Magazine assembly for tournament trap

In an apparatus for feeding targets on to a launching platform of a target throwing trap means, a magazine assembly positioned above said trap means, said assembly comprising a stationary frame member, means attaching said frame member to said trap means, a rotatable member having means thereon to position a number of columns of targets, means for rotating said rotatable member in predetermined increments, a stationary floor plate located beneath said rotatable member, said floor plate having an upper portion and a lower portion displaced thereof a distance equal to the height of one target, a ramp connecting said upper and lower portions, an opening in said lower portion through which a target can be dropped onto said launching platform, means on said rotatable member for gripping the lowermost target of each column of targets thus preventing each column from dropping by its own weight, a continuous cam means beginning just ahead of and terminating just after said ramp for disengaging said target gripping means to permit the weight of an associated column of targets to be borne by the ramp which with further rotation then lowers the column gradually to said lower portion of said floor plate whereupon the column has descended a height of one target, said cam means positioned over said lower portion and terminating before the associated column of targets reaches said opening in the floor plate so that upon moving past the end of said cam means said target gripping means engages and supports the second target from the bottom of the column of targets, Whereupon further rotation of the rotatable member results in the now-free lowermost target to drop through the opening in the floor plate onto the launching platform.