The horn that I used for this build is a solid piece of Water Buffalo horn. There are several suppliers of horn on the internet so it is not hard to find. Many offer it in rounds but I wanted a piece that was a solid ruff piece of horn from the base of the horn. The base of the horn is usually solid, sometimes up toward the tip it will have a hollow section in it. I cut the octagon portion to match the barrel on my milling machine, but you could saw cut it and chisel it to fit the barrel. I then drilled two holes into the end of the stock and epoxied to number 6 machine screws into the holes. I drilled two holes to match in the horn and epoxied the nose cap to the two machine screws and the stock. I did this with the barrel in place which help keep everything lined up, I shaped the outside of the nose cap once everything set up. I used the milling machine to cut the ram rod grove in the nose cap and rasp the outside to shape. I have to do the final shaping and polishing. Buffalo horn machines very nicely and reminds me almost of plastic in its consistency. I am not sure how the originals were attached, probably not the way I did but this worked and seems to be solid so I am happy.
