Horn Nose Cap?

[James Rogers]

Any ideas on how to do a wrap style (open ended at muzzle) horn nose cap? I had a friend without internet pose this ? by phone today.  He has had a few failures and wondered if anyone knew how they were done traditionally.
James

[smylee grouch]

I have done one and had a real hard time getting the horn soft enough boiling in water but then tried cooking oil and it worked alot better for me.

[James Rogers]

He tried both and so far has found the microwave to work best  but is not satisfied as of yet. I think the quick action of the oil surprised him and he ended up with a potato chip.

[Dave B]

The critical temp for horn with oil is 320 degrees if you go higher than that it cooks the horn. I use a heat gun to heat the horn s when I  fit the plugs in my powder horns. I have a Jaeger that will need a horn cap and will plan on using my heat gun to get it up to temperature for forming. There is a tutorial on solid horn end cap application that I remember running across the other day. Here is the link. http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=5068.0