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Original Priming Horn
Dr. Tim-Boone:
How much powder you reckon it holds?? I wonder if it was really a priming horn or just simply a small hunting horn for a squirrel gun???
Tim Crosby:
Thanks for the pics and the right up. You were quick on the draw on that one.
Tim C.
Artificer:
Enjoyed the pics and the write up. Thank you.
I may be entirely off track, but I can't help but wonder if this was originally intended as a salt horn or other container of some sort and then used as a powder horn? I look at the horn and wonder how tight the butt plug was originally. The reason I ask is because of the leather strap on the butt end seems to suggest it may be for easy and/or frequent filling. Of course, it may also have been for frequent emptying to dry out damp powder.
Gus
hawknknife:
Randy, I'm pleased you like it. I have owned it for a number of years and had no idea the base would pull out. It's just been on a shelf with several others...Carl
digger:
Very neat little horn, it is nice to see some original stuff to keep it all in perspective.
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