BOWMAN SUPERMATCH 6/8 Series User manual

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SUPERMATCH 6&8
INSTRUCTIONS
WJ Bowman
High Street East Markham
Nottinghamshire NG220RE
01777 870243
www.bowmantraps.co.uk
@bowmantraps
Thank you for your purchase, please call if you need any help or advice. Your support online would be
much appreciated. Kind Regards Andrew Davidson Managing Director of WJ Bowman (1984) LTD.
Check Contents
Having moved the protective card from around the clay pigeon trap, check its contents to ensure they are
all present. You should have included:
• Trap fixed to a pallet
• 1 carousel
• Coil of 50m cable and button unit / or wireless radio remote (if purchased)
• Bowman barrow (if purchased with the trap)
• Yellow Safety Ring
Positioning and fixing clay pigeon trap
Your clay pigeon trap can be fixed onto and operated from a pallet however, we could recommend a more
permanent bolted position or a Bowman barrow. If you have purchased a barrow position the trap onto the
barrow and line up the 3 bolt holes. Use the 12mm bolts provided to secure your trap to the barrow. A
washer should be placed on either side, a spring washer goes on before the nut to secure.
Key Points:
• Check your contents
• Read thoroughly before
attempting to assemble or
operate.
• Do not attempt to fit the battery
until all three assembly tasks
have been completed!
Think! Safety First!
These machines can cause serious injury, read these
instructions prior to assembly and use.
If you are missing any contents, are unsure or concerned
about the use of your clay pigeon trap then please don’t
hesitate to call bowman’s directly on 01777 870243.
Tools Required: 2 x 17mm spanners, 2 x 19mm spanners, 1
x 24mm ring spanner & wire cutters / scissors.

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1. First task: fit your safety ring
2. Second task: fit the main spring
Screw the 10mm studding into
the front of the casting and
lock off with the 10mm nut.
Remove the ‘R’ clips from the
sockets underneath the clay
plate at the rear of the trap and
insert the safety ring ends.
Align the holes and secure by
pushing the ‘R’ clips through the
socket and safety ring. Finally
lock the two 10mm nuts up to the
steel tube at the front of the
safety ring.
For safety reasons your clay
pigeon trap is supplied with the
main spring detached. Remove
the cable ties to access the spring;
place the spacer, washer, tension
handle and wing nut to the side in
the order you removed them from
the spring studding.
To re-attach the main spring,
rotate the throwing arm over the
casting until it points straight
ahead. In this position there is no
tension on the main spring,
allowing you to fit the M12 stud-
ding through the rod bearing at the
rear.
Once through the bearing, add the
spacer (the narrow end slots into
the rod bearing), washer, tension
handle (to a desired tension) and
lock securely with the 12mm wing
nut.

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Use of the clay pigeon trap
With all three tasks complete, the trap is now ready to connect to the battery. Do not add clays into the carousel
at this point. When preparing to connect the battery move to a safe position at the rear of the trap and make
sure that NO-ONE is in the DANGER ZONE in front of the trap or inside the area marked out by the safety ring.
Connect the 50m cable release plug or wireless radio receiver to the green socket on the trap, check that the
programme switch on the control box is in the off position and then connect the terminals to the battery. To arm
the trap, turn the program switch to ’on run’, the trap will power up and the motor will rotate the throwing arm
and stop in the firing position. Fire the trap by pressing the hand held button (notice that the trap re-arms itself
ready to fire again). Now you must disarm the trap in order to load clays and make elevation adjustments.
Disarm and make safe
To disarm and make the trap safe you ‘flick’ the program switch to ‘nudge fire’. Notice the trap will fire, but does
not re-arm with the throwing arm visible to the left. Remove the battery terminals from the battery. Load clays
and make elevation adjustments as necessary, then you will be ready to re-attach the battery terminals
(ensuring the program switch is set to ‘off’) and switch the program to ‘on run’ in preparation to fire clays.
Note: When the trap is armed and ready to fire, turning the program switch to off WILL NOT make the
trap safe, it MUST be de-cocked using nudge fire and the power source removed before being
completely safe.
Elevation
To make elevation adjustments, release the elevation lever
lock (1), tilt the trap backwards to the desired height and then
re-tighten the lever lock. Note: there are 2 threaded holes in
the casting for elevation. You can move the handle into the
second hole to increase the elevation potential of the trap.
Tilt
To tilt the trap 40° left or right, release the tilt lever lock (2),
pull the plunger (3) out of the tilt base and tilt the trap to the
desired angle. When the desired angle is achieved release the
plunger so that it can locate into a hole on the tilt base and re-
tighten the tilt lever lock handle (2).
3. Third task: fit the carousel
Remove nut and clutch washers. Position the carousel on the
shaft and re-fit the washers in the order they were removed. The
domes of the clutch washers pointing towards each other and
positioned between the 2 flat washers (see photograph). Tighten
the nut until carousel offers moderate resistance when rotating.
VERY IMPORTANT pump grease into main boss for smooth
rotation. Use a grease gun and the grease nipple on the carousel
boss.
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2
3

