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whynow?

AR-15 Gatling gun
« on: April 27, 2017, 02:17:48 PM »
Don't know if this was posted before.  Accessory to rapid fire, burn ammo and heat up your barrel.   Have to hand it to American ingenuity though; where there's a will there's a way.
 
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oldfart

Re: AR-15 Gatling gun
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2017, 03:28:54 PM »
Around 30 years ago we used to go shoot at a rubbish dump on Maui.
One of the guys had that trigger crank.
But it was too much work, so he connected an electric shoe shine motor to it. :thumbsup:
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Tom_G

Re: AR-15 Gatling gun
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2017, 04:34:38 PM »
I know I'm a purist, but it has always bothered me when someone puts a crank on an existing contemporary firearm and calls it a Gatling gun. There are a number of defining characteristics of a Gatling gun, none of which involve starting with a recoil-operated semi-automatic single-barrel firearm.
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robtmc

Re: AR-15 Gatling gun
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2017, 06:23:10 PM »
Yeah, the Gatling modern derivatives gain enormous cooling benefit from the rotating barrels.  An AR with a crank gets nothing but a ruined barrel.  Bogus to compare the two.

I was trained on a rather unique alternative to the Gatling style, where a cylinder rotated and the twin barrels stayed fixed.  Barrels fired same time.  Balky SOB, but put out rounds about as fast as the 20mm M61.

You burned out rifled inserts in the cylinder, rather than the barrels, which were smoothbore.
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ren

Re: AR-15 Gatling gun
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2017, 07:26:00 PM »
dunno why but I cringe when I hear Miculek's coyote call of joy
much like this guy's
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whynow?

Re: AR-15 Gatling gun
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2017, 08:45:00 PM »
New Magnificent 7 Gatling gun scene.   I still prefer the original Magnificent 7 and got the DVD.

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Tom_G

Re: AR-15 Gatling gun
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2017, 09:51:14 AM »
Not to get even farther off topic, but I think that the Gatling gun scene in really put their effectiveness in perspective.
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aieahound

Re: AR-15 Gatling gun
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2017, 10:23:08 AM »
Whatever happened to the good ole 10/22 "Gatling" gun ?
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Tom_G

Re: AR-15 Gatling gun
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2017, 05:00:57 PM »
Really, really, really want to make one of these.
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