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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Kiehl, post: 4424873, member: 7353&quot;]I believe that it was used to measure and pack gunpowder! I believe that it is tapered larger at the top and smaller at the bottom. This would facilitate the easy removal after the gunpowder was packed into a semisolid plug. The plug would then be sewn into a cotton bag. This combo made quick loading in the field, drop the bag down the muzzle of a cannon, ram it to the bottom, insert the cannonball and ram it into the powder-filled bag, then fire. The one-piece construction also lends itself to this purpose so that no dust could escape thru seams. Leather bags were also used for this. Just an educated memory of antiquing over 50 years ago in New England while working with George Michael in Rochester NH.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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