never detailed enough to prevent slippage of the snare lock, which is an extremely difficult thing to manufacture. At the critical moment of spring firing either during or after lock up, it is imperative that the snare lock hold it's maximum position as every millimeter of slippage causes the spring arms to extend further, and the further the spring arms extend/travel, the less pressure the spring applies; the ideal is a max compressed spring with spring arms that have barely travelled/moved upon the trigger/spring firing.
Few people realize that the spring arms will travel post-mortem, and can/do regularly travel up to one inch or more after death of the snared animal as the spring is under intense load and tissue/flesh is soft and relaxes continually under the intense and continual spring pressure. One of our field testers that tested this lock in an ADC application was checking his snares daily and was measuring the spring arm position of each spring, tip to tip, after each capture, the mean/average distance of spring travel/extension was 30 mm when using a 1/16" snare w #33 SuperMagnum Spring, Senneker Powersnare Trigger, and a Senneker-Shock Lock. Measurements were taken likely within 12 hours post-mortem, however they strongly suggest that this lock is doing the job of virtual 100% lock up that all others fail to do!!! Do note key words, "strongly suggests" .
As of today's date, we currently have 1/16" Senneker-Shock Locks in stock and we expect to have delivery of a 5/64" size and a 3/32" size by the end of September.
We, at Canadian Coyote Company Ltd, are very pleased to offer this exceptional product to you, the Canadian and American Trappers, that you may have the peace of mind to know you are using the most cutting edge products that treat our captured animals with the highest standard of humaneness possible.
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]]>Pair of wolves harvested on Dec 17 - 2015, both taken in Alberta Powersnares with econo Magnum Stinger Kill Springs TM by Darren Cook of SW Alberta. Both wolves were taken low on the neck and the Magnum Stingers put both animals down with absolute minimal struggle. Any spring powered snare can put down a snared animal taken high on the neck with relative ease, but it is those taken low on the neck that are harvested cleanly that demonstrate a devices true ability as
a humane snare device. Weak, poorly designed compression springs and such spring lock combinations are a poor choice when it comes to delivering true humane dispatch on animals that are taken in a less than ideal circumstances. The Stinger Kill Spring TM and Magnum Stinger Kill Spring TM are true torsion springs and are much more strong and far more efficient than the coily compression springs of yester-year.
When using the magnum spring, the trigger position will affect positive firing of the spring. This device will work best when the trigger is positioned on the side of the spring. With the standard/regular/original spring, differing position of the trigger did not seem to affect firing performance. However, this changes when the higher powered magnum is used.
Inspect the photo on the left. Note on the loop of the magnum spring that we have three sides, we refer to them as the top, inside wire-end side (left side of spring loop), and the outside continuous wire side (right side of the loop).
Definitely clip the trigger to the inside, wire-end side of the spring loop/eyelet. Doing so will cause the eyelet to flex and will aid the device in firing. Clipping the trigger to the top causes the device to fire harder and will result in mis-fires, clipping the trigger to the outside-continuous wire side will result in non-firing of the system.
This system is designed to hold the spring closed until the snare has tightened in a sufficient manner on the animals neck. Once the snare has tightened up on the animals neck, the trigger will release from the spring. The lock holds the snare in place on one side while the spring applies massive tension to the snare at the opposite end of the loop, resulting in clean and humane dispatch.
When setting the Alberta Powersnare, we recommend that you NOT tie your snare high as trappers did in the past with simple self locking snares that did not employ the use of killing springs or even simple dispatch compression springs. Tying your snares high, in such manner, helps animals entangle quickly which was desireable with the old/basic self locking entanglement snare; entanglement was generally necessary to accomplish snare dispatch. However with the modern Alberta Powersnare, entanglement can be detrimental to snare dispatch success; tying high can increase interference to normal powersnare function, as well, tying high can also reduce the ability of the device to fire due to the limbs flexing and acting as a shock absorber, thereby absorbing energies that are required to set the snare loop tight upon the animals neck and also absorb energies required to fire the trigger.
Be also aware that the Magnum Stinger Kill Spring TM is a much stronger device than the standard Stinger. Because of this fact, realize that Breakaway Device function is affected with a stronger spring, and we recommend that you use lighter breakaways on your snares than you did before. As the 265 lb Senneker Elite BAD is the lightest as well as most popular and successful s-hook BAD ever made and used with a kill spring, (this applies world-wide, including Saskatchewan!) we recommend that you not over-crimp the 265 when using magnum springs for coyote. We also suggest to trappers targeting the massive “eastern coyote” that they experiment with the 265 lb Senneker Elite BAD with magnums for most effective deer release due to the new dynamic.
(***NOTE*** THE PHOTO ABOVE DEPICTS SPACES BETWEEN THE SPRING ASSEMBLY, WASHER, AND END STOP... THIS WAS DONE SIMPLY TO SHOWCASE THE UNIT. KEEP ALL SLACK OUT OF THE CABLE FROM THE B.A.D. TO THE END STOP.)
WHICH WAY DOES THE TRIGGER GO? I am often asked this question, the trigger may point either direction and is simply a preference thing.
DO I NEED WASHERS? Washers are used simply to keep the end stop of the snare from being pulled through the eyelet of the spring. This is necessary only with the magnum spring. If the trigger is positioned opposite of what the above photo depicts, no washer would be needed.