BP .75 caliber gatling gun

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Like the tile is saying its a BP muzzle loader .75 caliber Gatling gun. 5 Barrel
Now I know that Gatling gun are prohibited in Canada, but I am in the US so im good :)
To comply with the Canadian regulation im planning to change the mechanism from a hand crank to a "side sliding arming handle" (like on a 10/22 or other semi auto) for the barrel rotation
and a trigger to release the hammer like on a regular percussion muzzle loader.
Anyway this is the plan as right now, im open to any suggestion :)

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So for the Canadian mechanism im thinking about some kind of gear rack for the rotation, and then i will just need to find a way to get a trigger mechanism and I will comply with the canadian regulation as I will only be able to shoot one round with each trigger pull
 
what if you built a double ratchet , pull back on the handle it rotates the barrels and fires one barrel , then push the handle forward , and again it rotates the barrels and fires one barrel ......

the handle would be like one giant trigger off of a double action revolver .
 
A US pal made his own 1862 pattern Gatling that uses steel chamber inserts that accept .58 calibre paper cartridges. Each insert has a musket nipple on it. In the US it is classified as a non-machinegun by the BATF.
He has the castings on hand to make up another, if you can get it into the country. He's a good engineer/machinist and he could probably modify it to fire with a separate trigger after rotation.
He could also make it a blank-only proposition with plugged barrels that would only allow gas and smoke to escape.

These are rich man's toys that don't come cheap.
 
Sharps '63 said:
A US pal made his own 1862 pattern Gatling that uses steel chamber inserts that accept .58 calibre paper cartridges. Each insert has a musket nipple on it. In the US it is classified as a non-machinegun by the BATF.
He has the castings on hand to make up another, if you can get it into the country. He's a good engineer/machinist and he could probably modify it to fire with a separate trigger after rotation.
He could also make it a blank-only proposition with plugged barrels that would only allow gas and smoke to escape.

These are rich man's toys that don't come cheap.
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there is a company in the US making them too
 
I don't quite see how yours works but the only way that I can think of a gatling being legal in Canada would be if you had a sear for every barrel with a partition before it which blocks the trigger when the trigger is in the fired position but clears the back of the trigger in the cocked or unfired position. My idea is that when you fire a barrel and rotate the assembly one barrel, you would have to release the trigger to fire again. I believe the definition of a full auto gun is that it is capable of firing more than one shot with one pull of the trigger. The partitions that I am thinking of would be permanently fastened or part of the barrel assembly and would prevent you from holding the trigger down and having continuous fire.

cheers mooncoon
 
I like the ratchet handle idea proposed earlier...

Here is another idea as the law looks as 1 revolution of the handle as 1 trigger actuation... On traditional gattling guns one revolution of the crank fires 6 shots, hence y the RCMP sees it as fully automatic... If one put a gear reduction on the crank so 1 turn of crank would fire only 1 shot it should be good to go by Canadian law...
 
The law refers to more than one shot on a single pressure on the trigger.
The crank is deemed to be the trigger.
Doesn't matter how many times you wind the crank - if more than one shot is fired, it is a prohib.
 
tiriaq said:
How about a match fired organ gun?
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ive throught long and hard about making one of these but i cant seems to find a place that sells the right seamless to make the barrels

if you guys dont know how the one in the pic's works it looks to be a cap lock of sorts it would be antique in the US but prohibited here :rolleyes:
 
antiqueguy said:
ive throught long and hard about making one of these but i cant seems to find a place that sells the right seamless to make the barrels

if you guys dont know how the one in the pic's works it looks to be a cap lock of sorts it would be antique in the US but prohibited here :rolleyes:
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w ww.aircraftspruce.ca. Aircraft grade 4130 seamless.
I have made barrels from their 7/8 OD, .188 wall tube, half inch bore, threaded 9/16 for the plug, which test fired without incident. Have a piece on hand, 1"OD, .188 wall that I may machine into a tapered shotgun barrel. Anyone using tubing for barrels has to determine if this is something they are comfortable doing.
 
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