[GunCon 2024] Caldwell’s Claymore Target Thrower

During this year’s GunCon event, Caldwell Shooting Supplies brought out their three latest clay pigeon throwers for attendees to try out. TFB covered two of those throwers at SHOT Show 2024, but the new fully-semi-automatic Claymore Target Thrower was hard to miss. It has been out since last year, but we had yet to cover it at TFB. Caldwell’s booth consisted of a large netted bay and they were demonstrating their clay pigeon throwers by launching reusable plastic pigeons into the netting.

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• New Caldwell Claymore Solo and Pull-Pup Clay Throwers, VelociRadar Chronograph
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• NEW Caldwell Flash Bang – Light Up Hit Indicator
• TFB Review: Caldwell 66% IPSC AR500 Silhouette Target

CALDWELL CLAYMORE TARGET THROWER

Caldwell designed their new Claymore Target Thrower to be easily packable and transportable and to be activated by human and spring power, rather than relying on batteries. Although I jokingly called the new clay thrower full-semi-auto in the opening paragraph, it’s actually more accurate to compare its action to a Double Action/Single Action pistol… with a gravity-fed magazine. The Claymore Target Thrower has two foot pedals; In “single action” mode, the larger center pedal acts as the cocking lever, while the smaller left pedal acts as the trigger. However, in “double action” mode, the center pedal performs both functions of cocking and releasing the mechanism with one downward press of the pedal. Caldwell differentiates the two modes as “standard” and “flurry.”

The Caldwell Claymore Target Thrower is listed for $329.99, you can find the Thrower’s dedicated page HERE for more information on it, or visit CaldwellShooting.com to see their whole lineup of products. What do you think about the Caldwell Claymore Target Thrower? If you’ve already picked one up, let us know how your experience has been in the comment section below.