Buck Conner1
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OldMtnManIf I wanted convenient Stoney. I wouldn't be using a traditional muzzleloader.
French 19th-century metal flask, with device to adjust amount dispensed.
German antler and steel flask, c. 1570; the goddess Fortuna stands on a hedgehog upon a globe
[ltr]AA powder flask for gunpowder, which was an essential part of shooting equipment with muzzleoading guns, before pre-made paper cartridges became standard in the 19th century.
Many were standardized military issue, but the most decorative were generally used for sporting shooting.
Many designs (such as horn and antler types) have a wide sealed opening for filling, and a thin spout for dispensing. Various devices were used to load a precise amount of powder to dispense, as it was important not to load too much or too little powder, or the powder was dispensed into a powder measure or "charger" (these survive much less often). As early as c.1600 a German flask had a silver spout with a "telescopic valve, adjustable for different sizes of powder charges". By the 1700's German flasks appeared with spring loaded values for dispensing the charge.[/ltr]