Traditional Muzzleloading Association
Craftsmanship => Accoutrements => Topic started by: Puffer on October 05, 2019, 03:52:06 PM
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My #1 preference in a powder horn = A Flat Horn ( often called a Scottish Flat Powder Horn )
Why = IMHO this style horn is easier to carry (fits closer to my body) & it fits my hand better. ++
BEAVERMAN made & gifted it to Me.!!
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Niice horn, Jack. The old Beaverthing did a nice job on it.
I have made my share of them and always considered them a pain in the a$$ to make. I'd just as soon not make another one of them. But, as they say, Oh heck, I forgot what it is that whoever it is says. Duh. Don't you just love Senior Moments?
I have one that Earl Cureton made for me that I carried for a while with my Tenn M/R. It was OK, but eventually gave up on that. Truly prefer a rounded horn or a natural shape one.
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Senior Moments :Doh!
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I have a flat horn "in the makin'" right now,.... at least I've gotten as far as makin' it flat, I still need to make a butt plug for it. :bl th up
It should fit nicely in my shootin' bag for a day's worth of huntin', once I've finished it. :)
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Nice horn sir!!!!
Mine are all German. One on left is for my .62 Jäger.
(https://i.postimg.cc/3JBcvgxz/406894-CB-F22-F-4583-9-DE5-AA81554-ED839.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/vc4hRx9v)
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Those are great looking horns
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I've got a flat horn. I got it from one of the guys here on the forum a few years back.
I've hunted with it a few times and I like the way it tucks in high and tight on / over my bag....and the spout is always up, no matter what, and I do like that part.
I'm not sure if I like it better than a round horn, but so far I find myself really liking this little thing.
I'm also not sure how much it holds, but I'm guessing 8 or 10oz. of powder. I remember when I filled it the first time I was thinking, it held a lot more powder than I had expected....I'm guessing I can easily get about 60/70 shots using FFFg at 70gr which is plenty of powder for a hunt.
( I'll have to empty it and actually measure how much it does hold....now that you guys have brought this to mind.)
Here it is with an old, very beat up pouch I made sometime back in the 1970s......
You can also see part of my patch-knife that I made from a saw blade, which is good because it is flexible...that particular old knife has dressed out everything from Cottontails and a few Deer to an Cow Elk, and serves quite well as my dinner plate knife too....lol
Even an old blind hog finds an Acorn every once in a while.
(https://i.imgur.com/FaBiMG5.jpg)
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I sure like the color on that flathorn Puffer!
This is the last horn I have built.
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Its intended to be for my squirrel rifle,a .36 by Mark Cambell.
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Very nice horn!!!!!!
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Thank you sir, this one was really frustrating me when I had it in my book press. So much I left it in there as punishment for a few months :laffing, then one day I thought well lets give this another shot ,its either gonna work or end up as scrap! :*:
This winter I will try to flatten a buffalo horn,just trying to decide what wood to use for the butt.
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I have a flat Scottish horn and enjoy it, as well. I will try to post a pic once I get back home.
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I will try to post a pic once I get back home.
Goodness, gracious Ray, we're going to have to drive a spike into your foot to keep you around. :lol sign
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I will try to post a pic once I get back home.
Goodness, gracious Ray, we're going to have to drive a spike into your foot to keep you around. :lol sign
Wouldn't that just make him run in a circle???
doggoner
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Can't tell a lie...I do a passel of traveling...and I still enjoy it. Always afraid that if I stop moving I'll either rust up or they will catch me...and neither is a good option... :lol sign
And the kicker is that my wife is as bad as I am...and that's a good thing...most times, at least. She is happiest when planning our next trip...the only problem is that all the trips are starting to interfere with my living history events...not good at all...
And all those who know me best know that no one can beat me running in circles...you can ask any of my staff... :lol sign
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The HORN, The HORN ?? :pray:
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OK. The top horn is a flatty made by Rick Froehlich of Omaha, Nebraska. I love the rabbit. They both get their turn on squirrel hunts with my 36 cal southern flintlock rifle.
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doggoner
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Very nice doggoner! Especially the the top one.
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Doggoner!
Very nice horns! :bl th up
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Here’s a closeup of one of mine. I built this from a Powderhorns & More kit several years ago.
(https://i.postimg.cc/Xq9BGBLj/IMG-4994.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/FksHwRw8)
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Luv all the nice pics of the flat horns. It's just nice to see something different, original and still historically correct.
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My #1 preference in a powder horn = A Flat Horn ( often called a Scottish Flat Powder Horn )
Why = IMHO this style horn is easier to carry (fits closer to my body) & it fits my hand better. ++
BEAVERMAN made & gifted it to Me.!!
Dang Jack, you still have that horn!!!!!!! :bl th up you keep posting stuff on here that we made many years ago, plum forgot about alot of that stuff, I lost all my files (pics)of previous work a few years back, glad you are posting these, at least I can capture some of the stuff back and I have been copying them to a thumb drive, with building the new shop/ apt for Laura and I at my sons place it wont be long till I can back in the shop and start producing again, hope I can remember how to do this stuff!!!! :Doh! :Doh! :Doh!
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I sure like the color on that flathorn Puffer!
This is the last horn I have built.
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Its intended to be for my squirrel rifle,a .36 by Mark Cambell.
Ridj, that horn was died with boiled onion skin die, works well on some horns and some it turns kind of a green hue, never know what your gonna get, kinda like shooting craps!
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it wont be long till I can back in the shop and start producing again, hope I can remember how to do this stuff!!!! :Doh! :Doh! :Doh!
Just like riding a bicycle, Beav. Once you learn... blah, blah, blah.
The thing I have problems with is not what to do, but rather the sequence with which you do it. Seems like as I get older, I am having more and more problems with that. Oh well, at least I am still looking at the top side of the grass.
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it wont be long till I can back in the shop and start producing again, hope I can remember how to do this stuff!!!! :Doh! :Doh! :Doh!
Just like riding a bicycle, Beav. Once you learn... blah, blah, blah.
The thing I have problems with is not what to do, but rather the sequence with which you do it. Seems like as I get older, I am having more and more problems with that. Oh well, at least I am still looking at the top side of the grass.
I hear you John, working on a new design hunting pouch while I'm sitting around in the MH in the evenings, a fowler bag, started sewing it up and had to take it apart, forgot the sequence of the design, I cut this bag out 5 or 6 years ago, felt real stupid I did!
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My #1 preference in a powder horn = A Flat Horn ( often called a Scottish Flat Powder Horn )
Why = IMHO this style horn is easier to carry (fits closer to my body) & it fits my hand better. ++
BEAVERMAN made & gifted it to Me.!!
Dang Jack, you still have that horn!!!!!!! :bl th up you keep posting stuff on here that we made many years ago, plum forgot about alot of that stuff, I lost all my files (pics)of previous work a few years back, glad you are posting these, at least I can capture some of the stuff back and I have been copying them to a thumb drive, with building the new shop/ apt for Laura and I at my sons place it wont be long till I can back in the shop and start producing again, hope I can remember how to do this stuff!!!! :Doh! :Doh! :Doh!
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