Priming flask

[BrownBear]

Since it's a noob question I'll throw in my answer. Don't use one. The powder in your big horn will work well enough. In my rifles I load and prime with 3F and my Bess loads and primes with 2F. One less horn to mess with.

I'm right there with you. One less thing to keep track of (or lose), and the prime is just dandy. In our wet and windy climate 4f is problematic- either getting damp fast or blowing away as fast as you try to prime.

I do you one better on the Bess however. I'm using 1f as my main charge, and prime too. I figure there's a reason the originals had that great big ole pan.

 

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

I agree. same powder. I have an adjustable brass measure for loading and a tine with a small recess for measuring the pan.

 

[larry wv]

I have a small "plunger" type that dispenses 3 gr of 4f I use it for regular shooting. I prime with 2 push's to make 6 grs of 4f for hunting in nice weather. Wet weather hunting I use 6grs of 3f from a small priming horn with a plug. (estimate)

Larry

 

[omarick1948]

I like to use a wonderfully made priming horn made by Rick Froehlich (Horner75), but sometimes prime from my main horn which is also a fantastic powder horn made by Rick!.... :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

 

[Stumpkiller]

Yeah. That guy. :hatsoff:

 

[uno676]

:rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

 

[nhmoose]

Wow some seem to have many live sparks left in their pans.

Never had a problem priming a pan from the horn. Use a separate measure to prime? in 25+ years of competition I have never seen that.

 

[Artificer]

I agree, never done that since I began shooting flintlocks around 1974.

Back in the 70's, MANY folks had a double set of horns and often they were matched as close as possible for color and figure. One was a smaller one for priming with 4Fg and the larger one with the regular powder they used. But again, no separate measure for the "Primer Horn."

I never bothered with a separate horn for priming, though.

Gus