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A container used to store and measure gunpowder. It was used in muskets and became obsolete when the cartridge was invented.

A powder horn was used to carry the gun powder before the invention of ready made cartridges or shells with the gun powder in the casing and the lead bullet wedged into the open end of the cartridge or casing. At the opposite end was the point where the firing pin had to strike in order to cause the powder to explode, creating enough energy to cause the bullet to travel through the barrel of the gun at tremendous velocity.

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