Now that deer season is over the Balazin Acres range will be going hot again. I am going to take Jessica's phone untill she downloads and makes into a loadable format all of the video's we have shot of that thing and the 1919.
Shooting my 1862 Gatling Gun at cinder blocks
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wizzer368
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I want one
Can I borrow that for the Spring Turkey season ? That might help solve my over-abundant Turkey issues.
Hi, love the comments on my Gatling gun. I made the gun, it took me over two years! The only part I did not do was drilling the holes for the carrier, barrel plate and the bolt carrier. A friend of mine at "General Machine Shop", in Landover, MD, drilled the holes on the CNC machine for me so they would be perfect in alignment. The rest of the gun I built basically from scrap metal parts from two different machine shops. The barrels, are Green Mountain barrel blanks for muzzle loaders that I turned the octagon flats off of to make round and hexed the ends. The gun shoots what we call "chambers", it's like a short little barrel, 3" long and the original had musket nipples and used musket caps, but I modified my gun to use shot gun primers, (a lot more reliable) and they do not fall off! It is a 50 caliber but the original is 58, I made mine a 50 because I already had 1 barrel. I shoot round ball in it mostly, but can shoot mini balls. I usually only shoot 50 grains of black powder in it, but can shoot over 100 grains. I built the carriage too, the wheels were the hardest part! I got the original patten from the patten office in VA. It is supposed to be a 1862 which is as close as I could get off the patten, which was not very detailed at all. No measurements or dimensions on the patten. I will post some pictures of the chambers, which are steel cylinders that butt up against the back of the barrel when the gun is fired, and some build pictures soon. Thanks for looking and giving me your comments!
It was at a friends place in Port Tobacco Md.
jac43k
Ultimate Member
Awesome
Can't wait to get out there when it gets a little warmer.
Sideways
Active Member
Now that is cool!
phipp13
Active Member
Absloutely Awsome! thanks for sharing the video and pictures. Phipp
I'm working on the Ager gun or the Coffee Mill gun, that's what Lincoln Called it or it was called the Union Repeating gun. The gun was used in the Civil War. the Union had at lest 50 of the guns and it was used in a lot of battle. Ill post some pic's as i build it.
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gulfwarsubvet
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Myltle Grove , look familiar Weapons Collector?
That's awesome.
Every time I go all I see are .22s, Mosins and ARs.
How did you guys get that thing down there?
WeaponsCollector
EXTREME GUN OWNER
Myltle Grove , look familiar Weapons Collector?
Very cool, thanks again! Please keep us posted on that new one, you are very talented!
There's a side entrance about halfway down range so he was able to wheel it down there with a little help.
Polecat
R.I.P.
Don't forget me, I missed shooting it last time.
Hopefully he will be able to make it to the Birthday Blastfest this year.
Chaunsey
Ultimate Member
totally awesome, i would love to build something like that one day.
i have seriously debated building a cannon in the past, i cant afford to spend the 5 or 6 grand to buy one, but online there is a company that sells a mauntain howitzer barrel for about $800, and im pretty sure from there i could build my own carriage to go with it.
i have seriously debated building a cannon in the past, i cant afford to spend the 5 or 6 grand to buy one, but online there is a company that sells a mauntain howitzer barrel for about $800, and im pretty sure from there i could build my own carriage to go with it.
Man that was too cool.
That is so cool!
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