Ideal No 55 powder measure

[katastrof0]

Hi!

Bought an ooold Ideal No 55 measure here the other day and to tell you the truth i really didnt expect much out of it because of its age, and the fact that it had surface rust on the inside of it. But man.. Was i wrong or what

This thing throws the Norma p4 5.5gr charge within 0.05.. Most of the time its dead on, and it doesnt even cut any powder. Thats more what i can say about my Hornady LNL measure..

The hopper is abit cracked though, does anyone know if the Lyman 7000gr hopper fits the threads of this old Ideal measure?

BB

 

[Walkalong]

The old Lyman 55 measure is a good one. Ever hear of a Culver Conversion. Mr Culver made an insert for them. It was one of the first measures widely used by Benchresters.

 

[.38 Special]

I'm fairly sure there is no substantive difference between the Lyman and the Ideal.

The Lyman on my bench has been chugging along for better than 20 years now; it has the same surface rust inside as your Ideal, and it's just as accurate and reliable. I've had half a dozen other measures through the years and the Lyman keeps getting clamped back onto the bench. Some things just don't need to be "improved".