roger M1CDQ Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 I have 2 old bowman reloading presses. looking at them and some other old pics on google. it appears that its charge bar may be of the same dimensions of the MEC charge bar. The bar appears to be approx 1" or 25.3 mm+- square and the 2 charge holes 19mm/0.750 in Dia and 2.3mm/ 0.100 from the front edge. Im thinking of getting the mec universal charge bar of just the normal mec bars and bushings. I am just wondering if any of you could measure your mec bars to see how close this is and could i fit mec bars.. the bottle thread is the same as a mec. these bowman presses where made in the UK in the 1960s 1970s no longer in production since the 80s also after the external dimensions of MEC bushings This one is a pic off google showing a mec universal charge bar fitted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy H Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 All standard MEC charge bar's are 1" square x 6" & 7/16" long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hafod Posted February 21, 2023 Report Share Posted February 21, 2023 Ian Charlton who owned claygame reloaders as it was called back in the 80s and 90s stated in his catalogue that charge bars could be made to fit the bowman machines as well as other mec bits and bobs like 6 and 8 point crimpers , wad fingers , shot and powder bottles etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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