This photo is of a Model 1874 Gatling Gun. Beautiful piece of work but at $45,000 it is out of my price range.
Full resolution photo at Personal Armament Podcast.
[ Many thanks to Rob for emailing me the pic. ]
Yes, you can get plans online with semi-finished parts for around $800, in a variety of calibers too.
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0I know the guy who built that gun, he lives about 20 miles from me, he does his own brass castings, and uses the orignal Colt blue prints, he builds around 6 to 7 guns each year.
0 0The Duck, you should do a blog post about his operation.
0 0damm! thats a beautiful piece of work!
0 0You are correct, Steve. The hand crank defines the rate of fire, and excludes it from being an true machine gun. Rule 55-528, 1955-2 C.B. 482, and 26 U.S.C. 5845(b) apply.
Still 45k! You can make your own for far less.
0 0Ya know, I’ve been wondering. If they used black powder cartridges for these back in the day, those barrels musta gotten fouled up might quick. Or did they use special smokeless loads?
But still, you could get a lot of hell fire and brimstone outta them barrels.
Just gotta work out the big guns in order to work that gun.
0 0Is it considered an NFA item ?
0 0Vak, no, I don’t think so (its hand cranked)
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I know the guy who built that gun, he lives about 20 miles from me, he does his own brass castings, and uses the orignal Colt blue prints, he builds around 6 to 7 guns each year.
The Duck, you should do a blog post about his operation.
Yes, you can get plans online with semi-finished parts for around $800, in a variety of calibers too.
damm! thats a beautiful piece of work!
You are correct, Steve. The hand crank defines the rate of fire, and excludes it from being an true machine gun. Rule 55-528, 1955-2 C.B. 482, and 26 U.S.C. 5845(b) apply.
Still 45k! You can make your own for far less.
Ya know, I’ve been wondering. If they used black powder cartridges for these back in the day, those barrels musta gotten fouled up might quick. Or did they use special smokeless loads?
But still, you could get a lot of hell fire and brimstone outta them barrels.
Just gotta work out the big guns in order to work that gun.
Is it considered an NFA item ?
Vak, no, I don’t think so (its hand cranked)