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05-14-2016, 01:52 PM
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Another Powder Horn Project.
Today at a local yard sale I found a lovely white-colored cow horn, about 7.5 inches long, all cleaned out inside, for One Dollar. The horn needs to have a base plug fitted to the larger, two-inch diameter bottom and the tip needs to be cut for the powder-measure tip I will make out of an empty brass cartridge case.
I also found a nice nylon gym bag that will be a muzzleloader range shooting bag for $1.50. My current ML bag is too big and heavy. Get a smaller bag and it will go lighter. Adam
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05-15-2016, 07:05 AM
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Dixie gun works use to sell fiddle pegs and base plugs both for such projects. I think Crazy Crow trading post did too at one point. I would be interested in pics when it's done.
GoodOlBoy
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(Moderator - Gear & Gadgets, Cowboy Action, SouthWest Regional, Small Game) GoodOlBoy@huntchat.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 KJV Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. - Ecclesiastes 8:15 KJV "The gun has been called the great equalizer, meaning that a small person with a gun is equal to a large person, but it is a great equalizer in another way, too. It insures that the people are the equal of their government whenever that government forgets that it is servant and not master of the governed." - 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan 1911-2004
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05-15-2016, 08:44 AM
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GOB,
It is good to hear from you! I fit my wooden base plugs in my shop. I trace the butt end of the horn on the wood, cut it out and then rasp it to a snug fit. I then glue the plug in place. I have some veneer grade cedar that has a nice red color for the plug. On the tip, I use a fine hacksaw to remove a small piece and then fit a wooden plug with a rawhide tether. I will try to get my son to do the pictures. Adam
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05-16-2016, 02:52 PM
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Thanks Adam, good to still be on this side of the ground. Sounds like a good way to do it. I was recently gifted a completely rebuilt Pietta Confederate Navy .44 (Yes I know the originals were .36s
 ), and I have a single shot .50 pistol as well. I haven't gotten to fire either one, and don't know when i will get to, but I've certainly been bitten by the black powder bug. Had a .45 rifle that was supposed to be headed my way in trade, but then the trade fell through. Caps are impossible to come by in my part of the woods anyway so I don't know why I'm getting so hung up on the front stuffers, but hey I like 'em. Anyway back to the horn, I bet it will be a real beauty when finished. GoodOlBoy
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(Moderator - Gear & Gadgets, Cowboy Action, SouthWest Regional, Small Game) GoodOlBoy@huntchat.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 KJV Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. - Ecclesiastes 8:15 KJV "The gun has been called the great equalizer, meaning that a small person with a gun is equal to a large person, but it is a great equalizer in another way, too. It insures that the people are the equal of their government whenever that government forgets that it is servant and not master of the governed." - 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan 1911-2004
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