"Antique" powder measure

[Pieter C. Voss]

I went to the "Big Reno Gun Show" last weekend and it was a sensory overload as always. Had hoped to sell three guns which a friend allowed me to display on his table but no luck despite my very reasonable prices. I did make a few good buys, however, including an Ideal No. 5 powder measure. This is the ancestor of the Lyman 55 but without the (unecessary, I think) compound slide. It has the cast-in-one -piece hopper and a butter-smooth slide. My first loading effort with it tends to persuade me to adopt it as the replacement for my Belding & Mull, at least for ball and fine tubular powders. Love the old stuff--they just don't make 'em like that any more, as they say.

[GP100man]

What we need is a pic !!!

[Pressman]

Ideal/Lyman #5 Made from 1903 to 1947.
Pictured is an unusual version with a wood knob on the handle. It is factory but scarce and from an unknown time period. Three different styles have been located.
Sorry for the laying down picture, I could not make it stand up.

Ken

[Johnch]

Here you go

I turned it for you



I have one with a crudly turned brass replacement knob

Nice powder measure

John

[jakharath]

You can sure tell where the 55 got it's start!

[GP100man]

Yep , that`s what I thought you were talkin `bout !

Nice pic & a bit of a history lesson Pressman !!!

[zuke]

Is it even possible to wear one of those out?

[JerryW]

If I ever figure how to post pictures I will show you my # 6 duplex measure and a Ideal loading flask that predates the #s 5 & 6. JerryW

[Pressman]

Jerry the Ideal loading flask predates the #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and #6.
It really is a treasure from the past.
Ken