Banjoman
Hillbilly
Finished up a plain, simple but functional horn and measure. It’s going with my Genuine Thompson Center Hawken. I filled it up with Graf & Sons FFFg.
Hillbilly Horn
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Great job! Simple and functional are my favorite kind. 
Love the Hawken as well.
Love the Hawken as well.
I like plain and simple. I have a horn similar in color and size. Some years ago bugs ate holes in mine and I filled them with J. B. Weld. The colors almost blended in.
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very nice! I like plain, simple, and functional! It goes with the bag and Hawken.
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Fine horn. All you need. Nothing there to apologize for or make fun of. Fancy and beautiful doesn't make anything more functional.
Nothing there to apologize for or make fun of. Fancy and beautiful doesn't make anything more functional.
Banjoman
Hillbilly
When I went into the Tandy store, they had a half dozen horns. I looked at all of them but, silly as it may sound, this one just felt right. The more I handle it, the better it feels. The size and shape of this horn fits me better than any other horn I have. If I make another one, I’ll go with this size and shape again.
Banjoman
Hillbilly
Took the new hillbilly horn and measure up on the mountain today and tried them out. I like them! I filled the horn with Graf and Sons 3f because that’s what works best in this gun (and my other guns too). 50 grains of real 3f under a .490 round ball makes a very accurate load in this rifle.
I’ve tried using Pyrodex in this gun but it makes me want to throw gun and powder both over the hill. To any one who’s never tried real black powder, there’s night and day difference between it and substitute powder.
I’ve tried using Pyrodex in this gun but it makes me want to throw gun and powder both over the hill. To any one who’s never tried real black powder, there’s night and day difference between it and substitute powder.
Not silly at all. We have all had that experience with items involved in this avocation.
That's a nice picture! I like the Morgan on the bag, is that your creation too? As soon as I can get my hands on some caps and powder I want to get my TC Hawken out. I only ever shot Pyrodex out of it and it was many years ago, looking forward to trying out BP.
Banjoman
Hillbilly
The replica coin came from Tandy. There’s a decent Tandy store in Knoxville, Tn. The coin has a Chicago screw on the back. They had a bunch of different types of these buttons and I liked the 1881 date on this one.
The Graf and Sons powder is Wano powder. Any real black powder is way better than the substitutes.
Way back before internet, I could only get Pyrodex. All the muzzleloader shooters around here only used percussion guns and the local stores only carried substitutes. I didn’t know of anybody around here who shot flintlocks. Occasionally someone would have some real black and I could sometimes trade them out of a half pound or so. I didn’t know where to buy any real black so I stocked up on Pyrodex.
Then along came the internet and I discovered all these wonderful places where you could order online and have it shipped right to your door! I have tried to keep using the Pyro in some percussion guns and keep the real black for my flintlocks, but man, that substitute stuff is nasty. Just my opinion.
Here’s another idea for you. I bought a couple of musket nipples for my Thompson Center Hawken and a good supply of musket caps. This is Justin case I run out of #11 caps in a hundred years. Graf and Sons as well as others usually have musket caps when they don’t have #11 or #10.
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Banjoman
Hillbilly
Rhacknc,
I just checked and it looks like Powder Inc., Buffalo Arms and Travelers Antique & Traders have musket caps in stock. Maybe Amazon also.
I just checked and it looks like Powder Inc., Buffalo Arms and Travelers Antique & Traders have musket caps in stock. Maybe Amazon also.
