Keeping the %@#$% powder horn plug in!

[Rabbit]

Use a tappered plug like the fiddle key and then use a long tapered reamer on the horn. This will work like everyone says. I have made dozens of horns this way and they always stay in place. Just need a slight twist to get them out. Go slow with the tapered reamer on the plug. It will not take much when you get it close to fitting to make it over sized.

 

[Walker357]

Have a small horn for my .32. Don't know where the plug went, but the powder was all in the bottom of my pouch. Now I need a plug and a strap. :redface:

 

[jrdavis]

using you O-ring concept...cut a notch at the larger end of the taper just below the mouth of the horn wind waxed string around the notch to build up...might even try making
a washer out of leather a bit smaller than needed before putting on, get it wet so it will stretch then slip it on the notch you cut..trim the outside edge to fit. :results:

 

[buck]

I made a deer horn plug for one of my horns. I made the plug smaller than the hole by quite a bit, then wrapped a piece of thin buckskin lace around it with a little glue. After wedging it in the hole the leather expands for a tight fit. Might work for you eace:

 

[gordy]

All the horns I've built have been with tapered holes and tapered plugs.A longer gentle taper seems to work better than a short steep one.On the horns I keep for myself,I make a plug/charger combination.I find this saves extra motion when loading in the field.It's also a good idea to carry an extra plug in the possibles bag just in case one gets ripped off in the brush,I've had this happen a couple of times,thats why I started carrying the extra plugs.I've also left the plug hanging loose on it's thong after loading. :redface:In order to fix Your loose plug problem,tappering the hole and making a new plug might be the best route :thumbsup:

 

[flm_shooter]

Another suggestion: Empty the powder horn, put some superglue on the plug and put it in place and load your firearm from a brass flask in a shoulder holster.

I found a shiny brass flask at rondy, and it fit perfect inside my Kydex Glock holster. Man, this is the berries! I strung the whole thing from a voyageur hand-weaved sash and added some Hopi beads to make it rattle. It only took a little bit of nylon rope to make it stretch.

It was the hit of the firing line! Everybody wanted to know where I heard of such a thing, and I referred them to Greybeard! :thumbsup: