The image below was posted in another topic, regarding the Seminole. Can anyone shed some light on whether this is a facsimile of a real gun or is it the artist's imagination at work?
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mongrel said:It almost looks like a matchlock of some sort. The cock, or whatever the "U" shaped piece attached to the lock area of the gun is, strongly resembles a matchlock serpentine.
Claude Mathis said:mongrel said:It almost looks like a matchlock of some sort. The cock, or whatever the "U" shaped piece attached to the lock area of the gun is, strongly resembles a matchlock serpentine.
Could be, but the painting was done in 1857, so I wouldn't think that a matchlock would be portrayed.
Ditto , it doesn't look like anything I would want to shoot . I don't know about those clothes either , that guy looks like a real dandy :haha: .Russ T Frizzen said:I would say that a great deal of artistic license was taken. Ergonomically speaking, this gun would be a nightmare. For one thing, a user wouldn't be able to sight down the barrel--the comb is too high.
patch knife said:Ditto , it doesn't look like anything I would want to shoot . I don't know about those clothes either , that guy looks like a real dandy :haha: .Russ T Frizzen said:I would say that a great deal of artistic license was taken. Ergonomically speaking, this gun would be a nightmare. For one thing, a user wouldn't be able to sight down the barrel--the comb is too high.
rich e said:...however why do you think its a seminole, ...
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