I have an Ideal powder measure with a No. it is marked Ideal MFG. Co New Haven CT Pat AUG. 16 92, it has a wood handle and a 9" tin powder hopper, I believe its a No1 but I am not sure I have a No5 and No6 but they are marked this  one is not marked wondering what I have?

Thanks for the info

calledflyer wrote on Jan 21^st, 2017 at 6:29pm:


Mine are put up in boxes that I'm not anxious to dig out. Mainly the big wooden knob on the #1 rotor handle that makes throwing a charge seem smoother, and the handle is a little longer for more leverage.  #5 is much more compact.  Design of the drop tube on the 5 is better, however.  #1 didn't really use a drop tube, although one could easily be fabricated to attach to it.   

Here is a pictorial on the #1 & #5.

Note that the early #1 (with the replacement brass hopper) has a round knob that locks the slide. It it operates a enternal wedge lock. The later one, with the original type, iron tube hopper, uses the thumb adjustment, that carried over to the #5. The right hand, #5 is the micrometer slide type, that came out in the '30's. It didn't replace the thumb adjustment, it was a extra cost option. The thumb adjustment, gave way to the screw type adjustment, that is still used today.

Frank

Frank,  Do your #1s have the polished cylinders (I don't know what else to call them) that attach to the bottom of the measure?

I once heard that someone was making a repro of the tin hopper, complete with crimped seam, but damned if I remember who it was.  Luckily, I didn't need them, so didn't follow the story up.

Clarence,
If your talking about the spout area, they have nothing like that, nor can I find anything else that might be a cylinder.

My original type hopper was give to me by one of our forum members that had them made.

Frank

No, I don't have anything like that. 

The spout has a rather large hole in it and is machined on the outside, then it tapers down to the hole at about 45 deg. The inside seems to have slight a taper to it. I tried a 32/40 case into it and it fit very well. I then put a 30 cal case in and it went in farther and it also fit well. I just tried a 25/20 case in it and it dosen't touch anything. I don't have any 38/55 cases so, I'm not sure if they will fit the outside taper but, I think they will.

My guess on your cylinder is that it was for use on small caliber cases, maybe even the 32/40 and smaller. It may have even been a Ideal after market item, as when the measure first came out, 38 cal was probably the most common small caliber.

Frank