Loading a powder horn

No one has mentioned having a screw tipped horn! I'm suprised!

:thumbsup: yep ghost i got one or should say made one , I used a standard set of tap and die to cut the threads in the tip . this worked fine for many years but i found that it still was to slow :hmm: for my liking .
Soooooo what to do , I looked at those little brass acorn plugs but just couldn

 

[Cruzatte]

I took the Yuppie way out and bought a little copper funnel. Actually, it didn't cost me all that much. ::
Cruzatte

 

[Claude Mathis]

I've used the funnel and/or spout systems,but wrapping my thumb and forefinger around the horn spout has proved to work quite well for me,and it's one less piece of equipmet to fool with.

Me too. I can fill my horn this way and barely lose a few grains.

 

[SquirrelsaurusR]

I use one of these:

Powder spout

It fits a can of Goex, although I don't know about other brands (I only shoot Goex). Snip a little off the end until the hole is large enough for the amount of flow you want. Get two or three, so you'll have one for each powder granulation.

 

[Wart]

I'm the lazy one,, remember ?? This is my horn, I somke cig's also, so I put a piece of wood over the spout, Don't want a hot ash gettin close,, although it is closed any way with the valve on it

Please tell me your not serious about smoking while shooting bp :nono:

 

[Birddog6]

If you want a free spout, next time you buy some differential grease save the lil screw-on spout on the bottle. In fact, I save all of them & use the same ospout on all of my bottles so I have clean ones for powder. Also Lucas oil treatments has the lil spout on them for there axle bearing oil & etc. Now the thread is not a perfect fit so you can't overtighten it, but it will work fine if you just snug it on there.

Insert the spout all the way into the horn & fill horn/flask it til you see the powder stop flowing & then put can & horn horizontal & slowly separate tiping them both verticle as you do so & I have no spillage this way. Been filling my flasks & primer horns for years this way.

As far as the static being a problem with the plastic, that has not been a problem with any of these spouts I have used. The most you could have anyway is a lil static cling issue.

:results:

 

[bradmartin]

Now all I have to do is go find some horns. I hauled cattle for two years, had all kinds of horns (goat and cattle), skulls, you name it. Then I gave them all away. :curse:

O-well. That same boss wants me to come back out and run some loads for him in the next few weeks. All I need now is the sign, "Will work for horns".

And Wart, I thought it was all about the smoke? :crackup:

Hobbles, I am also very lazy. That lube mix worked nice. Thanks.

Thanks to everyone for all the help. I'll let you know how it turns out.

 

[2172]

I made a funnel from the scrap aluminum of a soft drink can...lost it, now just fold a piece of stiff paper and put the powder in that and tip it into the horn...works fine...Hank

 

[Tahquamenon]

Roll paper into a narrow funnel here.

 

[Rebel]

I use one of the metal screw on spouts for Goex cans.

 

[oomcurt]

Wart,

I don't know if he is serious....but I am. I dunno where you are coming from...but unless someone is extremely careless no way in hell is any ash, spark, you name it...is going to miraculously do a reverse Houdini trick and get into a closed container....that said..I know of no one dumb enough to smoke and at the same time load thier powder measure or thier horn.

 

[Rebel]

If he has a spout with a valve on his horn, there is a chance that some powder could remain in the spout after pouring the charge. Not a real high risk of an explosion, but still a chance. :imo: