Subject: RE: MtMan-List: North Star Trade Gun Question
Date: 04 Dec 2003 18:14:51 -0800
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Hi Jim, I have a North Star Trade gun. I bought it as a kit. It was too much kit for me, so paid a gunmaker friend of mine to put it in the white. I finished it from there. I have had it for nearly 10 years since I bought it as a kit. I had it in kit form for almost 3 years. It has been fired very little, but carried around quite a bit (canoe trips, horse trip). It has some dings, etc... but has been shot very little (50 rounds tops). I have since bought a Caywood trde gun, with rifle barrel to go with it. I'd like to sell the North Star Trade Gun I have. If you are interested, I could take some pics and send. Heck, If you just want to see it I could take some pics and send. I have a dig camera, so no real big deal. I'd like to get $800 for it. Let me know if you are interested, or just want to see it. I think it is a 36" barrel (i'd have to measure to be sure <s>) It is plum brown, no rear sight. It is right hand. Yfab, Randy
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Hello List: Can anyone tell me if the barells of the North Star
Trade Guns are blued or browned on their completed rifles?
I searched their site and it just doesn't say. Also what do their "plain "front sights look like? Lastly; Does anyone have any pics. of the N.S. finished Trade Guns....thank you in advance for any help....jim
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<DIV>Hi Jim, I have a North Star Trade gun. I bought it as a kit. It was too much kit for me, so paid a gunmaker friend of mine to put it in the white. I finished it from there. I have had it for nearly 10 years since I bought it as a kit. I had it in kit form for almost 3 years. It has been fired very little, but carried around quite a bit (canoe trips, horse trip). It has some dings, etc... but has been shot very little (50 rounds tops). I have since bought a Caywood trde gun, with rifle barrel to go with it. I'd like to sell the North Star Trade Gun I have. If you are interested, I could take some pics and send. Heck, If you just want to see it I could take some pics and send. I have a dig camera, so no real big deal. I'd like to get $800 for it. Let me know if you are interested, or just want to see it. I think it is a 36" barrel (i'd have to measure to be sure <s>) It is plum brown, no rear sight. It is right hand. Yfab, Randy</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello List: Can anyone tell me if the barells of the North Star</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>Trade Guns are blued or browned on their completed rifles?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>I searched their site and it just doesn't say. Also what do their "plain "front sights look like? Lastly; Does anyone have any pics. of the N.S. finished Trade Guns....thank you in advance for any help....jim</FONT></FONT></DIV>
Been off the list for awhile; well several years actually. It is good to see some of the same names still participating.
Done a couple of things since I last was on the list. I had been to all rendezvous sites 1826 to 1840 but hadn't gotten to 1825. Been there now.
Also, we visited the site where Henry Fraeb was killed on St. Vrains Fork, near Savery WY. I went to the property owner and asked if I could trespass to see the site. She thought I was from the government and was a little skeptical. I showed her Leighton Baker's book I was carrying and dropped a couple of local's names that I know and she allowed me to go on the property. So, my wife and I and a couple of the kids waded through the creek to the confluence. We took note of the hillside that the women and children took refuge at during the fight. Just neat to be there. Took several pictures.
Good to be back,
Carp
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Hello in Camp,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Been off the list for awhile; well several years actually. It is good to see some of the same names still participating.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Done a couple of things since I last was on the list. I had been to all rendezvous sites 1826 to 1840 but hadn't gotten to 1825. Been there now.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Also, we visited the site where Henry Fraeb was killed on St. Vrains Fork, near Savery WY. I went to the property owner and asked if I could trespass to see the site. She thought I was from the government and was a little skeptical. I showed her Leighton Baker's book I was carrying and dropped a couple of local's names that I know and she allowed me to go on the property. So, my wife and I and a couple of the kids waded through the creek to the confluence. We took note of the hillside that the women and children took refuge at during the fight. Just neat to be there. Took several pictures.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Good to be back,</FONT></DIV>
This last page has an outstanding reading list, but don't let my emphasis on research deter you from getting involved in the sport. Not everyone has to become an amateur historian to participate, but it does increase the enjoyment of the rendezvous/re-enactment experience to know the history surrounding your chosen time period.<br><br>
By adhering to the advice given by the good Captain, myself, and a few others on this list, you will gather good items that you will need without spending lots of hard earned cash. And get what you need on the first purchase as opposed to buying something you don't need and having to trade that item off to acquire a more proper one.<br><br>
J.D.<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>I see that several others have posted on your question and given some good<br>
advice. I like to recommend "The Book Of Buckskinning" series put out by the<br>
publishers of Muzzle Loader magazine. I think it is up to about 8 volumes<br>
now. A new volume came out every few years over the past couple decades with<br>
the idea to answer questions such as yours. While they are not cheap in<br>
their total, going for somewhere around $16 per volume give or take a couple<br>
bucks, they are just jam packed with good useful info on virtually any topic<br>
you might be interested in concerning this hobby.<br><br>
I would also direct your attention to the work of Rex Allen Norman who has<br>
added to the Mt. Man Sketch Book series (a less expensive series of magazine<br>
sized books that deal with virtually every type of Persona from the<br>
matchlock era to the Mt. Man era). Rex has come up with a fairly well<br>
researched "sketch book" on specifically the Mt. Man, what his gear was<br>
like, what he wore, what he shot, on and on. It's probably the cheapest bit<br>
of info you could come up with right off.<br><br>
Most of the suttlers that you would find at Rendezvous or on line will sell<br>
such books and more. I'll add that one in your position might do some<br>
reading before doing any buying or making. Though you can make most of your<br>
gear, you can also make gear that is not correct to the period by copying<br>
what you see at most rendezvous/shoots. A lot of new information has come<br>
out in recent years on what it really was like way back but many already<br>
have spent much time, effort and not a little money on their gear and are<br>
loath to throw it out and make new. You won't hurt yourself by going slow.<br><br>
YMOS<br>
Capt. Lahti'<br><br>
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