How do you carry your primer flask......

[GAHUNTER60]

..and flintlock tool set? Do you carry them in your possibles bag, around a your neck on a lanyard, or attached to your possibles bag strap?

I only ask 'cause I saw all three methods employed by the flinters at a match I shot in (with one of my percussion rifles) last week. I think when I'm hunting, letting them reside in a period-correct ziplock bag within my possibles bag might be the best way to avoid vine entanglements, and inopportune jangle noises. When match shooting, either on a lanyard abound my neck, or attached to my bag strap might be more convenient for quick reloads.

 

[Grenadier1758]

Mine are in my shooting pouch. I don't want a bunch of tools jangling around.

 

[Yewbender]

May ways to do it and over time you will find out which ways you like. Now for myself I like to keep small tools like, scraper, jags, ball puller, etc...in leather bags/pouches. Flints i keep in a flint wallet. For small screwdrivers, pliers, and spring vice i keep i leather pouches. They keep all items secure and they don’t make noise. My powder measure, vent pick and pan brush hang off my bag for easy access. Here are some of the things i made. 1st pic is small pouch and flint wallet. 2nd pic is tool/flint wallet. 3rd pic top left is a larger pouch for screwdriver,etc...

 

[ord sgt]

Any tools are in my possibles bag. I don't carry a priming horn. I prime and load with my main powder horn. Less things to carry.

 

[smo]

Usually I’m a 3 bagger....
Shoulder bag holds a small bottle of denatured alcohol, short starter , flint wallet , score card and pencil if shooting a woods walk.
Belt bag holds loose roundballs ,tin with pre dampened patches and a rag for wiping the pan & flint.
Haversack holds everything else, compass,canteen,food,fire kit, cows knee , folding knife ,lock vice and possibly other items depending on the situation.

I have used those brass primer chargers that hang from your neck as well, another one that depends on the situation.

I can get by with 2 bags..... but things seem cluttered and hard too get too.

 

[Sidney Smith]

I carry my primer flask, pan brush, touch hole pick, and wrench on a lanyard around my neck when Im hunting.

 

[hawkeye2]

I've always carried my priming horns and priming flask (small Colt w/cut down spout) in my hunting pouch.

 

[Dale Lilly]

..and flintlock tool set? Do you carry them in your possibles bag, around a your neck on a lanyard, or attached to your possibles bag strap?

I only ask 'cause I saw all three methods employed by the flinters at a match I shot in (with one of my percussion rifles) last week. I think when I'm hunting, letting them reside in a period-correct ziplock bag within my possibles bag might be the best way to avoid vine entanglements, and inopportune jangle noises. When match shooting, either on a lanyard abound my neck, or attached to my bag strap might be more convenient for quick reloads.

Rather than a zip lock bag use a small burlap draw-string bag. They are cheap and easily found by entering 'small burlap bags' on your search engine. keep all my small stuff in one, or several. I buy them a dozen or more at a time and find lots of uses. Several sizes are available. See the picture below. Polecat

 

[Art Caputo]

My priming flask has a short lanyard that connects the flask to my pouch, with the flask tucked inside the pouch, and easily accessible. Turn-screw, flints and leather are carried in the patch box. Flash hole pick is pinned to my possibles bag strap. Other tools are kept in a leather pouch, within my possibles bag.

 

[tnlonghunter]

Most stuff is in my shooting bag:

- roundballs in a small bag (I hate them rolling around in the bottom),
- priming horn (I've got nearly 1 1/2 pounds of 4f, so I'll continue using a promer till it's all gone - then prime with main horn),
- roll of patch material and a tin of lube
- extra flints, leather, and a turn screw in a small pocket in the shooting bag.

If the rifle has a patchbox, then the jag, ball puller, and an extra flint and couple patches stay in there. If no patchbox, then all that is in its own little bag. It sounds like a lot, but it's pretty well organized and easy for me.

 

[appalichian hunter]

In the bag.

