In addition to modern firearms, I've got a soft spot for some of the older guns.
Here's my 11-year project. It hasn't been a full-time job, more like when a wide spot in my schedule showed itself.
Other than rifled barrel blanks, I've had to make just about everything else, including making my foundry patterns to cast the bronze parts and iron castings for the tripod.
This is my Commercial Model of 1885 with L. F. Bruce gravity feed and tripod.
45-70 cal. 485gr Minie ball-style bullets on top of an almost full case of Trail Boss. Even at a leisurely 600 rounds per minute, a couple of thousand rounds doesn't last that long. so it's not a throw it in the truck for a little light plinking.
I did some research and learned how to do metal etching so I could mark the breech casing. Because of their odd head shapes or non-standard thread pitches, most of the nuts and bolts are my handiwork too.
Gatlings aren't "machine guns". They're "Rapid Firing guns"-- "A collection of single shot actions mounted around a central axis".
Some pictures to enjoy plus a couple of late additions; My foundry patterns for casting the bronze parts and a teaser "hidden detail"~ just to confound the "experts".
Here's my 11-year project. It hasn't been a full-time job, more like when a wide spot in my schedule showed itself.
Other than rifled barrel blanks, I've had to make just about everything else, including making my foundry patterns to cast the bronze parts and iron castings for the tripod.
This is my Commercial Model of 1885 with L. F. Bruce gravity feed and tripod.
45-70 cal. 485gr Minie ball-style bullets on top of an almost full case of Trail Boss. Even at a leisurely 600 rounds per minute, a couple of thousand rounds doesn't last that long. so it's not a throw it in the truck for a little light plinking.
I did some research and learned how to do metal etching so I could mark the breech casing. Because of their odd head shapes or non-standard thread pitches, most of the nuts and bolts are my handiwork too.
Gatlings aren't "machine guns". They're "Rapid Firing guns"-- "A collection of single shot actions mounted around a central axis".
Some pictures to enjoy plus a couple of late additions; My foundry patterns for casting the bronze parts and a teaser "hidden detail"~ just to confound the "experts".
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