Main horn.
How do you prime?
- Thread starter Oldbear63
- Start date
Help Support Muzzleloading Forum:
Pete G
76 Cal.
Primer will work better with end filed at a 45 degree angle. Also designed for 4F.
- Joined
- Nov 12, 2018
- Messages
- 279
- Reaction score
- 957
I use a priming flask on my small bores .32, .40 and .45 because the smaller locks but my big smoothbores I prime from the main horn.
Same here it depends upon the gun and my mood, either way I have good ignition almost always.
- Joined
- Mar 3, 2022
- Messages
- 795
- Reaction score
- 1,985
I use the doohickey. I responded just so I could use the word doohickey.
That’s what I have settled on using. I kind of lay it across the breech area. No clogs and hold more powder than the funky plunger types.
I fire practically all my flintlock firearms using paper cartridge tubes. Ahead of time fill the tube with your main powder charge and add 5 grains for priming. Rip off the top of the cartridge and pour your priming charge from it up to the level you want in your pan. Shut the frizzen. Then dump the rest of the cartridge powder down the barrel. Ram your ball and you are good to go.
- Joined
- May 6, 2013
- Messages
- 4,282
- Reaction score
- 9,867
I charge my trade gun ... The frizzen is open , cock at half cock , then dump some powder in the pan from my powder horn , 2F ( but 3 F is fine too ) and close the frizzen ... Ready to hunt or if just shootin , full cock , aim and shoot ... Easy peezy ...
TDM
Cannon
- Joined
- May 28, 2022
- Messages
- 9,660
- Reaction score
- 24,222
- Location
- Louisiana & My camp in Mississippi
Ruffedgrouse
36 Cl.
I thought the brass spring-actuated priming tool dispensed 1 grain at-a-time?
Very nice.
@Ruffedgrouse, the plunger type pan chargers have different lengths of tubes to dispense different charges. Typically, from 3 to 4 grains. These chargers do need regular to ensure that they reliably dispense powder. They work best with 4F. The valve type shown by @Commodore Swab will work with 3Fg.
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2019
- Messages
- 278
- Reaction score
- 290
Small priming horn made from my first antelope kill with a muzzle
loader.
I'd like to read it too. How often are these things exploding ? m It's news to me.
Mike in FL
50 Cal.
Me too, because I love consistency in all facets of loading. That little item gives us that.Here's what I use . One push down in pan and drag it in a line. It's 3 grains of 4F from what I'm told. It's convenient and it works .
It's in March 2024. "Black powder part IV, accidental ignition in personal use".
March 2024.
I'm not personally worried too much about it exploding, but I am tired of the valve sticking and getting powder all inside my bag or pocket. They worked great when I lived in NM but here in WV they corrode and stick open.
- Joined
- Dec 20, 2021
- Messages
- 758
- Reaction score
- 985
3f with the doohicky, but it does clog when damp and when I dont brush the pan clean after firing. I just found that the tip does unscrew to clean, just don't drop it in the leaves
Brokennock
Cannon
This is a key question.
I see this lack of perspective being offered with many of the, "oh my God, we're all gonna die! You'll blow-up the range! The sky is falling!!!!!"
So called "safety" warning debates....
In comparison to how many are being used and how often,,, what is the real frequency of these things "exploding" and how much can be brought back to user error or not paying attention to detail?
I see this lack of perspective being offered with many of the, "oh my God, we're all gonna die! You'll blow-up the range! The sky is falling!!!!!"
So called "safety" warning debates....
In comparison to how many are being used and how often,,, what is the real frequency of these things "exploding" and how much can be brought back to user error or not paying attention to detail?
