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POTD: SKS Gatling Gun

Posted June 16, 2023 in Photo Of The Day, Rifles, Semi-Auto by Hrachya H with No Comments

Today’s Photo Of The Day is from the catalog of Rock Island Auction Company’s upcoming Sporting & Collector Firearms Auction. It depicts a rotary manually operated firearm that is built with six Norinco SKS rifles. In other words, it’s an SKS [Read More…]

Top 5 Most Expensive Guns Sold at James D. Julia Spring 2018 Extraordinary Firearms Auction

Posted April 4, 2018 in Companies, Editorial, Rifles by Hrachya H with No Comments

James D. Julia auction house’s Spring 2018 Extraordinary Firearms Auction was held from March 21 to 23. The results with prices realized were published shortly after the auction was over. Just like in case of our previous installments, we pulled out the list of [Read More…]

RUSSIA’S A-10 WARTHOG: The Su-25 “Rook” Attack Jet, and Its Gun

Posted September 15, 2017 in Daily News, Defense, Guns & Gear, Other Gear & Gadgets by Nathaniel F with 74 Comments

The A-10 “Warthog” attack aircraft is beloved by pilots and gun enthusiasts alike, and not the least because of its powerful 30mm GAU-8 Gatling cannon. On the other side the Cold War, though, another aircraft was developed with matched an equally rugged and [Read More…]

The First “Assault Weapon”? Forgotten Weapons and the Puckle Gun of 1718

Posted December 30, 2016 in Daily News, Guns & Gear, Other Gear & Gadgets by Nathaniel F with 22 Comments

The Puckle Gun is one of those firearms of which only a couple of examples exist in the world, but which is covered in a great deal of introductory firearms books, usually in their section on the history of machine guns. This has led many to assume the Puckle Gun was [Read More…]

Modern Weapons with Forgotten Weapons – The M134 Minigun

Posted December 26, 2016 in Companies, Daily News, NFA / Suppressors / Class III by Nathan S with 45 Comments

Color me just slightly jealous of Ian and crew over at Forgotten Weapons. In their latest hands-on, they go fully neck-deep into one of the most revered modern full-power shooters, the M134 Minigun. While yes, I have gotten the chance to see and shoot one, Ian is able [Read More…]

6mm Lee Navy: Rimmed, Semi-Rimmed, Or Rimless?

Posted September 5, 2015 in Ammunition, Guns & Gear, Rifles by Nathaniel F with 15 Comments

The subject of the 6mm Lee Navy, the US military’s shortest-serving cartridge, and also its first metric rifle cartridge, was raised in the comments section of the most recent installment of my series on the Lightweight Rifle Program of 1945-1957. There was some [Read More…]

Gatling’s Marvelous Gun

Posted May 6, 2015 in Guns & Gear, Other Gear & Gadgets by Nathaniel F with 13 Comments

Need a primer on the original manually-cranked Gatling gun? Of course you do, or you know someone who does. The Historical Firearms blog has what you need, with a lengthy post covering in modest detail the operation and history of the gun, from its origins as an [Read More…]

32-Barrel Machine-Cannon

Posted April 24, 2015 in Guns & Gear by Nathan S with 22 Comments

The insanity and ingenuity that can be found in the firearms world never ceases to amaze me. My latest personal muse is this black-powder machine-cannon suited for .36 caliber (cannon) balls. Using 4 rows of eight barrels, this portable wonder shoots nearly as quick as [Read More…]

Steampunk Gatling Gun

Posted November 10, 2014 in Rifles by Nathan S with 20 Comments

I am not typically a fan of steampunk, but will gladly make and exception for this little wonder. YouTube user Alex Smyth has created a steam punk gatling based off of a 10/22. The a steam only powers the rotary barrels (for ATF compliance reasons), but it reaches an [Read More…]

Gatling gun replica

Posted May 17, 2010 in NFA / Suppressors / Class III by Steve Johnson with 9 Comments

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. ]

Gatling Gun Plinking!

Posted February 2, 2008 in Other Gear & Gadgets by Steve Johnson with No Comments

Some people have all the fun! About 3 years ago, me and a few of my friends had an honor to visit a friend of ours. Record the sounds of the Gatling gun, fly around, and shoot the living crap out of the cars, and barrels on the ground. Lots of photos here.

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