8" Round Body Grip Trap (RBG)

Pretty much the ideal trap for setting holes and slides used by otters. Springs are strong, and my RBGs have always come with the eyes of the springs entirely closed so no problems with bars sliding out of the eye, safeties sliding into it, or setters losing purchase. It should be noted that the 280/8" size does not come with a cable attached, and that the safeties are flat strips rather than the wire safeties shown. Traps fire quickly, and lock up with the sides near the hinges crossing over each other and no more than a 1/2" gap in the very center caused by the dog contacting the opposite bar. Trigger wires are a full 8" and are sufficiently stiff for my liking. Only change I would make would be Belisle style safeties since these are larger traps, although I have fewer issues with the flat bar safeties coming off than with round wire safeties.