Thought I might try to revive this thread as I love seeing the old and the odd in this hobby.
Today I realized how useful a really old tool can be. When I inherited my grandpa's reloading tools I came across this old Belding and Mull powder measure which works via inserting a small adjustable brass tube into the base and cranking the handle. Perfect charge is then left in the tube. When I found it originally I thought, wow this is cool but completely unusable to me, boy was I wrong.
In working on some test loads, I was measuring out charges one at a time on the scale using my trickler (eg a modified 44 casing). Needed to get incremental charges of .1 grains and wanted ten of each. After a while of this I remembered the old tool and decided to try it out. Once dialed in it cut my time significantly.
Anyone have any history on these? Love to hear any pros/cons to use and any info on when they were being produced and used.
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