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Adjusting clay knife separators
We set the knife height at the factory to accommodate standard clays, if you need to alter the height please follow
the written and photographic instructions. The knife separators height can be adjusted by using 2 x 10mm
spanners. The stainless steel knife should clear the rim of the clay by 0.5mm to operate correctly. To adjust the
height, loosen the locking nut, turn the bolt head clockwise to lower and anti-clockwise to raise the knife blades.
Once the correct height is achieved re-tighten the locking nut. The knives should ideally clear the driving band of
the clay by 3mm thus not damaging the clay in any way.
Electric Box
The motor is protected by either a fuse or circuit breaker housed in the control box. If the fuse is activated it can
easily be replaced. Two spare fuses are supplied in the control box. If the circuit breaker is activated the Thermal
Overload reset button will pop up to cut the power. Before replacing the fuse or pressing the Thermal
Overload reset button to re-activate the trap you must turn the 3 position switch to off and disconnect the
battery to investigate the reason for the malfunction. Most commonly this is because of a flat battery or the
throwing arm is jammed. Please be aware the throwing arm may be parked in a dangerous position so be
careful not to place yourself in harms way while you investigate or when you re-activate the trap.
0.5mm
Jacking screw
BOLT HEAD
Locking nut
Pic 1
Jacking screws
3mm
Pic 2
Adjusting advance and retard limit switch
The Limit Switch is set to stop the throwing arm just before it goes
‘over centre’ and fires. We set this at the factory however if the arm
stops too far from the clay or too close to the centre causing ‘auto fir-
ing’, please follow these instructions to re-set it. “Disarm and Make
Safe Procedure” should be followed. This includes removing the bat-
tery leads so that, with the arm visible to the left, it is safe to adjust the
limit switch ring.
Unlock by using a 6mm allen key. Standing in front of the trap and viewing from the top, rotate the ring clockwise
in small increments to stop the arm further away from the clay and anti-clockwise to stop the arm closer to the
clay. Re-lock the ring and move to a safe position behind the trap. On/run the trap to test the arm position and re-
adjust if necessary using the same procedure.

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Adjusting the timing of the carousel
The timing of the your carousel is set at the Bowman factory. We set is so that when the trap is switched to ‘on
run’, the carousel indexes around and places a stack of clays over the hole in the main plate. The knives are
responsible for splitting the clays and allowing 1 clay to fall through while the rest remain supported.
Servicing - Lubrication
The following moving parts of the Supermatch 6&8 need top be lubricated once a month, particularly if the trap is
left outside in all weather conditions. We use a chain oil lubricant CD90 for lubricating moving parts. GT85 is used
as a water displacement spray to protect motors, wires and the main spring from damp conditions and for cleaning
out clay dust from moving parts. There are three grease nipples which need regular greasing they are located 1)
on the center boss of the carousel, 2) on the rod end bearing pictured below and 3) opposite the rod end bearing
located on the other side of the casting. Use a grease gun to pump grease into the grease nipples.
Note: The 4 poles should be
evenly spaced within the hole of
the main plate when you turn to
on run. If your carousel timing is
out follow the instructions.
To alter the timing, loosen the
M10 bolt on the pinch block. This
will allow you to move the yellow
spacer on the push bar in small
increments to the right if the poles
are short of the hole or to the left
if they have gone past.
Yellow spacer
M10 Bolt
Grease
Nipple
Grease
Nipple

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Servicing - Lubrication continued...
This column of moving
parts that is powered by
the motor and gear box is
important to keep
lubricated.
Lubricate the rod end bearing and
moving joints at the rear of the trap to
ensure they continue to move freely.
Lubricate the index bar that pushes the
carousel around to ensure it remains
free moving.
Lubricate the limit switch
roller regularly to avoid it
ceasing up.

