Anybody know what this is?

[Regnirps]

http://afu.com/mysterygun2.jpg

-- Charlie Springer

[Thomas J. Paladino Jr.]

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It looks like a very early (civil war or soon after) machine gun. I wish
there was a picture of the other side so that we could see if it has a hand
crank. It probably does, though.

[George Z. Bush]

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> It looks like a very early (civil war or soon after) machine gun. I wish
> there was a picture of the other side so that we could see if it has a hand
> crank. It probably does, though.

You talking about a Gatling Gun?

George Z.
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[ANDREW ROBERT BREEN]

In article >,
George Z. Bush > wrote:
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>"Thomas J. Paladino Jr." > wrote in message
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>> "Regnirps" > wrote in message
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>> > http://afu.com/mysterygun2.jpg
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>> > -- Charlie Springer
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>> It looks like a very early (civil war or soon after) machine gun. I wish
>> there was a picture of the other side so that we could see if it has a hand
>> crank. It probably does, though.
>
>You talking about a Gatling Gun?

It certainly isn't a Gatling, which had four (five?) or more
barrels which rotated. This one has two barrels side by side.
I rather suspect it might be a Gardner gun (which replaced
the Gatling in British service).

--
Andy Breen ~ Interplanetary Scintillation Research Group
http://users.aber.ac.uk/azb/
"Who dies with the most toys wins" (Gary Barnes)

[robert arndt]

> I rather suspect it might be a Gardner gun (which replaced
> the Gatling in British service).


It's a post-1880 two barreled British Colonial Gardner MG. Gardner
made MGs with one to five barrels.

Rob

[Regnirps]

<< It's a post-1880 two barreled British Colonial Gardner MG. Gardner
made MGs with one to five barrels. >>

Thanks Rob. I'll pass it on.

-- Charlie Springer