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Horn/antler nose cap
« on: June 13, 2018, 03:41:36 PM »
How common was it to use horn or antler for nose caps on earlier guns?
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Offline Hungry Horse

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Re: Horn/antler nose cap
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2018, 04:39:08 PM »
On early guns, not common at all. They are seen on some high end later guns. Horn, and in rare instances ivory, are seen on late percussion guns, but I don’t think I have ever seen antler used. Most antler is porous at it’s core making it a poor choice for a nose cap.

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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Horn/antler nose cap
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2018, 05:31:05 PM »
Not on American guns. More a Euro/English thing.
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Offline Daryl

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Re: Horn/antler nose cap
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2018, 08:13:12 PM »
Water buff. for English guns. Antler for some Euro guns, as in German and maybe Swiss guns.
Those are the ones I've seen.



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