With its adoption, even the usually stuffy War Department officialdom echoed the bombastic praise of the Gatling gun’s inventor. Ordnance officers, one Gatling gun fired 63,000 rounds continually without a stoppage. Baylor reported, “I had the oil rubbed off this gun, drenched it with water and exposed it for two nights and a day to rain and weather, but though it was rusty it was fired 97 times in a minute and a half, one man turning the crank.” In another test by U.S. The paper cartridges were inserted into primed steel case/chamber. 38 or 44 would be interesting.The mechanism of the Gatling gun was originally designed for.58 caliber Springfield Rifle-Musket's PAPER cartridges. Mechanism is really designed for a rimmed cartridge. ![]() ![]() So if we undercut a particular part, it wouldn't be a problem since we could go back and machine it to the correct size, but if we overcut a part then we have to start all over by purchasing more stock and then the work of machining it. Might take some trial and error on some partsYep, any caliber is definitely doable but the problem with attempting to make a different caliber than what the schematics are based on will be a costly and time consuming task considering the cost of brass and other materials that have gone out of this world. Most likely the main reason these were made with the.22 cal in mind was to make shooting 100's of rounds per minute budget friendlier than shooting 100's of rounds per minute using 9mm or other size rounds.
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