Just curious if these are still in production? If so does anyone have their contact info? Thanks

No longer in production.

If memory serves, was same family (brother / sister?) as folks that made Victor body grips. Shame they went down. Out of the box, about as good as there was.

Hope they saved machinery and hope somebody still knows how to make them. Out of the box, they were about as good as there was.

I think it was father and son, maybe? One started BMI - Butera Mfg., Inc. The other bought out Woodstream (Victor division) when Woodstream got out of the trap business in the 1990s

Miss the 1/16 BMI mini snare locks.

Getting my left hand caught in a BMI 220 magnum made quite an impression. Strong traps!

BMI was made on same equipment that Victor traps were. Victor let them come in for a few days, retool the machines and crank product out.

When did Victor go out of business?

Sure wish now that I had bought more than 2 dozen BMI 330’s. As others have said, very strong.

I believe the names you are looking for are Butera....Rich sr and after he passed Rich jr took over.

Not quite sure if they are completely out of business but I dont think they are making traps because of metal prices. The company is for sale though according to the website.

I really like the 120 magnums with the long trigger wires for Marten and Fisher.

There was someone with the last name butera selling new old stock on Facebook marketplace. Out of Ohio I think.

Facebook market place. Chase Butera has BMI traps for sale. Saw his add just today.

Do you have a link? I searched but couldn’t find it. Thanks

I typed in animal traps and it came up. Pictures of 110,220,330, some victors also. 110 BMI mags chain doesn't look like the same as older ones. For the heck of it I messaged him on 110 mags said he had 10 dozen. Forgot to ask if pickup or ship. I picked up mine when I bought some years ago. Look for Cleveland, Ohio under pics of traps

BMI was a great trap. My understanding is this !

The downfall of the company is they held no real inventory. They took wholesale orders and produced the required amount to fill the orders.

If a Vendor had them in the Catalog and sold his inventory he was out of luck. Might be 9 months until the vendor could get traps again. Maybe longer ! He gave up a page in his Catalog for a trap he can’t currently get ! Back orders pile up !

Now you order 2x as many enough to fill back orders and hope you guessed right ! If not you sell out again and the back order hassle starts again. Vendors left them out of the Catalog and production slowed !

It didn't help their customer service was severely lacking.I once called day after day to place an order and nobody ever answered.One night I dialed their number and I got an answer!She didn't identify as the company,it was "hello?". I asked if this was the BMI company and she said yes but they were at a trade show and weren't taking orders.I asked het if she had any idea of the people trying to get thru ordering and she says," yes!"Then she told me to call back another time.I was a little shocked at how this was handled.Its too bad,they had a great product.

Yeah, too bad as to this day they are still my favorite bodygrip trap. The strength, consistent smooth finish, and general usability was top notch from 110 up to 330. Happy trapping! ScottW

Must be selling out left over inventory. One new picture looks like in a garage. facebook Cleveland marketplace under animal traps