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Offline mullet

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Flinchlock priming horn
« on: January 23, 2011, 04:30:33 pm »
 I saw one of these at the Rendevous yesterday and thought I could make one. Well, I found a couple of these old butter knives for a quarter at the flea market this morning and thought I'd give it a try. This is what I came up with. This one's going to a good buddy in South Carolina that is always making me some cool stuff.
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Re: Flinchlock priming horn
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2011, 04:39:37 pm »
Very cool Eddie. Chris will love it!  ;)
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Re: Flinchlock priming horn
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2011, 05:50:53 pm »
 Thanks, Pat.
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Re: Flinchlock priming horn
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2011, 06:27:30 pm »
Are the blades just soldered into the handle?  What did you use for the nipple?
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Re: Flinchlock priming horn
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2011, 06:50:28 pm »
 Pat,  The blades are soldered in with silver solder. I bought some brass tubing from Ace Hardware and mounted it through buffalo horn and epoxied on the handle.
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Re: Flinchlock priming horn
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2011, 07:03:30 pm »
Very cool way to recycle
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Re: Flinchlock priming horn
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2011, 12:18:11 am »

     Dang, that's slick.  I have a spring loaded priming nipple from Dixie arms.  I just may have to try that.  That's cool.

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« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2011, 12:54:58 am »
All I can say is WOW :o :o
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Re: Flinchlock priming horn
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2011, 09:35:18 am »
So... Was the handle hollow or did you have to drill it out?

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Re: Flinchlock priming horn
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2011, 09:45:31 am »
Very cool, Eddie.
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Re: Flinchlock priming horn
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2011, 12:18:54 pm »
 David, the handles are hollow. I had to melt the silver solder out. Steve, I'm going back to the Flea market next weekend. If the other two knives are there you'll have one coming, too.
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Re: Flinchlock priming horn
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2011, 09:19:54 pm »
Very cool. I've been thinking of making one to go with my old Betsy, my 45 caliber Kentucky longrifle I built from a kit.
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Re: Flinchlock priming horn
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2011, 09:24:36 pm »
Nice "re-purposing" of old scrap.  As soon as I saw the pic with the spattergob of solder I figured out how it was done, cool!  I have a pair of antelope horns that I have been waiting to turn into a matched pair of primers, maybe I need to get them finished.

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Re: Flinchlock priming horn
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2011, 10:37:19 pm »
 Antelope horns would be perfect.
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Re: Flinchlock priming horn
« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2011, 10:56:14 pm »
I've made two in the past.  The secret to getting them to last is large bottles of the thinnest superglue available.  Since they are not much more than compacted hair, they break down fast otherwise.  And they are really porous....leads to wet powder problems.
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