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Offline Dave Marsh

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Old Powder Horn with Powder
« on: June 28, 2018, 04:47:41 PM »
A friends 95 tear old uncle passed away recently.  My friend received a bunch of gun related stuff.  He knows I am into black powder so he gave me this powder horn as he did not want it.  It belonged to his uncles grandfather.  I am sure it isn't worth anything however the reason I am posting this is that the powder in it is a bit strange to me due to its size.  The picture is with FFG next to the larger granulation that was in the horn.  I have never seen cannon or FG powder so I am not sure if this is one of them or something else.  I like it and intend to keep it just curious about the powder,  Any input??









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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2018, 06:44:55 PM »
Wow, that is some chunky gunpowder. As far as the horn goes, I think it's pretty neat.
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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2018, 07:23:04 PM »
 Neat horn. Looks like Blasting powder?

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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2018, 08:17:31 PM »
Nice horn.
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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2018, 09:29:30 PM »
home-made powder? 

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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2018, 11:24:35 PM »
 I like the horn, a good honest working horn. I do not think that homemade powder would be shiny like that, it appears to be factory processed.
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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2018, 12:33:36 AM »
Quote from: Tim Crosby on June 28, 2018, 07:23:04 PM
Neat horn. Looks like Blasting powder?

  Tim C.

I did a search on different powder grades and I think you're right.  The pictures shown online have the same size, shape and graphite shiny appearance.  Wonder why it was in a horn?   Cheap supply of powder?
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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2018, 12:38:03 AM »
Very neat old horn.  I really like the color and the stopper in the base.  It would be a nice companion to a common-man Appalachian rifle.  God Bless,  Marc
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Offline David R. Pennington

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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2018, 03:08:06 AM »
What part of the country was it found in? Just a thought; coal miners used to have to supply their own powder to blow down the coal after they undercut it and drilled. The process was to lay on your side with a small pick and make a relief cut at the bottom of the seam of coal. Next with a long hand operated auger you drilled holes near the top of the seam. These holes were charged and the fuses lit and you retreated back out the shaft a ways till the smoke cleared and went back in and loaded the coal in the car. Your tag went on the car and you got paid according to how many pounds of coal was in your car.
 Does look like blasting powder.
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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2018, 04:10:37 AM »
He lived on Cape Cod and he was a sea captain his whole life.  All I know......
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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2018, 07:41:12 AM »
Shotgun powder, perhaps?
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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2018, 05:56:14 PM »
Quote from: Strong Bear on June 29, 2018, 04:10:37 AM
He lived on Cape Cod and he was a sea captain his whole life.  All I know......
signal cannon powder then?

and yes, I dig the horn for sure.

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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2018, 09:32:28 PM »
 No offence but can you get better Pix of the tip and base?

   Thanks, Tim C.
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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2018, 11:22:06 PM »
That horn is in great shape.
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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2018, 03:19:32 AM »
Just a thought...if the horn has a sea history, it might contain powder for a line-throwing gun. I’d reckon they used a coarse powder.  The horn and contents look to be in great shape!

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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #15 on: June 30, 2018, 07:33:41 AM »
Quote from: g.pennell on June 30, 2018, 03:19:32 AM
Just a thought...if the horn has a sea history, it might contain powder for a line-throwing gun. I’d reckon they used a coarse powder.  The horn and contents look to be in great shape!

Greg
probably a better guess than mine.  thanks.
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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder (more pictures)
« Reply #16 on: June 30, 2018, 03:49:01 PM »
Quote from: Tim Crosby on June 29, 2018, 09:32:28 PM
No offence but can you get better Pix of the tip and base?

   Thanks, Tim C.

Tim, no offense taken.  Hope these are better.

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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #17 on: June 30, 2018, 04:49:50 PM »
It looks like heavily graphited blasting powder. Blasting powder can be used in big calibers, but it’s not as hot as rifle powder, so you have to use more of it. It might have been used in a punt gun for waterfowling.
 I used some Giant brand 3FA blasting powder ( about the granular size of 1F rifle powder)in my trade gun for a while. It worked great with shot loads, once I figured out how much to use. After I ran out I found out the powder works that produced it blew up about the turn of the twentieth century. Luckily I didn’t throw away the metal keg that has the company name on it.

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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #18 on: June 30, 2018, 05:01:37 PM »
 Thanks, Tim
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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #19 on: June 30, 2018, 08:38:03 PM »
Looks like cannon powder or lift powder to me.......

Goex cannon grade:



Lift powder:

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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #20 on: June 30, 2018, 10:57:57 PM »
My Uncle, a career Navy man gave me a quart can full of powder about forty years ago that looked like that. sort of on the small side of a gravel driveway.
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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #21 on: June 30, 2018, 11:35:46 PM »
 Ok Dave, I gott'a ask; what is lift powder? Wikipedia says:

 " Lift powder is simply granulated black powder (also known as gunpowder)."

 Another definition says:

 "Works immediately to temporarily lift, firm, and tone your skin while reducing the appearance of lines and wrinkles"

 Pretty sure that's not it.

  Thanks, Tim
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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #22 on: June 30, 2018, 11:39:16 PM »
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"Works immediately to temporarily lift, firm, and tone your skin while reducing the appearance of lines and wrinkles"

 Pretty sure that's not it.

  Thanks, Tim

Ahem, where does it say you can buy that stuff :D I would like a bucket or two.
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Re: Old Powder Horn with Powder
« Reply #23 on: July 01, 2018, 12:15:51 AM »
Pyrotechnics uses a coarse powder as a lift charge to get it out of the tube and into the air.

Several years ago I busted a Chinese company for smuggling this type of powder into the United States.  They were bringing it in disguised as 12" pyrotechnics shells.  The 12" shells were packed full of black powder.  What tipped me off is there was no lift charge and no fuse.

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