Dang Priming Horns

[Harry Marinakis]

I made a little 4F priming horn with a turned wood stopper.

The problem is that the throat diameter of the horn is so small that I keep breaking off the stem of the stopper.
And the broken stem gets stuck in the horn.
I have tried turning the stopper from Maple, Oak, Cherry, Ash, and Hickory.
I've drilled out the throat to a wider diameter, but I still keep breaking off the stem of the stopper.

Today I broke off the stem on my first shot, so I spent the rest of the afternoon priming with 3F from the main powder horn.

Surprise, surprise, that worked just fine.

Anyone have any other ideas for natural stopper material? I could hand carve the stopper if the material can't be turned on a lathe.

 

[ArmorerRoy]

Drill the stopper and glue in a wood dowel in the diameter you need. It will be stronger than whittled down wood and you won't be able to see the difference.

 

[nchawkeye]

How about deer antler?

 

[sb 54 cal.]

Second deer antler

 

[WonkyEye]

What kind of wood? I made one out of a bamboo skewer and epoxied it into a chunk of beech. It's held strong since.

Alternatively drill down the center of the peg and epoxy a metal rod in there. I repaired a cracked Mauser stock with metal dowels like that, it's still going strong 15 years later.

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

I made a little 4F priming horn with a turned wood stopper.

The problem is that the throat diameter of the horn is so small that I keep breaking off the stem of the stopper.
And the broken stem gets stuck in the horn.
I have tried turning the stopper from Maple, Oak, Cherry, Ash, and Hickory.
I've drilled out the throat to a wider diameter, but I still keep breaking off the stem of the stopper.

Today I broke off the stem on my first shot, so I spent the rest of the afternoon priming with 3F from the main powder horn.

Surprise, surprise, that worked just fine.

Anyone have any other ideas for natural stopper material? I could hand carve the stopper if the material can't be turned on a lathe.

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Get a chunk of Cocobolo wood. Good stuff. If that don't work, cheat and put a tapered brass stem in.
Larry

 

[WonkyEye]

Also, nice horn, it looks great

 

[Beaverman2]

Purple heart is harder than the hubs too, it will have a purple color to it but will brown in a few years if let unfinished so the surface oxidizes.

 

[nbogan]

I've used dried rose canes for plugs.