What little research I did on North Star was that Mr. Gostomski passed away and his wife sold the company to guys in the Northwest, so it became North Star West. He was a tool-n-die maker I read, and I would always be interested in any info on the North Star guns. Mine seems to want a true .690 ball with 15th patch, but haven't shot it yet. 42-1/2" bbl., very light at 6-1/2 lbs. Nice turned tapered hickory rod w/ brass tip.
The lady is also known as Nellie in her nightie. a reference to the woman she is modeled after.
North Star west also sold and shut its doors four or five years ago
I was never aware of either until finding my recent one on an auction site.
The Spanish made leather cannon they used in the south west and some were used during the Mexican war.
The Strap that went around the barrels to hold them all together, was iron; thin, easy to make into arrowheads.
Jed Clampet has arrivedI can imagine me going into my local Rolls-Royce dealer and commenting on Nellie In Her Nightgown! I'd probably have their security escort me off the lot! (There is actually a Rolls dealer over the bridge in New Jersey, and I drive a clunker! )
Oh, I get that now. But the word barrels had me thinking gun barrels, not the kind that hold the nectar of the gods.
Loyalist arms, veteran arms, Hoffmans Historic, Middlesex village
Meaning like whiskey or flour barrels
The leather cannons the Swedes used in the 17th century were a neat experiment. Light, mobile, infantry support guns. They were crap, but led directly to the introduction of the bronze field artillery that remained standard through the American Civil War.
