The Middletown Journal is reporting that two Troy Ohio brothers have been elected to the Trapshooting Hall of Fame for their invention of the Clyne Puller.

From the story:

In its day the Clyne Puller was the most innovative piece of equipment related to trapshooting. It took the physical, human pulling of the trap machine out of the sport and put electricity into it forever.
“It’s one of the things that changed trapshooting the most through the years,” said Dave Bohlender, a long-time shooter from Tipp City. “There are several reasons why scores have improved and it is one of them.”
The Clyne Puller was invented in the mid-40s by the late Roger and Bob Clyne of Troy, who had a small machine shop and ran the Camp Troy Gun Club in the 1940s and 1950s. That’s where the electric puller was first used. It eventually was employed at the Grand American for a few years and all over the country, in Europe and South America.
For their sport-altering invention, the Clyne brothers, Roger and Bob, who both died in the 1980s, have been elected to the Trapshooting Hall of Fame. They will be inducted in August in Illinois at the first ceremonies ever to be held out of the Dayton area.

Commentary by Larry S. Moore:
Trapshooting has changed significantly over the years. The sport has progressed from live bird shoots to the modern format. Along the line various other targets were employed including a variety of glass balls. These were used in the late 1800s. Glass balls were often filled with feathers to resemble the live bird targets. Other glass balls were filled with talcum powder to resemble smoke when broken. Trapshooters still refer to the term, "smoking the target" today. Captain A. H. Bogardus, using an LC Smith shotgun, was the first clay ball champion and developed a machine to throw the glass targets. About the same time the familiar shape of the clay target was being developed. Mechanical throwers were used for the Grand American trap shoot held in New Orleans in 1885. At this event, Captain Bogardus finished second to Dr. W. F. Carver.

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