Duane
Mountaineer
Lethbridge Alberta
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Post by Duane on Oct 16, 2011 11:43:30 GMT -7
I think a lot of mountaineers just palmed the powder down the bore,whay do you think
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Post by sean on Oct 16, 2011 12:57:26 GMT -7
Most trade rifles were ordered by companies with a charger, wiper, mold, and Canton cloth case. The charges were generally a brass tube that was flattened on one end with a hole through the flat for a thong. I think Jim Kimpell has some on his web page. Look up High Horse Trading Company. You can make one pretty easily from sheet brass with a bolt for a form. That said, I suspect palming charges was common and there are enough period accounts of people blowing up their horns that charging from the horn wasn't likely all that uncommon.
Sean
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Post by Rod on Oct 16, 2011 18:18:09 GMT -7
Here's a source for for tinned chargers, just like the ones in that MOFTQ article: www.hotdiptin.com/colonialI also think palming was pretty common. How about patent spring type chargers on the ends of the horn---they were starting to be popular at the time, I think Miller illustrates what may be a couple of them. Rod |
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Post by Chuck Burrows on Oct 18, 2011 13:18:48 GMT -7
How about patent spring type chargers on the ends of the horn---they were starting to be popular at the time, I think Miller illustrates what may be a couple of them. Rod Also Charles Hanson, Sr, mentions horns with chargers being sold by the HBC in his BOB article on smoothbores - and here's Mariano Medina's horn with such a charger albeit this could be from the 1840-50's.  |
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Mark
Mountaineer
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Post by Mark on Oct 18, 2011 16:29:55 GMT -7
At Fort Bridger, there is a horn and charger with related provenance claiming to be a horn used by J Bridger. The charger is a simple horn charger holding 53 grains of powder. It is hanging in the museum section of the Fort. This has been several years ago, but I would think it is still there.
Mark
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