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Variations
Supermatch 6/8 ABT
Your trap is fitted to a Automatic Ball Trap (left, right, up and down movement) base. It will have been supplied with a
200m wireless radio control and receiver. Connect the radio receiver to the green six pin circular socket on the ABT
control Box. The notch in the radio receivers plug should face north as you push it into the socket and then screw the
collar on to secure the connection.
The main ABT control box is located at the rear of the ABT base, you will notice two time interrupter switches on the
control box, one for left to right movement and one for up and down movement; they both have three positions.
1. Flicking the switches down will move the trap left to right or up and down depending on the switch being used.
This feature is ideal if you do not have the remote with you and want to move the traps direction, however please
be aware that if you are not in control of the remote another person may fire the trap.
2. When the switch is in a central position you can move the trap left to right or up and down via the remote control.
You can press the L-R and U-D movement buttons on the handset to nudge the trap in small increments. If you
hold the L-R or U-D movement buttons for a period of 4 second (or individual presses in quick succession
amount to 4 seconds) the trap will continuously move left and right or up and down until disabled by pressing the
button again for 4 seconds. The traps movement will stop after 5 minutes if the trap is not fired. The left to right
and up and down movement can be used individually or together.
3. When the switches are flicked upwards it will engage the time interrupter. This means that when the trap is fired,
a random sequence of movement (including pauses) will be initiated and last for 15 seconds. It is possible to use
the L-R time interrupter and leave the U-D switch in the central position, meaning the movement initiated when
trap is fired will only be left to right. Unless the trap is raised high on a tower then this set up is advised because
it is dangerous if the trap is fired when it is at its lowest elevation because it may be directing at the shooting line.
Tilt
To tilt your trap left or right, to either level the flight of the clay or curl the flight of the clay, use the plastic hand
tension nut on the side of the trap which, is located underneath the main control box for the trap. Loosen the M10
nuts so that you can loosen or tighten the tension nut to the desired level of tilt and then re-tighten the m10 nuts to
secure.

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Variations
Supermatch 6/8 DTL
Your trap is fitted to a Down the Line (left to right movement) base. It will have been supplied with a 200m wireless
radio control and receiver. Connect the radio receiver to the green six pin circular socket on the DTL control Box. The
notch in the radio receivers plug should face north as you push it into the socket and then screw the collar on to
secure the connection.
The main DTL control box is located at the rear of the DTL base, you will notice a time interrupter switch on the
control box; this switch has three positions.
1. Flicking the switch down will move the trap left to right. This feature is ideal if you do not have the remote with
you and want to move the traps direction, however please be aware that if you are not in control of the remote
another person may fire the trap.
2. When the switch is in a central position you can move the trap left to right via the remote control. You can press
the L-R movement button on the handset to nudge the trap in small increments, which is ideal if you are using
your trap on a tower. If you hold the L-R movement button for a period of 4 second (or individual presses in quick
succession amount to 4 seconds) the trap will continuously move left and right until disabled by pressing the
button again for 4 seconds. The traps movement will stop after 5 minutes if the trap is not fired.
3. When the switch is flicked upwards it will engage the time interrupter. This means that when the trap is fired, a
random sequence of movement (including pauses) will be initiated and last for 15 seconds.
Tilt
To tilt your trap left or right, to either level the flight of the clay or curl the flight of the clay, use the plastic hand
tension nut on the side of the trap which, is located underneath the main control box for the trap. Loosen the M10
nuts so that you can loosen or tighten the tension nut to the desired level of tilt and then re-tighten the m10 nuts to
secure.

