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Offline Kevin

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Adjustable Brass Powder Measure
« on: April 21, 2024, 03:24:41 AM »
Just sharing some images of a recent auction find.

Enjoy,
Kevin


















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Offline Shreckmeister

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Re: Adjustable Brass Powder Measure
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2024, 03:17:07 PM »
Very nice piece. Congratulations
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Offline Mark Tyler

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Re: Adjustable Brass Powder Measure
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2024, 06:21:52 PM »
Nice powder measure. Thanks for sharing.
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Offline Tenmile

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Re: Adjustable Brass Powder Measure
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2024, 02:49:15 PM »
Do you have any idea of its age? Good looking measure.
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Offline Kevin

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Re: Adjustable Brass Powder Measure
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2024, 02:57:46 AM »
"Do you have any idea of its age?"

My hunch, for what it's worth, is sometime in the first half of the 19th century.

Tonight I took a measure of the amount of 3F that it holds.  Minimum amount is approx. 10 grains and the maximum is approx. 60.

Kevin

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Offline art riser

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Re: Adjustable Brass Powder Measure
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2024, 09:04:09 PM »
Original measures...






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Re: Adjustable Brass Powder Measure
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2024, 09:05:44 PM »
Brass original







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