Need ideas for a Flintlock primer

[Problem Child]

I'm new to Flintlocks and I need some way to carry and prime the rifle.

 

[rabjr]

If you don't want to make one, this works great. http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Cate...atId=1&subId=11&styleId=37&partNum=FLASK-PP-4

If you want to make one, a small horn will work like this one with my powder horn,

 

[juancho]

Hi,
since I load and prime with FFF , I got rid of the priming litlle gizmo that I've been using for so long.I made a new plug for my horn with a brass litlle tube ,about 1/8 in diameter , and a second plug for ( more like a cap) the tube.When I load my gun , I remove the big plug , covering the big hole.For priming I remove the small cap.
It works for me.

 

[mazo kid]

There are all kinds of "cutesy" pan primers that you can make or buy, probably none of which are H/C or P/C. But what the heck....they are nice to look at. These five I made last Summer from hollow handle knives. The hardest part is getting the knife blades out of the handles. You can find them at flea markets or antique stores for little cash. Nice thing is that they are silver, don't know the content though.

Here are some more; the 2 on the left were made by a dear departed friend. Yep, serving spoons soldered together! :rotf:

 

[hawkthrower]

I like those Mazo. Very inventive and very cool.
Ron

 

[hoochiepapa]

Yeah, Ron's right. I like the spoons the best. :hatsoff:

 

[shootrj2003]

I use the buutt end of an antler with the tip like those knife handles have

 

[omarick1948]

Priming horns are becoming a thing of the modern passed and some experts even think that what we thought as priming horns, were actually bag or pocket horns. Many Flinter's today, prime using their main charge powder horn!....Makes sense, as you only need one horn and no extra equipment hanging from you!

Rick

 

[shootrj2003]

Horner 75,I kind of tend to agree with you on that one as simpler does work as well ,and if it works as well why would a backwoodsman double up his concerns on powder aquisition?A primer applicator makes it a bit easier to put a tiny bit of powder in the pan but practice makes perfect on that situation also.I do like to have something else to make out of horn or bone or antler however...

 

[jbwilliams3]

I realized early on into my flintlock endeavors that priming horns were not something I needed in order to emulate the period I’m interested in and that they were an unnecessary extra piece of equipment. It took me a while to, however, to stop using one because I was so used to priming with it and it was so “easy”. With only a little bit of practice though, I soon saw that it was just as easy and much less hassle to just use my horn to prime from.

That said, it’s hard not use cool stuff.

 

[tg]

I have not used any priming items for several years the same horn I load the gun with works fine for me and is most likley the norm from the past FWIW, of course if someone sees a small horn in an old bag then that is another story :idunno:

 

[Skylinewatcher]

I still use priming horns; I just like to use them is all. Is it me or is the allure to ML have something to do with all the little specialty equipment that may or may not be needed? I even use the pan brush that’s hooked to a buttonhole on my coat! Can't help it, I love the tools!

 

[Skylinewatcher]

Also, I had to loan my ball puller to a friend who shoots the modern jobs. Yeah, he told me several times he didn't need to haul that manure around. He got him a T/C cheap shot hung in is gun. He didn't keep his breech plug lubed and it was frozen AND he didn't have a tool one to even try to get the plug out. :rotf:

 

[Problem Child]

Priming horns are becoming a thing of the modern passed and some experts even think that what we thought as priming horns, were actually bag or pocket horns. Many Flinter's today, prime using their main charge powder horn!....Makes sense, as you only need one horn and no extra equipment hanging from you!

Rick

Question....Would there be any danger when priming straight from the main powder horn or do yall use a small measurer?

 

[Skylinewatcher]

Personally, I don't load from a horn or flask due to a possible flash from a left over ember from the last shot. However, I have never had my GPR spit at me either. I know some fellows that say they have though. Just the way I do it, everybody does it a little different. Like I said above I like the equipment that comes with a flint lock. I don't use it all, I just like having it. :grin:

 

[paulvallandigham]

I run a dampened cleaning patch down my barrel AFTER EVERY shot, and that puts out any embers down the barrel. I have no danger from an ember lighting the main charge if and when I use the main powder horn to prime the pan.

If I did not clean after every shot, this WOULD BE a safety issue of some concern. :surrender: :hmm: :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[Skylinewatcher]

If you set a 5 gallon bucket 3 ft from you and chunk rocks into it, sooner or later your gonna miss that bucket. He's talking about priming his pan. You ever had a little trash in your horn, say some fuzz, I have. I rather use a measure to at least have the smallest charge possible in the off chance there is a hot spot left in the pan.

 

[tg]

i do not see any danger in priming from the main horn if an ember was left the bang would likley have occured during the loading of the main charge and if a prime did end up with a bang it woud still be a good one with a priming horn,but the chances are pretty remote than an ember could still be there after loading and that it would jump thru the touchhole to the pan,anything still there probably came out the hole when the load was compressed,plus the time elapsed from shot to prime is another limiting factor. I would have no concern about priming from a main horn myself.

 

[Skylinewatcher]

Your missing out on the point. I ain't worried about the gun going off because it is pointed away from me. I am worried about that powderhorn going off in my hand due to an ember left in the pan. Ember in pan + main horn full of powder = possible boom. I ain't worried about anything coming through the touch hole I would be concerned about any contamination in your pan or horn that could fuel an ember IN the pan. Like I said I've never had it to happen, but I know for a fact it has. The man is asking questions about primeing his iron, so he deserves to know all about the dangers. These things are not pop guns and they deserve full respect: lock, stock, and barrel. Many here like to comment on saftey I figured this one would be a no debate topic.

 

[tg]

I got the point, I wipe the pan before priming, so moisture in the air does not make goop, and again it is very unlikely that after the time has past from the shot till the prime that anything would be left alive in the pan.it is not even warm to the touch by then in my experience, and I have never seen anything but a film of "soot" left in the pan.A great number of veteran ML shooters have primed from the main horn for many years and never a single bad thing has been recorded that I have heard of the last 40 years.But I will yield to your vast experience and the how, when, and where of the pan ignited horn would be very interesting to hear about, most of this type of story are missinterpretations of what happened, or thrid or fourth hand tellings.