Nechasin gun?

[jrmflintlock]

I've seen several photographs of the sculpture by Frank and Lally House "Nechasin"
https://www.bing.com/images/search...608050006319695116&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0

I'm curious about his firearm. It looks like a smoothbore but the buttstock has a sliding patchbox and a flat toe as opposed to a rounded toe of a typical fowler or trade gun. It has what appears to be a fowler trigger guard

Does anyone have any information on it!

I really dig the lines of it!

Thanks for any info!

 

[smo]

Frank House if you Google Nachasins Flintlock it will take you to the article.

 

[Claude Mathis]

http://contemporarymakers.blogspot.com/2008/02/frank-house.html

 

[Keb]

I'm curious about his firearm. It looks like a smoothbore but the buttstock has a sliding patchbox and a flat toe as opposed to a rounded toe of a typical fowler or trade gun. It has what appears to be a fowler trigger guard

Actually the gun has all the characteristics of a rifle, flat toe, octagon barrel, trigger guard, patch box, butt plate, cheek piece, etc. are all characteristics of a rifle. It just happens to have a smoothbored barrel which would make it what's known as a smooth rifle.

 

[jrmflintlock]

I read that article but that is not the firearm in the sculpture. Look close and you will see the differences. At least my eye sees them differently.

 

[Keb]

Sorry. I just looked at the rifle Claud's link took me too. You could go over to the CLA facebook page and ask them there. Frank House is a big part of that page.
CLA facebook page

 

[jrmflintlock]

Am I wrong? But they sure look different.

 

[Keb]

I think you are right. They look different to me, also.