Domino
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I was on surfing the net and came across those cheesy gatling gun kits found at THIS site and I got to thinking, why doesn't anyone make a real gatling gun in a real caliber? Afterall, they are not illegal and could be made for probably under $2500 or so. So heres my idea, you make them in 2 calibers .223 and 7.62X39 and accept AR and AK mags. The magazine well would be on the left side to allow the use of drum magazines and the bolt handle and ejection port on the right side. Allow the crank to be used ambidextrously and facilitate a pistol grip at the end of the reciever that would be used to stabilize the weapon and possibly a grip safety. Also it would have 4 revolving barrels that fire once each per crank revolution. You could even have a lever that would manually double the firing rate to 8 rounds per revolution by changing gears. Add a picatinny rail and qulity tripod all for under $2000 and I think you have a winner, what do you think? Would U buy one?
I've added this part if anyone is curious to how it might work so here is the following. Instead of just using a semi-auto with a gat trigger or the mechanical monstosity of the old gatling guns you use something different. I will describe it as a gatling gun that has 4 barrels each with its own gas pistons that line up with the gas piston on the bolt and slide. A round is fired and the gas pistons send the bolt backward ejecting a round Then have a bolt stop similar to a magazine hold open that holds the slide back until the next barrel is rotated and locked into place. Then the slide slams forward and loads the next cartridge is loaded. So what you have is a sort of semi semi-auto type action that allows you to use multiple barrels by incorporating a delay action that is controlled by the crank motion allowing the next barrel to rotate in place before the next cartridge is loaded. Why do this? To lessen the friction on the crank thus facilitating easier spinning motion and higher firing rate. I would like to hear any opinions on this concept and any comments other than I have way to much free time LOL.
I've added this part if anyone is curious to how it might work so here is the following. Instead of just using a semi-auto with a gat trigger or the mechanical monstosity of the old gatling guns you use something different. I will describe it as a gatling gun that has 4 barrels each with its own gas pistons that line up with the gas piston on the bolt and slide. A round is fired and the gas pistons send the bolt backward ejecting a round Then have a bolt stop similar to a magazine hold open that holds the slide back until the next barrel is rotated and locked into place. Then the slide slams forward and loads the next cartridge is loaded. So what you have is a sort of semi semi-auto type action that allows you to use multiple barrels by incorporating a delay action that is controlled by the crank motion allowing the next barrel to rotate in place before the next cartridge is loaded. Why do this? To lessen the friction on the crank thus facilitating easier spinning motion and higher firing rate. I would like to hear any opinions on this concept and any comments other than I have way to much free time LOL.