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Arsenal Built "Gunners" Horns
Millman48:
Gentleman:
I am seeking information that any of you might be willing to share about the type of powder horns in the photo attached below.
I believe that these horns are arsenal built primarily for use as "gunners/cannoneer" priming horns. Although none of the horns are dated, I believe that this type of horn would have been used from the Revolutionary War period thru the War of 1812.
Some of these horns are British, and are stamped with the "WD" and broad arrow marks. Most are not marked in any way.
One of my questions would be ,did American arsenals build this type of horn, and if so where, during what time period, and is there any identifying characteristics to an American horn of this type?
Thanks for your help,
Don Millman
Tim Crosby:
I would like to know about these horns myself, so I am submitting this to get it back to the top and maybe noticed.
Thanks, Tim C.
Longknife:
Tim and Don, I too was waiting for some insight on these horns as I am making two of them. One is going with a Lewis and Clark Contract rifle I am finishing for a customer and the other is for myself. I tried to research these horns but could find no info on them at all. The brass valves are available from TOTW but info is scarce...Ed
Ohioan:
Mike Lea had horn, similar to those above, on sale a the EPR.
He had it labeled as the OP proposed, a gunners priming horn. I believe it had scrimshaw on it that backed up this claim. I didn't study it too closely. I believe it was F&R or Revolutionary War. From some fort in NY I believe. I'm sketchy on the details.
Randy Hedden:
I confess that I don't know a lot about this particular type of horn, but thousands of horns were made for the Federal Government by independent horn makers and horn factories. Considering this, the gunner's horns may not have been made at the arsenals at all, but supplied by those contracted to make horns??
Randy Hedden
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