PRIMING HORN REFERENCE - 1758

[smylee grouch]

Well there ya go, one of those age old questions solved now can you find the earliest recorded use of a "Bulger" or short starter? I know of at least one dating back to the annual Rendezvous prior to 1840 but not found one before that except the British use of one for the Baker I think. 

[Bob McBride]

Well there ya go, one of those age old questions solved now can you find the earliest recorded use of a "Bulger" or short starter? I know of at least one dating back to the annual Rendezvous prior to 1840 but not found one before that except the British use of one for the Baker I think. 

...oh, you’re trying to get the guys who use a short starter while peering down their noses at guys who use priming horns all worked up....grouchy. 

[smylee grouch]

Wasn,t trying to hijack your thread Bob but sometimes I just cant help myself. It might be the meds. 

[Bob McBride]

Wasn,t trying to hijack your thread Bob but sometimes I just cant help myself. It might be the meds. 

 

[Not English]

I've got a nice small flat priming horn, I use a violin tuning peg for a plug. It fits in a bag or pocket quite nicely. I shoot 3F usually and ended up priming from the main horn. If I was to use 2F, I think I would use it more. Where I have found it extremely useful is in modern deer hunting seasons here in Wi (blaze orange). I use a bullet board, 35mm film containers or diabetic test strip containers filled with premeasured powder, and the priming horn. The beauty of this set up is that 3 or 4 shots can be carried in the hunting jacket pockets with bag or anything else to carry other than a wooden toothpick to plug the touch hole when needed.