I bought mine direct from Mr. Allan about 30 years ago.  If I remember correctly, the body is stainless steel rather than iron.  In any case, it's very well and neatly made and worked well with the .32 Ideal cartridges I bought it for.  In fact, the only problem was the painted finish.  Soon after I got it, it's black paint started peeling off.  I contacted Mr. Allan who stated that they had not cleaned the first ones like mine well enough after welding, hence the deterioration.  "Send it back", he said, "and I'll strip, reclean, and repaint it, no charge."  Now that's the kind of person I like to do business with.

Bill Lawrence

Are the Allen duplex powder measures still available? If yes, from whom?
Thanks

If you wish to dismiss me as a nitpicker, that's all right (and won't be the first time).  But whether he's still alive or not, the man's last name is spelled Allan, not Allen.

Also, the Allan Foundry still has an internet presence as a "manufacturer of gun parts and accessories"; but my suspicion is that the company is more likely defunct.

Bill Lawrence

Thanks guys for the feedback on sources for an Allan duplex measure. In addition to google I also tried bing and duckduckgo searches to no avail.
My Ideal No.6 measure works fine, I'd just rather use newer tool rather than antique.

Unfortunately, I don't have the equipment or the smarts to take photos, let alone make them computer-accessible.  But I'm pretty sure I learned of the Allan measure from an ad in our journal sometime in the mid- to late-1980s.  Perhaps our archivist or some member whose journal collection goes back that far can get a picture that way and post it.

Bill Lawrence

Looks like it's new, how well does it meter powder?
LD1

Never seen an Allan, but I sure can see where he got his idea from! It looks "ideal"!