Possibles bag
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Stony
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No set rules there....shooting supplies (balls, patches, caps/ flints)...tools, patch knife, fire starting kit. Pants in the day didn't have pockets and the bags were used to carry a little bit of everything you might need to survive.
midland man
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yep and I am needing a possibles bag for my NAA super companion! so I am looking at some for my little pistol. I want mine to be made of leather!
Ifishsum
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Besides normal shooting accouterments (caps, patches, starter, measure, etc) I keep a patch worm, ball pulling attachment (never used TYVM), nipple pick, nipple wrench, spare nipple - basically what you might need on a walk or a hunt. Probably a tinder/firestarting tin as well, plug of tobacco. Wouldn't surprise me if the typical buckskinner often carried more than one bag, depending on the length of the walk and where he was headed - one for shooting-related stuff and another for everyday stuff you might otherwise keep in your pockets.
Panzerschwein
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You will need balls, patches (pre cut or strips, if strips you'll need a patch knife) flints or percussion caps depending on gun model. I would also keep a short starter in there, a cleaning jag, cleaning patches, a worm, and ball puller, all of which should have the same thread as the ramrod. I would keep a nipple pick in there too, and a nipple wrench. Usually a separate powder horn would have been carried, but if you'd like to keep powder in the bag I recommend one of the various powder flasks out there. You will also need a powder measure because you should NEVER EVER load powder into the gun directly from a flask or horn since a burning ember in the gun could ignite the powder, which will travel up into the horn/flask and EXPLODE. There are traditional fixed powder measures which look like little brass cylinders, in various grain measurements, but I would personally use one of the adjustable measures that comes with a pivoting spout. That way, you can tailor your load to the exact grains you want.
If out in the field for a while, you might also consider a small cleaning kit with cleaning patches, a small vial of Ballistol or other black powder safe lubricant/rust preventative, maybe a bore brush, and even a segmented fiberglass ramrod would be compact and very lightweight and would be better to clean or even load with than the wood ramrod on your rifle. A small screwdriver or something to tap out a barrel wedge would be helpful, but that's only if you'll be out in the field for an extended time and will need to clean the gun in camp or something. Use hot water heated over the campfire to clean the powder (more info on that elsewhere).
So yeah... that's a lot of stuff, but it sure would be handy to have if needed.
If out in the field for a while, you might also consider a small cleaning kit with cleaning patches, a small vial of Ballistol or other black powder safe lubricant/rust preventative, maybe a bore brush, and even a segmented fiberglass ramrod would be compact and very lightweight and would be better to clean or even load with than the wood ramrod on your rifle. A small screwdriver or something to tap out a barrel wedge would be helpful, but that's only if you'll be out in the field for an extended time and will need to clean the gun in camp or something. Use hot water heated over the campfire to clean the powder (more info on that elsewhere).
So yeah... that's a lot of stuff, but it sure would be handy to have if needed.
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noelf2
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Don't forget a cigar or two.
kBob
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Anything you might possibly need.......
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