First Pacific Upstroke Press?

[DonMountain]

What was the first model of reloading press from Pacific where the handle was pushed down to raise the caseholder ram to the reloading die? I have one of the earlier black C presses where the handle is pulled up from hanging straight down to raise the shellholder ram, and a much later 007 press where you push the handle down to raise the ram. And I was looking to "collect" the first press they made with a push down handle.

[Markopolo]

Pressman would know... he is around here somewhere or you could PM him in case he misses this..

[gwpercle]

Pressman also can be found at www.antiquereloadingtools.com/
There is a forum section that deals with Pacific Presses , good place to find old press info.
My Pacific Super Deluxe "C" is not the first but it does have reversible linkage , I have it set up for sizing on the upstroke. Mine is blue.
Gary

[Char-Gar]

Pacific toward the end of it's production life, made their C press with linkage that could be used to make it up or down stroke.

[Pressman]

The first Pacific was made in 1931. It sold like hot cakes, over 10,000 sold by the start of WW2. Most are marked Pacific on one side and the patent number on the other. What you are looking for is one marked Pacific and SF CAL on the opposite side. They were marked like this for about 1-1/2 years until the patent was approved.
After WW2 it was called the Standard model until 1959 when it was dropped with the sale of Pacific to Larry Dietmeyer. After the war a beefed up model, the Super was released. All Pacific presses were "upstroke", that is you had to lift the handle to raise the ram. Dietmeyer changed that to down stroke, push the handle down to raise the ram, some were configured to be used either way, operator preference.

Ken219983

[.50bmg]

The first Pacific was made in 1931. It sold like hot cakes, over 10,000 sold by the start of WW2. Most are marked Pacific on one side and the patent number on the other. What you are looking for is one marked Pacific and SF CAL on the opposite side. They were marked like this for about 1-1/2 years until the patent was approved.
After WW2 it was called the Standard model until 1959 when it was dropped with the sale of Pacific to Larry Dietmeyer. After the war a beefed up model, the Super was released. All Pacific presses were "upstroke", that is you had to lift the handle to raise the ram. Dietmeyer changed that to down stroke, push the handle down to raise the ram, some were configured to be used either way, operator preference.

Ken219983

Here’s mine for reference.

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