Description

Tin powder measure based on surviving examples collected by T.J. Cooper of Pennsylvania as sketched and described in “Museum of the Fur Trade Quarterly” Vol. 12 No. 4. Holds 50-60 grains, tube measures 2 1/4″.
Excerpt from article:
The first rifle order from the U.S. Office of Indian Trade to Henry Deringer on June 27, 1809 specified that the rifles were to be “compleat with chargers, molds & wiper”…These descriptions [of sample rifles] consistently included “tin chargers” in the accessories to be furnished with each rifle.