OK, I'm saddling up my trusty steed to go tilt at windmills again. Come Sancho Panza, we must save Dulcinea!
I have somehow been enchanted by the long produced and much varied powder measure made first by Pacific and called their Pistol Measure, then later continued in slightly altered form by Bair and Hornady. It was a dandy little measure using brass (usually) rotors before RCBS even existed as a company. They were made in one variant or another from about the 1930s until sometime after mid-century, perhaps as late as the 1960s.
They may be encountered with black or blue bodies cast of iron or perhaps aluminum, with reservoirs of brass, tin, or brass again or clear plastic. The rotors varied in length and knob configuration, but AFAIK any variation of the rotors worked with any iteration of the measure.
Initially the rotors were simply marked with a one or two digit number (such as 3 or 3,5 which was apparently calibrated to grains of Bullseye powder. Later rotors were marked for Unique and 2400 powders as well.
Soooo, I would like to hear from any other quixotic types who are interested in or have information about the Pacific Pistol Measure. Saddle up your donkeys, grab your lances, and come along. Is that a windmill over there or is it really a giant?
the Green Frog