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SH-001 Antler Tip Powder Measures Deer antler powder measures are traditional charging tools used by hunters and shooters in North America during the Early American period. They were frequently decorated and personalized by their owners and have today become sought after folk art. While each is unique, all include a decorated pour spout to make filling your musket, rifle or pistol an easier matter. Tips are carved in decorative motifs and have a small diameter hole for attaching the measure to your powder horn strap or hunting bag. Each finely finished powder measure is engraved with the amount of powder it will hold, ranging in size from 50 to 120 grains of black powder. (Note: larger sizes are available upon request.) Please indicate the size of the powder charge (in amount of grains of FFg black powder) desired. As each measure is unique, styles of decoration will vary from piece to piece. $25.00 | ||||||||
| SH-002 Priming Horn Unique scrimshaw patterns, typical of the mid-to-late 18th century, are used on these small flat priming horns. Each horn is unique in decoration but contain basic similarities. Each includes a vent pick wire attached to the wooden stopper. They have been flattened to fit easily into a pocket or hunting pouch. These small horns are simply classic works of art. $95.00 |  |
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SH-003 Whisk and Pick One of the necessary accouterments of shooting a flintlock musket or rifle, the Whisk and Pick can be a small work of art. Entirely hand made, the handles of these two tools have been constructed of turned antler tip and left unstained. As you use them, the natural oils in your skin, the residue of burned powder, and gun oil on your hands will gradually stain the material until they develop a patina unique to you. $20.00 | ||||||||
| SH-017 Belly Bag For Hunting This bag is very well suited to the serious hunter who wants to minimize the accouterments carried into the field or forest on the day’s hunt. The bag will hold several pre-rolled cartridges in loops sewn inside the generous main compartment while a second compartment has loops to hold extra flints and other tools. The oversize flap will keep rain out of the bag. This bag is also ideal for the deer hunter who prefers hunting from an elevated position, like a tree, as everything necessary to make a quick reload is contained in one bag directly in front of the belt. For the upland game hunter, enough pre-rolled cartridges can be stuffed into the main compartment along with a shot pouch so that, again, a day of hunting does not require carrying several items slung over the shoulder. $65.00 |   |
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SH-018 Sporan This is a civilian-style belly bag typically worn by a person wearing a traditional Scottish kilt. The sporan was also traditionally worn by the falconer and in this pouch he would carry the treats used to train and to reward the falcon for a job well done. Because this bag of ancient design is so useful and roomy, it has become a favorite type carried by some hunters and others. $50.00 | ||||||||
| SH-004 Frizzen Stall This leather safety device is placed over the frizzen of a flintlock to prevent the flint from striking sparks should it strike the frizzen at an unwanted time. It is a required piece of safety equipment at most battle reenactments and should be included in every shooter’s kit. Please specify size – Large for Brown Bess, Charlesville, and similar musket locks; Small for civilian fowlers and rifle locks. $3.00 |  |
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SH-010 Bamboo Powder Measure This is an economical powder measure that is historically correct and easy to customize. Our powder measures are cut from genuine bamboo that we grow ourselves and age for at least a year before cutting. Most are about 3 to 4 inches in length. It is up to you to cut them down to the size you need for your particular rifle, fowler or pistol. As a safety issue, NEVER load any muzzleloader straight from a flask or powder horn. Always use a powder measure. $2.00 | ||||||||
| SH-011 Leather Shooting Bag We have a number of high quality leather shooting bags made by various craftsmen and prices vary depending upon the size and style. In the photo shown, the bag on the left measures 7 inches wide by 6 inches high and is lined with aged cotton ticking. This bag is perfect for a day’s hunt. $100.00 |  |
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SH-012 Fabric Shooting Bag This durable, economical bag is really a small haversack made of coarse flax linen canvas and is lined with cotton. It is listed on our Personal Articles page as well as it is a very good quality haversack for men, women and children in camp or on a day trek. The bag measures 10 by 11 inches and, as can be seen in the photo, is the natural color of the fabric. This makes it perfect for your own decoration and can be dyed to suit your preference, if so desired. $20.00 | ||||||||
| SH-020 .50 Caliber Ball Blocks Many muzzle loader deer hunters have adopted the use of ball blocks in their hunting gear as a means of re-loading quickly when in the deer woods of autumn. Having three or more patched balls hanging around their neck or attached to their shooting bag speeds up the process of reloading once a shot has been taken. These same hunters frequently leave their powder horns and possibles bag back at camp, taking instead a few rolled paper cartridges with pre-measured powder charges and their ball blocks. The logic for this is simple: most often when deer hunting a hunter will get only one or two shots at his quarry. If he misses with those, the deer is long gone. On the other hand, if the hunter is familiar with his rifle and has practiced well before the deer season opens, one or two shots are all he will need. The ball blocks that are shown here are all in .50 caliber, although we do get larger and smaller ones from time to time. If you would like to have one in your particular caliber, just give us a call or send us a note and we can make arrangements to have one made in your favorite caliber. These ball blocks are all made of the very finest Tiger Stripe Maple and finished with the same degree of attention as is a fine flintlock rifle. If you will look carefully at the cow horn disc at the top of each block, you will see the date 1750 etched into the horn along with a nice 18th century scrimshaw pattern. These Ball Blocks are made by Orville Mumma and it is one of his hallmark touches to put a date on these pieces that match the caliber. Thus, these three all have 1750 on them while a .54 caliber will have 1754, a .62 caliber will be dated 1762 and so forth. This item makes a very distinctive addition to your gear $30.00 |  |
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SH-013 French Amber Gunflint Our French gunflints are from the Loire River Valley in France and are exactly the same as the kind sought after by hunters, adventurers, and military armies throughout the world in the 18th century. Even the English soldiers preferred the French flints over those available in England. Are they really better and more durable than other gun flints available today? You won’t get us involved in that argument! However, we do sell very many of these flints to discerning shooters these days. See our special French Amber Gunflints product page for sizes and pricing. (Click Here) |
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| SH-015 Boxed Set of Gunflints Often times customers who are not flintlock shooters will buy a gunflint or two just to own one of these unique pieces of history. With that in mind, we have assembled a three piece set of the types of gunflints commonly found in use in North America from the Colonial period through the mid-19rth century. Our set includes one French Amber, one Black English, and one Native American-made American gunflint. While American chert was not as durable as the English and French flints, our savvy First American flint knappers made four-sided gunflints that could be turned as one edge dulled to expose a fresh edge – thereby lasting as long as the European-made gunflints which generally had only one or at most two usable edges. Each set contains an illustration of a basic flintlock mechanism with an explanation of how it works plus a brief description of the history and location of each gunflint in the set. $15.00 |  |
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