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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Buzzdraw" data-source="post: 1028220" data-attributes="member: 385"><p>I was hopeful I had one of the old measures to pose for the camera; no luck.  If your measure "sticks", i.e. doesn't drop powder with each time the ram presses the shell carrier plate fully up, then you may have one.  The very early 550's had sometime sticky measures and I had one.  My tried & true 550B has a circa '93-'96 measure.  It has a mechanical linkage via a rod from the ram/shell plate to the measure.  There is a later model linkage system that does the same thing, but perhaps even better.  I'm perfectly pleased with my '93 version.  They WILL throw a powder charge every time the measure bells a case mouth, when the rod linkage is properly adjusted.</p></blockquote><p></p>