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General discussion => Contemporary Accoutrements => Topic started by: Egonz on January 06, 2021, 11:53:36 PM
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Has anyone ever made a pan primer or a powder flask other than a cow horn?
Can you post or send me a picture
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Jerry Rice (Jerry) here on the forum makes these.
(https://i.ibb.co/ZLQdbKX/IMG-0641.jpg) (https://ibb.co/K0t687h)
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I had a couple of thick, wide, and flat brow tines from whitetail antlers that I hollowed out and plugged. Left one I'm finishing for my son's hunting bag, right one is the one I've been carrying in my hunting bag for 20 years.
(https://i.ibb.co/Q9qNYyt/D3-A0632-C-702-C-42-FC-8430-277072-E96-BF2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Zdw8cq7)
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There are brass priming devices for sale at track, etc, but some have likened them to hand grenades.
I now use only my horn primers, and use the 'hand grenades' for priming storage for in the shooting box.
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Here are a few more:
(https://i.ibb.co/61KYz30/256.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xfnhWpq)
This primer was made by William Fluke
(https://i.ibb.co/9cTxxzJ/255.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gmT00HG)
Bottom of primer
(https://i.ibb.co/XsfKgMS/257.jpg) (https://ibb.co/NjgJPbZ)
Primer by blacksmith Brian Anderson
(https://i.ibb.co/nDfNMH3/258.jpg) (https://ibb.co/sFQd905)
(https://i.ibb.co/tM3trPG/254.jpg) (https://ibb.co/SXJ8C7j)
Another primer by Brian Anderson
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I made one out of Cane. Bamboo actually. A wood plug with a horn plug/vent pick. Pictures are fairly self explanatory.
(https://i.ibb.co/mNYR95Y/P1060200.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0sWnCyW)
(https://i.ibb.co/Hxqhc8t/P1060202.jpg) (https://ibb.co/LJ1NT7x)
Steve
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I did not make this one It was a gift from a forum friend; he made it from a piece of deer leg bone.
(https://i.postimg.cc/D0XMVNG0/PICT0632-1.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Hanshi I've never seen a leg bone into a primer! That's pretty cool!
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A while back we had a discussion about primers (http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=24135.0) and I posted a couple that I had made several years ago out of a .30 and .50 cal brass cases. Here they are again:
(https://preview.ibb.co/daiOSH/Primers_2.jpg) (http://ibb.co/k2FEZx)
(https://preview.ibb.co/g2H6gc/Primers_3.jpg) (http://ibb.co/cRE8ux)
About the same time I was posting those, Dennis Glazener was sending me a PM about a friend who had recently blown off part of his hand with a primer much like the one I had made out of the .50 cal case when it accidently caught a spark. I thanked Dennis for the heads up and told him I was working on a primer that had a "blow out" safety feature. Well, here it is. It uses a modified plunger tube on the business end, but the rear end of the reservoir tube is not closed with metal. The end is plugged with a thin leather disk sealed and water proofed with a drop of varnish. It only takes a few psi to blow out the leather disk, so, if this one were to catch a spark, you might get burned, but the tube will not explode and there won't be any shrapnel. (You could do the same thing with a little cork in a plain tube.)
Perhaps a little overkill, but then I had some time, some brass, an idea....and I like to keep all my digits in place.
(https://preview.ibb.co/mafgEx/Primers_5.jpg) (http://ibb.co/iGmMEx)
(https://preview.ibb.co/m5kEZx/Primers_6.jpg) (http://ibb.co/n6UxnH)
By the by, while I was digging around looking for the brass, I found a powder measure I made when I was 10 for my first powder horn. Not at all safe, but not bad for 10.
(https://preview.ibb.co/fpzxnH/Primers_4.jpg) (http://ibb.co/dGOOSH)
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Dave that primer with the leather relief plug is gorgeous. Phenomenal work.
And I know we aren't supposed to discuss modern stuff... But out of curiosity what .30 chambering is that primer... -06?
Mike
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Mike,
Yes it is a 30-06 case
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That spiral one is spectacular Dave. I'd expect nothing less from you. I have two of the standard little commercial brass plunger primers that I use. Why two? I seem to run out of prime, so I always have the backup. I think I am going to take out the screw-in brass finials and put corks in them. A good idea you have there.
I have noticed that once I fill the pan, those primers will still dribble a little priming powder. I long ago decided to shake the primer downward after priming the pan to make sure no powder piles up on me. I don't think those brass commercial primers are the best design and construction in the world.
Did you use a commercial valve at the end of your spiral brass one? Knowing you, you created a better mousetrap made to super standards. :-)
Best wishes, and God Bless, Marc
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Thanks for the kind words....
Marc.....no, for once I left well enough alone and just used one of the commercially available plunger priming valves. It works OK....not very HC, but then again I drive in my Ford Expedition to get to where I shoot..... ;)
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Skillman - I like it! What material did you use for the collar on the bamboo?
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Just received my brass & copper one from Jerry Rice (just like the one shown by Bob McBride). Nice prime & will look fine with my Gillespie rifle.
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wmrike. I used linen thread wrapped around the cane. I saturated it with thin ACC. The plug is a hardwood that my daughter gave me a small piece of The plug is horn. Hope that helps.
Steve
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Here is a couple primers I have by Ken Netting
(https://i.ibb.co/2kLgHN4/010.jpg) (https://ibb.co/HHMn3d8)
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Here are a couple pics of an antique primer I found today on Facebook.
(https://i.ibb.co/r2k7sb9/264.jpg) (https://ibb.co/k2KH13Z)
(https://i.ibb.co/DG53CZs/265.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mv6Qq31)
(https://i.ibb.co/Qj4m8W6/266.jpg) (https://ibb.co/n8Fk3XD)
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One of the antler primers I use, and not hard to make;
(https://i.imgur.com/AUc3vGW.jpg?1)
Here's another if you prefer to carry it over your shoulder with your horn;
(https://i.imgur.com/upKpm1G.jpg?2)
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Jerry Rice (Jerry) here on the forum makes these.
(https://i.ibb.co/ZLQdbKX/IMG-0641.jpg) (https://ibb.co/K0t687h)
How do I get in touch with Jerry to get one of these copper priming horns?
thanks
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Jerry Rice (Jerry) here on the forum makes these.
(https://i.ibb.co/ZLQdbKX/IMG-0641.jpg) (https://ibb.co/K0t687h)
How do I get in touch with Jerry to get one of these copper priming horns?
thanks
PM him here. Click members above. His handle is ‘Jerry’ here on the forum.
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(https://i.ibb.co/hgNxwqw/DSC03378.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Fh1kCPC)
(https://i.ibb.co/NN5PkD0/DSC03377.jpg) (https://ibb.co/t2gtNj0)