Yard Sale finds today.

[Adam Helmer]

Today I stopped by a local yard sale and spent $3.00 for 3 cow's horns. Two were large and one was small-just right for a priming horn as in days of yore.

I took the horns to my shop and fiddled about measuring, scribing and sawing wood for a plug on the big ends of the horn and making a plug for the small ends. I glued in wood plugs and then installed 3 brass screws around the perimeter to secure the glue joint on each horn. The glue dried ok and my whittled small plugs are now secured on the small ends with rawhide thongs. I fitted longer leather thongs to each to make a neat powder horn for the field.

I like powder horns and if I leave powder long-term in a horn, I put it inside a large plastic bag to ward off moisture. I use a .45/70 brass cartridge case attached to each large horn for a powder measure.

Adam