Talk:The Chief of Chukotka (Nachalnik Chukotki)

Winchester Model 1892 ?

I'm not sure that I had identified this rifle correctly. It's barrel and stock are a little different from the M92. Please help to identify it. Thanks! Greg-Z 00:25, 26 January 2012 (CST)

Chukcha's guns

In this shot it's not seen clear, but I have some guess

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Maybe, it's just optical illusion, but (maybe, just for me) is see some rope, coiled on the buttstock (not be confused with the carrying sling).

It's possibly maybe a wick of the matchlock. Due the speedy burning, the wicks were a very long (more the meter). Such long wicks were inconvenient for carry, so it were coiled around the buttstocks. I can't say exactly on this shot, so, can be this gun seen from other angle? If I see a few more screenshots, I possibly shall help with ID. Pyramid Silent (talk) 14:41, 9 November 2017 (EST)

I guess that it is so called "sibirka", a general nickname of flintlock or percussion cap hunting rifles (yes, with rifled barrel), popular among native Siberian hunters in XIX century. Here is a photo of a similar gun (1900s-1910s). More research is needed. Greg-Z (talk) 14:58, 9 November 2017 (EST)