Any Reloaders With Bair Presses Out There?

[nw mb]

...picked up an orphan Bair press in need of work for cheap and it came on Friday

...stripped, scoured, fabricated, painted, and reassembled it...still needs one part minor reworking

...it'll find a use somewhere on the bench

...anyone use a Bair press? ...any progressive stage Bairs out there?

 

[kawicrash]

I had Bair dies for my 222, I included them in the deal when I sold it.
Is that model for reloading shotshells?

 

[nw mb]

...yes, it's for shotshells...they started out making parts for Pacific reloaders, then started making their own reloaders, then were sued by Pacific for patent infringement and went out of business...they made several models of shotgun reloaders and I was hoping there's be some pics of other models CGNers might share...it's a basic but well-made unit that I'll use just for target loads so that I don't have to do any change overs

...did not know about their dies

 

[vagrantviking]

I have a Bair thing I think is just a 12ga sizer. It's a bit different design and I would be interested to see their metallic reloading gear.

 

[kawicrash]

http://gunlore.awardspace.info/gunknow/bair.htm
A little history

 

[stevebc]

kawicrash, the Bair press at that link is what I have- the Grizzly. Inherited it from my Dad still use it today.

 

[threecentsolution]

Don't have a press but have a case trimmer and powder measure. Well made work as good as knew, actually better than new the trimmer cuts better than my new lyman just takes more time to set up and use.

 

[mbogo3]

Got a set of Bair .300 H+H dies

 

[kawicrash]

kawicrash, the Bair press at that link is what I have- the Grizzly. Inherited it from my Dad still use it today.

Looks like it should last forever. Keep passing it down.

 

[DaveF]

After 40+ years, I'm still using my Bair balance beam scale, which looks like the current Hornady one, but is Bair's blue color instead of Hornady's red. I bought and tried both RCBS 5-10 and 10-10 scales, but ended up selling them and going back to my Bair. I have check weights which I use occasionally, and they just confirm that the old scale is still spot on.
I also use a same vintage Bair 38 Special die-set, still with it's blue plastic box, but swapped out the plain steel sizer die for a Lyman with carbide insert.
Scale and dies were bought used in the early 1970s, and were my first re-loading set up.

 

[b72471]

I have that Bair C press for center fire set up on my bench as a spare. I bought it NEW a fewwww years back.
Enjoy.