🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Gunpowder measuring tube?

[Fossils]

Hi all. I found this brass item at a site that has yielded 18th century finds as well as some late 1800s/early 1900s shotgun shells and bullets.

The two pieces were found in the same hole. The “cap” looks like it was attatched to one end of the tube.

How I believe it attached:

End view:

More pictures of the tube:

Any thoughts are appreciated. The closest I can find online right now are gunpowder measuring tubes, but I’m not totally convinced.

 

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[Mud Hut]

I believe you are on the right track! Cool find!

 

[smokeythecat]

Yes, I think you nailed it.

 

[The Rebel]

Interesting for sure. I believe love found the cap as well but figured it was for a drawer pull.

 

[pistol-pete]

Gunpowder measures were (as far as I know) always brass to pervent sparks setting off the powder.
Have many powder horns in my collection, measures are all brass. Same reason old powder cans lids were lead until recent days. Totally different shapes than this