Your Thoughts On This Powder Measure

[Pete Gaimari]

Just for my personal information. Were these measures authentic to an era? The era that you know of for sure.

Please no spitting matches. :slap:
http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/partDetail.aspx?catId=1&subId=13&styleId=50&partNum=M-075

 

[CaptainKirk]

If not 100% accurate historically, close enough.

 

[Trench]

Capper, you're going for the 1830's, right?

 

[Pete Gaimari]

I've moved up to 1850-1860's. Last of the MM era.

Later Hawkens.

 

[matt denison]

about 1970 - 2010

 

[Pete Gaimari]

I didn't mean the exact TOW measure. I meant the style. I'm going to make my own.

 

[Stophel]

Soldered tin tubes of this general form were common in the 18th century, but not the solid, drilled out brass type seen here.

 

[Zonie]

Ray Riling's "THE POWDER FLASK BOOK" c1953 shows three powder measures which are similar to the one you show in your link, complete with a hole thru the projection on the bottom.

Unfortunately, the book does not say when they were made or used.

It does say that one of the adjustable measures shown in the same picture was of modern manufacture which would indicate that the straight brass measure was made earlier.
How much earlier? Who knows?