After reading the posts again I tink it would be good to clarify the guns sold by North Star West. These are Northwest guns which are a different gun from the Carolina/Type G guns.They derive from the Hudsons Bay Company guns and began to appear as such in the early 18th century. "The standard of the 18th century provided a full-stock fowling piece with rather traditional lines:light in weight,reasonable drop to the stock,square lines,a lock without a bridle foe either the tumbler orthe frizzen,a 24 or 28 bore barrel from three feet to four and a half feet long with an octagonal breech for the first six or eight inches,a small front sight but no rear sight,a brass sideplate and thimbles,an iron trigger guard and a brass butt plate held on with nails." "Trade Guns of The Hudson's Bay Company 1670-1970"by S. James Gooding {2003} P.57.
This recent book and "The Northwest Gun" by Charles E.Hanson Jr. are the standard works on the Northwest Gun
The Northest gun as we generally know it dates from the early 18th century and is essentially a gun found in Canada and the the American west.It is often marked with the sitting fox and a rather deep trigger guard. Traditionally the large guard was thought to be large enough to accomodate a mittened hand but newer research has determined that the large size reflected an Indian two finger trigger pull derived from theirraditional two finger bowstring pull.
The earliest Northwest gun of which I am aware is a gun restocked about 1741-1745. In addition there was a gun dated 1762 recovered from a burial site on the Rock Island site in Lake Michigan.These guns were made and sold well into the mid to late 19th century and are different from the Carolina/Type G guns which are primarily 18th and early 19th century and are identified with the Eastern and Southern U.S.Except for about 20,000 guns made for Indians to buy their support in the War of 1812 there were less than 2,000 mde as Indian gift guns and the bulk of them were sold by private traders.
Tom Patton
This recent book and "The Northwest Gun" by Charles E.Hanson Jr. are the standard works on the Northwest Gun
The Northest gun as we generally know it dates from the early 18th century and is essentially a gun found in Canada and the the American west.It is often marked with the sitting fox and a rather deep trigger guard. Traditionally the large guard was thought to be large enough to accomodate a mittened hand but newer research has determined that the large size reflected an Indian two finger trigger pull derived from theirraditional two finger bowstring pull.
The earliest Northwest gun of which I am aware is a gun restocked about 1741-1745. In addition there was a gun dated 1762 recovered from a burial site on the Rock Island site in Lake Michigan.These guns were made and sold well into the mid to late 19th century and are different from the Carolina/Type G guns which are primarily 18th and early 19th century and are identified with the Eastern and Southern U.S.Except for about 20,000 guns made for Indians to buy their support in the War of 1812 there were less than 2,000 mde as Indian gift guns and the bulk of them were sold by private traders.
Tom Patton
