horn curve

[john4645]

How should a powder horn curve for a right side placement if the horn is double curved.

 

[Brawdhead]

How should a powder horn curve for a right side placement if the horn is double curved.

"Double curved"?

I believe that if you want the tip back and the mouth forward, you would want it curved with a right-hand twist (like on a screw thread--the surface closest to you when held vertically is like "/", not like "\"). That way, the horn will wrap around your body instead of sticking the tip out.

If your horn has more than 180 degrees of spiral (unlikely on a powderhorn-length piece), it'll be sticking out somewhere regardless.

If you want the tip forward and the mouth back, then reverse all that.

(Please, someone correct me if I screwed that all up.)

Dan in da U.P.

 

[AZ-Robert]

For my money, this is a right-hip horn:
[url] http://www.trackofthewolf.com...x?catId=1&subId=12&styleId=39&partNum=AAC-153[/url]

...and this is a left-hip horn:
[url] http://www.trackofthewolf.com...x?catId=1&subId=12&styleId=39&partNum=AAC-204[/url]

Your taste may vary.

 

[john4645]

Thanks, thats what I thought, I ordered a large horn from tow and I asked for a righty and I got A lefty.

 

[Swampman]

I agree. The cow's right horn, is the horn for a right handed shooter.

 

[Harddog]

How should a powder horn curve for a right side placement if the horn is double curved.

While we modern shooters tend to think that one horn is a right hand horn and another horn is a left hand horn, it didn't seem to make any difference in the 18th and 19th centuries.

By changing the mounting points of the horn strap you can pretty much get a "left hand" horn to ride good on the right side. The same is true of a "right hand" horn fitting the left hand side.

The old timers just seemed to work with whatever horn was available at the time.

Randy Hedden

 

[soggy]

How should a powder horn curve for a right side placement if the horn is double curved.

While we modern shooters tend to think that one horn is a right hand horn and another horn is a left hand horn, it didn't seem to make any difference in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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By changing the mounting points of the horn strap you can pretty much get a "left hand" horn to ride good on the right side. The same is true of a "right hand" horn fitting the left hand side.

The old timers just seemed to work with whatever horn was available at the time.

Randy Hedden

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:thumbsup: Right on!
Soggy

 

[Swampman]

"By changing the mounting points of the horn strap you can pretty much get a "left hand" horn to ride good on the right side."

I've never been able to do that. The spout keeps catching on stuff.

 

[Griz]

Harddog and Soggy :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Get your tip pointed in the direction you want it and adjust the angle of your cut when you cut the base off. Attach your staples or whatever you are using accordingly.

 

[2172]

I just got one to hang correctly by putting the base filler plug, to which I attach the strap, way off center...Hank

 

[AZ-Robert]

By changing the mounting points of the horn strap you can pretty much get a "left hand" horn to ride good on the right side. ... The old timers just seemed to work with whatever horn was available at the time.

Agreed, in principle.

I like working with my hands, and part of the satisfaction comes from working with whatever is at hand to create something I find useful and, hopefully, attractive. So if a man is working with a "lefty" horn, because that is what he has, he makes it fit as artfully as he can using some of the tips you guys are sharing.

But if a man has paid good money for his choice of horn, well, he should get his choice of horn.

Sure, he can make it work even if it is the "off" side. But he shouldn't have to.

 

[Harddog]

But if a man has paid good money for his choice of horn, well, he should get his choice of horn.

Sure, he can make it work even if it is the "off" side. But he shouldn't have to.

AZ,

I get my horns a couple of hundred at a time in pairs. Horns built for the right hand side are way more popular than those for the left hand side so you have to look at the originals to see how the old timers really made them and build accordingly.

Randy Hedden