Wearing a powder horn

About how long is your powder horn strap? Which side do you wear it? Dominate or non dominate side?

If you go to the "firearms" forum & go down to "accessories", you will see a locked thread that includes a survey & a lot of "I do this" comments. Either side can work - depends on what is easier for you. Length is also a personal preference - too long = lots of bouncing around, too short = hard to handle & pour into measure. I like to have bag & horn just high enough to be able to hold down with my elbow.

The horn sits about elbow-high (or a little higher) on my dominant side (where I also wear my bag). I find it easiest to hold the gun in my left hand (or in the crook of my left arm) and do most of my horn/bag work with my right hand (dominant).

Priming horn is just above my cartridge box on my right side. It focilitates easier priming to unless your a left hander.

I'm a right handed shooter and carry my hunting bag, powder horn and primer horns (horns made by gjr902) on the left side. I carry my gun tucked under my right arm pit and like having nothing else on that side, doing this I have been successful making that quick shot at a jumped/running deer. Done it so long this way that I would be all fumbles trying to load from the right side....my belt knife and belt axe are on the right side, but pushed to the back to stay out of the way... ifin I was carrying my haversack it would be worn to the right side, but also pushed back to ride more on my butt cheek, also keeping the right underarm area clear...just the way it works for me

RonnieK said:

Which side do you wear it? Dominate or non dominate side?

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http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/235054/

I shoot right handed. I carry my bag and horn on my left. I cradle my gun across my body with the barrel to the left in my left hand or i cradle it under my right arm. Being that I'm short and stocky, if I carry any items on my right, I bang the heck out it with the gun stock.
My bag strap is 45" +/- and the horn strap is 40 +/-. The horn hangs just high enough not to interfear with access to my bag. I'm still trying to decide on the primer horn. At present, I keep the PH in my bag and I have an antlertip with a 3grain dispenser for priming. That goes on my horn strap. I attatch my knife to my bag, so it is out of the way.
Thats me, hope it helps

I have three horns. One is attached to the bag strap and hangs at the top of the bag. The other two with separate straps hang at about elbow level.

Hanshi, three horns? Please step back from the campfire!

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Horn has been in use since 1968 the bag is a little newer.


This is a lot newer.


Both have adjustment on the bag strap. Needed for different uses. Long strap for recreational shooting. Shorter for hunting, shortest for horse back.

Dan

Shoot right handed, horn under my left arm, at a little higher than belt level

Hey, one for each bag. And if I ever make a, well, fiery exit I want it to be MEMORABLE! :rotf:

Just like mine :thumbsup:
Deadeye

Ditto with Blackhands method

Worn on right side (dominant) with pouch. Pouch goes on first, then horn. Horn rides just above the pouch with enough room to get into it, and just above the elbow.

`I generally carry my horn on my dominant side (right), with the gun carried in my left hand. If the gun is on a sling, I carry it muzzle-down on the left shoulder so the hammer/cock is on the outside. This makes for a convenient method of taking it off the shoulder with my right hand in the correct place and the butt easily shouldered for a quick enough shot.

Of late I have been carrying two horns, one with my quickly depleting supply of 3f Old Eynsford and the other with 2f Triple Seven. With black powder in such short supply and all black powder substitutes having such poor reliability in side-hammer guns, I find it expedient to use 15 grains of the OE as a "booster" charge with fifty grains of the Triple Seven atop it as the main charge. This will, I hope, extend my supply of black powder and help get rid of the Triple Seven pending the arrival of Estes' black powder (hopefully) sooner rather than later in 2023.

I'm still experimenting with the height of the horns, but the general consensus here is to carry horns at about elbow height, which seems comfortable and workable.

My "main" possibles bag is October Country's Couer d' Alene model which allows for.... well.... everything I need for shooting/hunting/adventuring with room to spare for a light lunch, a few survival bars, an apple and maybe a small bottle of water. Shooting components are switched out depending upon what I am shooting, i.e.: flint wallet/capper, different caliber projectiles.

I used to carry the horn inside the bag, but this never really worked out very well. I also once carried everything inside a Jansport klnapsack. I missed a squirrel once though. He continued to sit on his perch scolding me while I got my pack off my back and reloaded the old T/C Cherokee .32. Brave squirrel. He made for a great stew, but I still switched to an old purse until I got a proper possibles bag.

Notice at battle re-enactments, how many of the guys have their haversack or canteen strap way too long; things should be tucked up comfortably; if a soldier is on the march, you can't have a loaded haversack flopping around your thighs all day. You can tell an experienced or real-life ex. GI by noting how he carries his equipment.

Dphar said:

Horn has been in use since 1968 the bag is a little newer.

This is a lot newer.


Both have adjustment on the bag strap. Needed for different uses. Long strap for recreational shooting. Shorter for hunting, shortest for horse back.

Dan

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I have a similar set up. Bag adjusts, horn goes with it.

Right handed here, carry horn and bag on right. Horn is about at my elbow.

Army Claymore mines are carried in a bag not unlike a shooting bag. Some GIs tie a knot in the strap to shorten it so the bag rides higher and doesn't flop around. That's a modern lesson how real soldiers, who carry a bag for days on end, have figured out to carry a "shooting" bag.