Like the coffeemill gun, the gatling gun still required gunners to feed bullets into a funnellike hopper. Gatling invented the gatling gun after he noticed that a majority of the soldiers fighting in the civil war were lost to disease rather than gunshots. The gatling gun was first used in the american civil war. If all goes well maybe one of you guys can build one too.
Invented by richard gatling, it saw occasional use by the union forces during the american civil war in the 1860s, which was the first time it was employed in combat. It is taken from richard j gatling s patent of that year. Gatling, colt firearms company and the united states patent office as a battery gun, rotating battery gun, rotating cannon and machine gun. Likes received loctite 609 is a very good bonding agent for installing 516 dia. The design isnt the original gatling design cause i have some blue prints and cant figure them out worth a shit so im gonna go with my own.
Whether youre a builder, shooter, historian, or just find dr. The first machine gun with reliable loading, the gatling gun had the ability to fire multiple sustained bursts. The book should be entitled a rambling walk through the patent office with brief digressions on the gatling gun very disapointing. Richard j gatling in 1861 and patented in 18662 and were used as the soldier said in the siege of petersburg aand were equipped to gun boats. Customize your gatling gun print with hundreds of different frames and mats, if desired. In battle, the gatling gun had been able to prove its worth, boasting its capability to slaughter enemies in combat and wreak havoc among all who stood in its path. Since eight were mounted on boats, that leaves us with four in the field and only two actually deployed in petersburg by butler.
Jan 23, 20 gatling gun feeding mechanisms january 23, 20 ian mccollum manual machine guns, uncategorized 23 the gatling gun is interested for many reasons, and one of them is the variety of feeding mechanisms that were developed and used with it. Many blueprints of historically important and hard to find receiver templates are included and some files contain autocad drawings and 3d part files. After all, gatlings gun was an improvement on its predecessors. Richard jordan gatling, and began to be used in warfare during the siege of st.
Initial models, built by a cincinnati firm, had a single barrel fed by a rotary chamber and fired 190 bullets per minute. Richard jordan gatlings gatling gun patent drawings. This document measures 10 tall x 24 wide and is marked gatling gun calibre. There were no discussions of the guns employments in battles. Nov 05, 2015 after all, gatlings gun was an improvement on its predecessors.
Civil war gatling gun by guns of history model shipways. The gatling gun consists of an assembly of six barrels, a carrier, lockcylinder and cog wheel all fixed to a central shaft so that they rotate together when a pinion wheel is turned by a hand crank on the right rear side of the gun. Have you ever dreamed of owning an actual gatling gun. The author spent the 1st 23rds of the book and mentioned gatling perhaps 4 times and the gun not at all. Invented by richard gatling, it is known for its use by the union forces during the american civil war in the 1860s, which was the first time it was employed in combat. May 14, 20 if by chance you can bring a set of print outs of these pages to our video shoot, ill make one and you can help me document the build. This print depicts an original patent for a gatling machine gun, depicting every beautiful detail of such an awesome invention. Aug 22, 2016 gatling would refine the basic design of his gun over its 40year lifespan, but the basic operation remained the same. It was later used in numerous military conflicts, including the boshin. Gatling, colt firearms company and the united states patent office as a battery gun, rotating battery gun.
The blueprints download page is a free to download resource of reference files that are firearms related. Printed on a heavy archival paper, this art piece will add an authentic historical edge to any interior in which it is. The gatling gun was declared obsolete by the us army in 1911, after 45 years of service. If by chance you can bring a set of print outs of these pages to our video shoot, ill make one and you can help me document the build. For the record, the gatling gun and the hotchkissstyle gun are not required to be 16.
Since the gun was capable of firing 600 rounds a minute, each barrel fired 100 rounds per minute. This is the complete set of ordnance blueprints for the 191a4. A unionist, gatling was living in indianapolis in 1862 when he patented his first machine gun, employing a cartridgefeeding mechanism adapted from his riceseed planter. I am a novice at video and would love to have one to match my 22 gatling gun. Gatling would refine the basic design of his gun over its 40year lifespan, but the basic operation remained the same. The original gatling gun is a rapidfiring, handoperated weapon. Gatling machine gun blueprint gun patent prints touch. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to examine why and how the. We hope to keep this loose and informal, with a minimum of censorship, so please try to stay generally on topic. You either loctite or silver solder the tubing and liners together.
