attaching horn to bag

[brazosland]

Right handed shooter. I prefer the bag on the right, horn on the left. Both carried up high.

Makes running and fast movement much easier as they are secure against my body and not flipping and flopping around.

 

[toot]

Pro, the horn is always with the bag if you have a bag for every gun.
Con, the horn isn't available to carry without the bag, or with another bag.

Sorry, I don't have photos of my set up... but I don't have a shooting bag for every gun. I'd be broke on stuff to put in them alone.
I'm right handed I shoot rifles and smoothbores of various sizes.

On my Right, I carry a possibles bag (don't shoot me, it is indeed a possibles/tool bag not a shooting bag) with my horn....separate since I have different sized horns with different tips to use. If needed, this side carries a haversack with lunch/dinner.
In that bag, I carry the basics of jags for the guns I shoot, screwdriver, knapping hammer, a couple extra flints and flint leathers, thread adapters, breech brush and scrapers etc. The otherwise loose tools are in a flat leather pouch with a slot for each tool. It folds in half and binds with a thong. (sewing kits are called Hussif, or house wife. I call this kit a housfrau-honey)

On my Left, I carry my shooting bag. It generally has the ball, patches and an extra jag for the gun in question. eg for my 45, 50, 54's, the appropriate patching, ball and a couple flints. For my larger smoothbores. I carry ball, but also the correct cards and wads with a small bag of shot. (enough for 10 loads) I also always carry a canteen on that side.

This is part of my collection I was cleaning/yearly maintenance on... excuse the rust.. that's why I was working on them. It was a wet week in camp and the tent got flooded. Served me right, my firelocks normally have their own cot to rest on, not the ground. Was teaching and is why so many.
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you are the KID with all of the toys!!! a beautiful collection!!

 

[Snydly]

My bag is on my left side and the horn is on the right. Feels better for me especially when hunting.

 

[NorthFork]

My horn is attached to the bag and I wear it on the right (right handed). Just what I prefer.

 

[William O.]

When I fist started shooting I had bag in the left.
Then noted folks at events were on the right and old paintings I saw had it on the right. I switched
Kept a horn on bag strap for a long time, but it looks like historically it was separate.
Hmm
When I separated it I found it a lot easier to use.

 

[rp77469]

I've always had a separate horn. I have six bags set up for six calibers but only two horns: 2f and 3f. I don't see buying more horns than I need. Saves me some money to buy lead and ball instead.

I tend to keep pouch on right and horn on left side so my body is between it and the lock. Just seems a bit safer to me.

 

[Artificer]

My first pouch I made in 1972 and wore it on my right side (I'm right handed) and had the horn secured to the pouch. Later on I learned in the 18th century it was more common for the horn to be on a separate strap and I found that worked much better for me.

Gus

 

[hanshi]

Being built closer to the ground than most - not short or small statured, understand - my hunting/shooting bags are smaller as are the horns I use. Two of my bags I cobbled up myself with two others being gifted. The gifted ones are a bit larger while the ones I made are around 5" to 6" square; the horns hold roughly 3 oz of powder. This makes them excellent for a one piece tote.

My first bag (bought) 55+ years ago and the separate horn were quite large and awkward. I thought this was the way they were meant to be. Attached horns are a fairly new thing with me; took a long time to get fed up with straps tangled in brush. It is a truly personal choice and we all have our idiosyncrasies and needs; there's even a name for it, "custom fitting".

 

[Notchy Bob]

This old boy from Kansas appears to have his powder-horn hanging by his right hip, with a fairly large belt pouch on his left:

This looks like a very practical arrangement.

Notchy Bob

 

[appalichian hunter]

Interesting pic, is it my eyes or is the barrel on the rifle twisted in a spiral.

 

[Rató:rats]

Bag left hip horn right hip. I prime from the horn same fffg as the main charge and find it a little awkward if the horn isn’t on its own strap.

 

[Grenadier1758]

In the Carl Bodmer painting from 1830's (?) , this hunter from New Harmony Indiana is wearing his horn and pouch on the right side. The Horn appears to be separate from the pouch.

 

[Notchy Bob]

Interesting pic, is it my eyes or is the barrel on the rifle twisted in a spiral.

I noticed that also, and cannot account for it. I thought it might be an artifact of the photographic reproduction, but the rifle seems to be the only thing affected in the picture. I can't explain it.

Notchy Bob