1862 gatling gun info needed

[rampa room artillery]

ok i have used up all my resources. so here i am,,     I have 400 dollars cash for anyone that finds me a good set of prints with dimensions and tolerances for the 2ND model 1862  58 cal gatling gun.  I know that they exist, i have had my hands on a set of them, but now the person that had them doesnt, he let someone borrow them and now no one knows where they are.  i know of at least 4 sets of prints out there. but i need one. or a copy.   

  thank you.

rick bryan

[gulfcoastblackpowder]

Sent you a pm.  Hope it helps!

[Federov-Fox]

Not sure if you've seen this, but it's a remarkable inner working:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2fJTG2crSE

Looks like Dr. Gatling to Agar's self contained cartridge idea to his.   

[rampa room artillery]

good find. great find.  great for anyone  to better understand how the early gatling guns work.     I love it.

 rick bryan

but still looking for prints.

what no one can find the prints or no one wants 400 dollars?  that is a whole battery of doms cannons.   think about it. volly fire.

[Cat Whisperer]

Hmmm.  I can remember, decades ago, stopping in a city in Indianna (?) and seeing a huge gattling gun on the top of one of the buildings down town.  There was some historical connection with an organization there.  There have GOT to be prints around.

[Cat Whisperer]

Hmmm.

http://www.modelgatlinggunplans.com/#

[rampa room artillery]

no skittles try again.

[moose53]

I have a set of shop drawings from RG-G inc. for a Gatling gun , It may or may not be the right one , but still may be useful to scale up . http://www.gatlingguns.net/index.htm

[rampa room artillery]

nice drawings but wrong design. on the outside they look the same but on the inside they are to different animals. 


rick bryan

[carronader]

info and action drawing only   might help later    and hey ! it's free.

[rampa room artillery]

well i have found one that i can get my hands on and take apart to make a set of prints from, its not full cal. its only 50 cal. not 58 but we will see what we can do to make it bigger.  I hope to get it in two weeks are nationals. and I will try to get some pics up as soon as i can.  should be a learning project for all of us.  maybe when i sit down to build one i will just build enough parts to build a few as it is always easier to build 3 or 4 of the same parts then it is to come back in a few weeks and try to make the part over again.   

rick bryan

[Cat Whisperer]

Take LOTS of pix of each part.  You can use grid paper in the background too.

[theoldsarge]

Years ago belonged to the NMLRA, and subscribed to their magazine, Muzzle Blasts.  I am pretty sure it was in one of those issues that I read about a working model of a Gatling Gun that the guy had made, steel cylinders and all.  I don't recall the caliber, but do recall he said it took awhile to reload all those cylinders so he could shoot again.  I have not a clue what issue it would be, but I'm sure it would be possible to find out.  I don't recall if there where any pictures of the innards or not. 
I've got a set of the RG-G plans, I understand that one is better for shooting; the other is prettier, but supposedly not quite as reliable.  I'm gathering materials and .22LR ammo.  Hopefully one day.

[keith44]

Hey RRA, get in touch with Dixie Gun works, they have an amazing collection of collectable guns and cannons (original and repo)  info line : (731) 885 - 0700.  Make them the same offer (or less) and I'll bet they come up with something like what you need.  (They have two gatlings on the show room floor one is a .22lr replica, one appears original but is .45 cal, not .58 like you want)