carrying powder(hunting)

[jpbvs]

Made myself a ball block and a leather strip for caps (so far I realy like them), as of now I use clear tube speed loaders for powder. Wondering how others carry there powder when hunting?
THANKS JP

 

[luieb45]

I have 3 speed loaders that I just put measured amounts of powder in. I once put the ball and patch in but it caused me to have a misfire in front of a deer. Then I have powder in my powder horn in case I need more. But I hope I never do that much shooting where I need to shoot 4X.

 

[Tom Compton]

Horn.

TC

 

[BrownBear]

Some kind of holder for premeasured shot charges is handy. You can buy em or make em, depending on your interests. I've got both homemade and storebought and use them sometimes.

I gotta add though, that there's no ONE answer for all people and all situations. I shift back and forth between a horn and premeasured charges depending on the weather and where I'm hunting.

What I'm saying is, the premeasures are a good place to start, but you'll probably keep shuffling around like the rest of us, trying other stuff, too. Even if you come around to a horn or flask later on, it's likely you'll still find uses for premeasures.

 

[2172]

like you...ball block with 3 patched balls, strip with a half dozen caps, 3 speed loader tubes with measured powder charges...I have the horn and spare balls and patching and caps back in the vehicle...Hank

 

[brubincam]

-----HORN-----

 

[Vaino]

I form paper cylinders around a spherical ended dowel, glue the sides and end, pour the powder in, staple the open end, mark the grs of powder and dip in canning wax. Impervious to moisture seeng some are 6 yrs old and still ignite, are torn open w/ the teeth, emptied and disposed of...very handy....Fred

 

[Chilidog]

Horn. :thumbsup:

 

[Deadeye]

Horn :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[Stumpkiller]

13" horn that holds about 75 or 80 shots.

I carry an original Hawksley flask when shotgunning that holds about 60 shots.

When I'm just out with a few shots in my pocket or a belt-pack I use Nalgene pill bottles (mine came from the Eureka Tent outlet store for backpackers).

 

[sniper68]

HORN!!!! The word "speed" used in conjunction with muzzlelaoder makes me uncomfortable.. :shocked2:

 

[rabjr]

Everyone is different and needs to decide how far they want to go in doing it like our forefathers. I carry a bag/horn with 2 or 3 speed loaders in the bag ready to go. I'm armed with 3 tags and more than once shot more than one within a couple of minutes. Not sure I could have done so loading from a horn.

 

[rabjr]

HORN!!!! The word "speed" used in conjunction with muzzlelaoder makes me uncomfortable.. :shocked2:

Sorry!

 

[Sunkmanitu Tanka]

As explained earlier ... no hunting with BP guns allowed in Belgium. :idunno: But I do shoot in timed matches regularly. You have to shoot 13 shots in 30 minutes. Ten best count. In between al the people with sharps, springfields, and regular percusion guns, I find myself quit lonely with my flintlock. In order to have enough time, and not having to 'rush' things, I use speed loaders. These are filled with patch and ball, followed with a wad, then filled with a measure of powder ... Horns are not allowed, you need premesured charges. Those speed loaders have the benefit of being quick. Even then I am always the last shooter firing on the line, while the others are already telling jokes and/or getting bored... One definite advantage that I learned to appreciate abouth those speed loaders: It is nearly impossible to dryball! :grin: :bow: :v

 

[playfarmers]

I have 3 speed loaders, and also have 6 short copper pipes with one end cap soldered on and the other end just slips on. I carry pre measures powder in the copper and a small bag of round balls. I carry just the speed loaders for hunting, but if I go out plinking I will carry them all. I like the speed loaders because it is less to carry, and I like to hunt light.

 

[Scott_C]

You can make a speedloader easily from river cane with a cork, a block of wood with 4-5 charge holes drilled in it and carve plugs for each one, or for something more modern: PVC pipe with one end cap glued on the other loose.

I too carry my patched round balls in a bullet block so the lube never touches the powder (I use a dry patch between when hunting).

 

[Dirk Perry]

Horn.

 

[ohio ramrod]

If you don't mind carrying plastic and know some one with horses, the horse wormer comes in plastic tubes and they make a great tube to store powder in. I have used them for twenty years. They have a "T" type end to make for quick grabing and seal up well with a wooden doll rod sanded at a taper. ( A few years back while crawling through a multiflora rose bush I found one I had lost the year before and the powder was still dry and fired when tested.) They fit nicely in the chest pocket of cartharts and can be pulled out, plug pulled out with your teeth and powder dumped down the barrel in less than two seconds. They certainly beat the old 35mm film canisters I used to use. For authenic use in competition I use paper cartridges made with wax paper tied off with kite string.

 

[William O.]

Haven't found a horn yet that I like so I went to the local hardware store, searched through the copper pipe and found an air chamber in the A/C section that I made into a small flask. I found that a brass powder valve fitted into a another brass nut fit into the opening of the air chamber very well, needing only JB weld to secure it. At 8 inches long it holds 450 grains of Goex and gives me 6 shots using my .54 trade rifle. Total cost >$10.

 

[Ketchakah]

Hello all,
I receintly made some pre-loaders from river cane.
I used a section with the "knuckle" in the middle and open on both ends. I put a pre-measured charge of powder in one end and a charge of shot in the other. Both ends are "plugged" with a section of cloth for wadding.
Pull the wad, dump the powder, ram the pulled wad... pull the other wad, dump the shot, ram the other wad. Ready to go. :wink: