Mark,
Thanks, I've been checking with Gundogsupply for a while now and the Retriev-r-trainer has been shown as out of stock. I just checked again, and the basic launcher is still out of stock. They did, however, have a bundle with loads and dummy for more money. I didn't need yet another dummy and the loads will eventually be used, so I went ahead and placed an order.
Have you been getting any fishing in?

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Take care, Huntindave McCann SHELL ROCK IA. ,,,,,, "As sailors grow older, the wiser ones move to smaller boats." Thomas Firth Jones, Multihull Voyaging

Pat,
If you were planning to give me that for Valentine's Day,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, you ruined the surprise.

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Take care, Huntindave McCann SHELL ROCK IA. ,,,,,, "As sailors grow older, the wiser ones move to smaller boats." Thomas Firth Jones, Multihull Voyaging

I've got one of the basic handheld models and it does what I need. Even knocked a few hand thrown dummies out of the tree they were stuck in. I get my blanks at the hardware store and a good bit cheaper than what most gun dog stores ask. All I ever use are greens and yellows. If you buy a foam dummy you'll get at least 50% longer flight than with the canvas dummies.

I've got a few hundred green and yellow "nail blanks" in brass cases through mine with no I'll effects that I can see. That's all I've shot through mine actually.