I have the 1350 cylinder shaped one. Can get different capacity spouts. Works well tho the thumb toggle on mine has a pretty strong spring and as the arthritis in my thumb progresses I can see switching to something else. Also when you cover the tip with your finger your skin pushes into the spout a little so the charge is a couple or few grains less than the spout capacity. It is handy tho in that I can use it to easily fill a brass or the plastic one you show charge tube to consistent volumeso i'm looking at powder flask and measurers and these have caught my eye ....
https://www.amazon.com/Thompson-Center-U-View-Powder-Measure/dp/B000HE5CC0
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WNKJWM9/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3ITO9003771TW&psc=1
are they decent quality ?
i was considering this instead of the flask but i'm concerned about possible moisture getting in my powder . is that a legit concern or should i be fine with it ?
https://www.amazon.com/Thompson-Cen...ee-f4f4-429a-b600-f47a013d84d0&pd_rd_wg=Xe3w6
thanks , jeff
Good point! I always wonder about a "air bubble" and always tap the charge tube but still wonder since I can't see the powder columnI prefer the T/C powder measure because it is clear. Sometimes powder can "bridge" when you pour in into the barrel. When you have something like a brass measure your can't physically see when it's empty when you're pouring. This could cause you to think you have all the powder poured down the barrel when you don't.
I have a cheap brass powder measurer & the clear T/C measurer. I like the clear much better. I just got the clear flask as well.I prefer the T/C powder measure because it is clear. Sometimes powder can "bridge" when you pour in into the barrel. When you have something like a brass measure your can't physically see when it's empty when you're pouring. This could cause you to think you have all the powder poured down the barrel when you don't.
MAN O MAN P{EASE DONT tap your gun on the ground just bump it on the side a few times with the palm of your handopposite the lock been doing that way for 40 years it worksIsn't that why you 'tap" the heel of the rifle on the ground a few times to make sure things have settled? I can not ever remember having my powder hang up, and I use deer antler or brass measures all the time. i pour from the horn into the measure, measure into the barrel, tap a few times, ready to load patch n ball. Am i missing something? I am talking traditional cap lock or flinter.
It's funny you say that, before we moved here from Connecticut, we made several trips to southwest Virginia. The mountains there are very much like here. Kinda reminds me of Vermont too.about 45ish years ago we lived in oklahoma for about a year in a little town called Salina a little ways from Tulsa .
i remember it being beautiful !
living in the mountains of Tazewell Va reminds me of it .
FWIW, When my shoulder would still let me hunt during archery season, I practiced daily at ranges out to 60 yards (barebow) . . . with one arrow. Having to walk 50 - 120 yards round trip to recover my arrow on every single shot, trained me to make the first and only shot in the field accurate .The " securing a deer with 2-3 shots " when hunting with a ML you have 1 shot to " make count ". I'm no " expert marksman " by any means, but something I learned from the very beginning, shooting at 7yrs old with a breech-loading single-shot .410. I had to learn how to hit everything from squirrels, doves & pigeons, quail, rabbits, with that gun only, for my first about 5 yrs of shooting. I had no idea of how important the lesson that I didn't know & was really learning on the snipers creed " one shot, one kill " & the old " aim small, miss small " was instilled in me.
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