Bair reloading press

[trapdoor]

I just bought a fellas reloading equiptment ,it contained a lot of Bair tools but what caught my eye was the press it is huge a little bigger than the rockchucker and comes with a priming tool attachment. It is similar to the rockchucker in design. My question does anybody have one of these and if they do do the have a manual or model name. Trapdoor

[Blackhawk44]

As far as I know Bair is out of business.  They had been sold and became almost a one man operation by the late 70's/early 80's.  Were located in Ohio if memory serves.  Have a hand addressed catalog from that period, but not at this office.  Have had their equipment in the past.  Was always simple, well made and reliable.

[dave375hh]

Bair merged with Pacific tool Co. Which was in turn bought out by Hornady. I still have a 12ga press called a "Honey Bair". The bair "Polar Bair" Became the Hornady 366 after many modifications. All the bair presses were named after some type of real bear. I think the one you described was the Grizzly Bair, but not sure. This goes way back into the cobwebs that I call memory. In metalic loaders I believe they had two H style presses and two "C" type and a "D" style like a rockchucker. All their stuff was well made and durible. They just weren't big enough to compete with the big guys back then.

[trapdoor]

Thanks Dave you are helping to shed some light on the model name of this fine press. Trapdoor