Gatling received the first of his 10 patents for the famous gun that etched his name into history forever. The 1865 model exploited the improved quality and availability of. Are you a serious gun collector, shooter or hobbyist. The gatling gun is one of the bestknown early rapidfire spring loaded, hand cranked weapons, and a forerunner of the modern machine gun and rotary cannon. The gatling gun saw only limited use in the american civil war, but the conflict tested this weapon, perhaps the first successful machine gun used in warfare. Gatlings noisy contraption fascinating, you now have a place to relax and talk with others of like mind. This animation shows the mechanism used in the 1865 model gatling gun.
It changed warfare by introducing the capability to project deadly, highintensity fire on the battlefield, and portended the devastation that automatic weapons would wreak in world war i. It was a handdriven, crankoperated, multibarrel machine gun. All gatling gun drawings ship within 48 hours and include a 30day moneyback guarantee. Dealer who stocks some of the the barhorstredline gatling guns such as the twotwentytwo.
There is no record that a 4barrel gun was ever built. Gatling gun forum, gatling gun board, gatling gun disscusion. Shop for gatling gun art prints from our community of independent artists and iconic brands. Gatling s noisy contraption fascinating, you now have a place to relax and talk with others of like mind.
A unique chapter in the history of firearms, the multibarrel, handcranked gatling gun was one of the first practical rapidfire weapons ever to be used in battle. Each gatling gun art print is produced using archival inks, ships within 48 hours, and comes with a 30day money back guarantee. Richard gatling, who intended to make the war so terrible it would end quickly. The rate of fire is regulated by the rapidity of the hand cranking movement, manually controlled by the operator. This doesnt include the self contained chamber for the 1862 or the 577450 for the brits or the 7x57mm mauser, 10. The character of the rifling of gatling guns is uniform groove, making one turn in 72 for the 1inch gun, one turn in 42 for.
Gatling was a confederate sympathizer, and that the union just somehow managed to lay their hands on the gatling gun blueprints. Choose your favorite gatling gun drawings from millions of available designs. This part 1 of my build video of the guns of history gatling battery gun model 1866 1 caliber by model shipways. You can pump out up to 600 rounds a minute with an 1800s style gatling gun from rgg, inc. I have always been curious on how the gatling gun operated and an acquaintance loaned me some early 90s vintage drawings of a. However, that was the only use of the gatling gun during the civil war. The gatling gun is one of the bestknown early rapidfire spring loaded, hand cranked weapons and a forerunner of the modern machine gun. I know its short but figured id post what ive gotten finished so far. Have any of you come across any dimensional plans for a 4570 gatling gun. I made a fair few parts when i first started the project a few years back, but a change of career meant i didnt have access to metal working machinery for a while. I have 9 patent drawings from 1890 that have a lot of dimensions but, some are unreadable. Two colt gatling guns led separate auctions from heritage this weekend in dallas. Hell, if they were built prior to 1898 they arent even legally considered firearms. The gatling featured four to ten barrels arrayed around a central axis and a.
Richard gatling patented the gatling gun, a sixbarreled weapon capable of firing a then phenomenal 200 rounds per minute. May 03, 2010 this animation shows the mechanism used in the 1865 model gatling gun. A10, are all armed with gatling guns derived from dr. Original gatling gun the history of the gatling gun. Museum artifacts the gatling gun was designed and patented in 1861 by dr. As a result, the us army officially adopted the gatling gun on august 21st, 1866. Gatling gun feeding mechanisms january 23, 20 ian mccollum manual machine guns, uncategorized 23 the gatling gun is interested for many reasons, and one of them is the variety of feeding mechanisms that were developed and used with it. The gatling gun cartridge family is very interesting. Find the best information and most relevant links on all topics related to. A gatling gun powered by any source other than human be it pneumatic, electrically, hydraulic, whatever is classified. Without equal in the era of handoperated machine guns, the gatling gun could fire 3,000 rounds per minute if externally powered. But gatling soon improved on the original sixbarrel. The gatling gun is one of the bestknown early rapidfire weapons and a forerunner of the modern machine gun.
It occurred to me that if i could invent a machine a gun which could by its rapidity of fire, enable one man to do as much battle duty as a hundred, that it would, to a large extent supersede the necessity of large. The lockcylinder is bored to hold six locks that are free to move within the lock cylinder. It is taken from richard j gatlings patent of that year. But gatling resolved the problem of overheating that plagued the singlebarrel coffeemill gun by arranging six rotating rifled barrels around a central axis. The first model had six barrels that revolved around a center axis. Gatling guns had several barrels usually 6 or 10 mounted around a central axle and revolved by means of a hand crank. Gatling patent shows a 4barrel gun, although he is at pains to point out that his mechanism can be made with a different number of barrels. Gatling gun display, war department exhibit, united states government building, alaskayukonpacificexposition, seattle ayp 1218.