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Variations
Supermatch 6/8 Multi-Clay
Our Multi-Clay variation has all the features of the standard Supermatch 6 model except for 1 key change that allows
you to throw a combination of clay sizes from the same carousel!
This is achieved by a new clay separating system and adding inserts into the hoppers of the carousel. With NO
inserts in the carousel your trap will throw all standard (110mm) clays. Adding either midi (90mm), 70’s (70mm) or
mini (60mm) inserts into the hoppers, your trap will throw a mixture of clay sizes. The only quick adjustment needed
is to simply slide inserts into the hopper and secure them with a 6mm wing nut.
When loading clays into a Multi-Clay carousel you will not be able to load clays into the hopper situated over the
rollers. Once you have loaded the other hoppers with clays, manually index the carousel around until the empty
hopper becomes available to load clays. If by doing this a clay falls through onto the drop plate then remove that clay
from the drop plate prior to arming the trap. Ensure that when removing a clay from the drop plate the trap is
de-cocked and detached from any power source.
Please note - Multi-Clay inserts will only work in conjunc-
tion with a Bowmans Multi-Clay trap that has the ‘Roller
System’ for separating clays (pictured below).
The Roller system works in sync with the Multi-Clay inserts.
The inserts keep the front edge of the clay at a consistent
distance to the rollers, so, regardless of clay size, the roller
will keep pressure on the stack of clays as it rotates
through. There is a small knife at the front of the rollers that
separates the bottom clay allowing it to fall through onto
the drop plate.
The Multi-Clay rollers should move smoothly to allow the
clays to pass through them. We recommend a small
amount of light oil be placed on the top of each roller screw
every six months to help keep the rollers moving smoothly;
take care not to get oil onto the rubber roller itself.
Roller System
Mini’s!
Standard’s!
70mm!
Midi’s!

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Variations
Supermatch 6/8 Battue
Our Battue variation has all the features of the standard Supermatch 6 model except for a few key changes that
allow you to throw battue clays dome up or down and as double battues.
Our Battue traps have a slightly different main plate, as you can see in the images below, there is a milled groove cut
into the plate leading to where the clays are fed to the drop plate. This groove means that you can place your battue
clays with either dome facing down or dome facing up, without the need to adjust the separating knives. The battue
clays give a different presentation in the air depending on which way they are thrown, both of which are testing
targets.
The throwing arm of the battue trap has 2 rubbers incase you’d like to throw a double battue (two clays at once). To
achieve this, remove the carousel by loosening the 16mm Nylock nut on the center boss until it comes free along
with the washers. Be careful not to loose the washer situated on the underside of the carousel.
Next raise the front edges of the inner and outer knifes (see page 4) until they accept two battue clays height and
lock off securely. Add the carousel and tighten (see page 3). The trap will now fire a pair of clays that fly
simultaneously while the variance in length of the rubbers ensures the clays separate in the air to challenge the
shooter – this trap alone could occupy a stand on a sporting layout.
At Bowman we like to make our traps as versatile as possible therefore, our battue trap can be converted to throw
standard and midi clays.
To switch to standards, re-adjust the knife edges to accept the new clay height / width and remove the lower rubbers
on the arm.
Switching to midi’s will require the purchase of a midi carousel. Re-adjust the knife edges to accept the new clay
height / width and remove the lower rubbers on the arm.

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Variations
Supermatch 6/8 Upside Down Clay
Our upside down variation has all the features of the standard Supermatch 6 model except for a few key changes
that allow you to throw standard clays (as the name suggests) upside down!
Targets stand out and have a very unique presentation compared to clays thrown from a standard machine.
In lower elevations the trap can fire clays that will skim across grass or water.
In higher elevations and incorporating tilt, it offers a battue style clay when shot from right to left (going out flat then,
turning and dipping towards the ground) and a curling away looper when shot from left to right.
At Bowman we like to make our traps as versatile as possible therefore the trap can be converted back to fire
standard clays if required.
This traps firing angles, have limitations, due to how the clays sit inside each other and get split by the separating
knives. Whilst it cannot reach all of the extreme angles of other Supermatch 6 variations, It can still be tiled over 30
Degrees to the left compared to the standard 40 degrees and works best in moderate elevation of 55 / 60 degrees
rather than springing teal at 75 degrees.
This manual suits for next models
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