Amazingly enough, I am down to one flinter and one cap gun. One bag and one horn for each. Well, except for all the horns that are hanging on the walls of my office.
Rob, you gotta outfit your bags and horns with more rifles, man. You do, you really do !!!!!
As far as how I carry things, I wear both the bag and the horn on my left side. I prefer to attach the horn to the bag strap with the horn hanging above the top of the pouch. I have a loop on the side of the bag for the short starter, and I prefer to carry the measure in a loop on the strap. My patch knife is in a scabbard on the back of the bag. The Tedd Cash pistol capper is carried in a little holster worn on my belt.
Interesting little tidbit here. When we owned October Country, our standard bag design was the bag was to be worn on the left side with the buckle in back. In our catalog we mentioned that and said that the bag could be ordered right side carry. Hardly anyone ever did.
Another little "tidbit" right here.........
For those who have never seen a "October Country Bag" here is a picture, along with my own .62 smoothie and a couple other items in this composite picture.
If ya look real close in the right-had corner of that bag you'll see a Co-2 Discharger with a Flintlock adapter.
I always carry one just in case one of my friends should need a little help...yep, that's why I have it.
The bag has plenty of room for everything from shooting essentials to a change of clothes, IMHO.
The old sayin about "you just never have 'nuff stuff with ya" can be easily cured with this bag, if you're man enough to tote it.
I got both the gun and the bag from Mike Prior a mutual friend of Bigsmoke and myself.
Someone in Mike Prior's family built this .62 but for the life of me I can't remember the name, but I do recall he was family member of Mike Prior and lived / still lives in Othello, WA.
The Buffalo horn in the picture has never been filled with powder!
I fully intend to do something about that, as I'm working on another project with my .56 smoothie that will solve this problem of a horn with no home.
Another little bit of "trivia" is the second picture down on the left....A Bag, a Leather 'Powder Pouch', a Ball Board, and a small Patch Knife....many of the really "old timers" here will recognize that picture as I have posted it several times since we were formed as an Association.
This 'outfit' was given to me back in early 1970's by my good friend and old Army Buddy, Steve Bacca, a full blooded Mescalero Apache Indian from the Mescalero Reservation out of Ruidoso, New Mexico, a man that I served with for over 12 years.
The outfit was blessed by the tribal elders and Steve was proud as a Peacock when he gave it to me.
Being around Steve for those years has made me a better person. The world lost a good man in 2002 when the Good Lord took Steve from us.
Even today, it's hard for me to look at that picture without getting choked up.
It spends it's time in a plastic bag tucked away in my shop.
When its my time, that bag is going with me!
Uncle Russ...
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