 

[tenngun]

I carry my priming horn inside of my powder horn
There is little reason to try and carry a tool chest in your bag
On a trek I carry some extra tool in my kit. In my bag spare flints are in an inner pocket and a small tin of lube/grease. A combo tool, prick-turn screw-flint hammer, or one of those three sets on a key ring. A charger( powder measure) and now loose balls in the bottom of my bag, hat tip black powder tv. My chargers have a short arm so I can use it as a starter if needed.
Since I shoot real guns( rocks in the locks) and I do have some make believe powder (pyrodex) I do carry a a small 2 oz bronze flask with enough powder for about sixty shots.

 

[Tom A Hawk]

When hunting, I like mine hanging on my horn strap. The less fumbling with cold fingers the better.

 

[old ugly]

i prime from my horn, 3f, i carry everything i normaly need in a belt pouch. which includes a small tool/flint pouch, a small pouch for patches, a turn screw, earplugs if at the range, i do have a small flask with 4f that tucks in the bottom of my belt pouch. but its normally emergency use like dryballing, not for priming.
i don't like packing too much stuff its just more for me to loose.

 

[Bighorserider]

I carry a priming horn or brass capper around my neck. Everything else goes in my bag.

 

[Bob McBride]

Rattling around in the bottom of my hunting bag with a few balls and patching in my deer gun pouch and a tiny 3” 20 shot flask of 0B is tethered to my bag strap on my oft reloaded squirrel gun pouch. I have nothing in small bags in my pouches as my fingers can find what I need in a split second. All I carry in my bags are 3-20 balls depending on the caliber, patching, a turnscrew, an extra flint or two, and a jag. All will fit comfortably in my palm. Must save room for jerky.

 

[toot]

Usually I’m a 3 bagger....
Shoulder bag holds a small bottle of denatured alcohol, short starter , flint wallet , score card and pencil if shooting a woods walk.
Belt bag holds loose roundballs ,tin with pre dampened patches and a rag for wiping the pan & flint.
Haversack holds everything else, compass,canteen,food,fire kit, cows knee , folding knife ,lock vice and possibly other items depending on the situation.

I have used those brass primer chargers that hang from your neck as well, another one that depends on the situation.

I can get by with 2 bags..... but things seem cluttered and hard too get too.

I dated a 3 BAGGER WONCE. NOW THAT IS A LOT OF BAGGAGE!!? / BAGS!

 

[hanshi]

Rather than a zip lock bag use a small burlap draw-string bag. They are cheap and easily found by entering 'small burlap bags' on your search engine. keep all my small stuff in one, or several. I buy them a dozen or more at a time and find lots of uses. Several sizes are available. See the picture below. Polecat

As a native Southerner I used another term. Down there they were called "croaker sacks", which tells you what they were used for.


Primer? Either in a coat pocket or tethered & carried in the bag.

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

Do you carry them in your possibles bag,

Two scenarios for me: Shooting out of my possibles bag, the priming flask is in my left hip pocket with extra flints, leather, knapping tool, and pick in the bag.
Shooting competition, the priming flask is in my left hip pocket with flints and related items in a small stiff leather flop lid container that has belt loops to carry on my right side.
Flintlocklar

 

[oldwood]

Don't shoot competition any more , so keep one of those 3 gr. push primers inside my shot pouch on a tether. Keeps it out of the weather .. Tried to prime from my powder horn ,. but that method was too messy. Frequently too much powder goes into the pan which means dump the pan powder and try again. Like to put three or four 3 gr. pushes in the pan and shut it so an hour from then , can depend the sealed pan has kept the prime where it belongs and ready for fast ignition. When hunting , only carry maybe 10 loose balls , prelubed patches , small turn screw , loose extra flint or 2 , couple pieces of 2x2 medical gauze for a quick wipe out if necessary. Travel as light as possible since it's a mile + to the hunting spot from the truck. At the range , I wear my horn with a push button powder valve to charge the measure for safety sake. When hunting just take enough premeasured charges for the day. Try to travel light remembering that WW1 was started w only one shot....oldwood